A nation must think before it acts.
Date : Thu., October 30, 2014 9:00 am to 4:30 pm Category : FPRI in D.C.
Centerpieces of United States policy toward Asia—especially East and Southeast Asia—during the Obama presidency have included the “pivot” or “rebalancing” on the security side and seeking a massive Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement on the economic side. With midterm congressional elections looming and the Obama administration beset by foreign policy challenges from outside the East and Southeast Asian region, this full-day conference will assess the progress, problems and prospects of “rebalancing” and the TPP. Is rebalancing reassuring the U.S.’s treaty allies and less formal partners and friends in the region and addressing their concerns about the implications of China’s rise and assertiveness and their possible doubts about U.S. will and commitment? On what terms and in what timeframe might the long-developing and much criticized TPP move forward, and how is its potential impact affected by China and other states’ pursuit of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership? What implications do developments and difficulties with U.S. rebalancing and the TPP have for each other?
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Center for Strategic and International Studies
Jonathan PollackSenior Fellow, Center for East Asia Policy, Brookings Institution
Robert DalyModerator
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Senior Fellow, FPRI and Musgrave Professor of Sociology, Princeton University
Scott Snyder-
Vincent Wei-Cheng WangSenior Fellow, FPRI and Professor of Political Science, University of Richmond
Jacques deLisleModerator
Director - Asia Program
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Senior Policy Scholar, Asia Program, Woodrow Wilson Center
Jeffrey SchottSenior Fellow, Petersen Institute
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Public Policy Scholar, Global Europe Program, Woodrow Wilson Center
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Adjunct Professor, Johns Hopkins University
Shihoko GotoSenior Associate for Northeast Asia, Asia Program, Woodrow Wilson Center
Felix K. ChangModerator
Senior Fellow, FPRI
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Venue
Wilson Center
Fri., October 10, 2014