Asia Program Conference

Energy, Environment and Security in Asia

Thursday, April 5, 2012

Reserve Officers Association
One Constitution Avenue NE, Washington, DC 20045

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The quest for energy security and the environmental impact of energy development and use have become vital concerns with major implications for foreign policy in Asia and the U.S.’s relations with the region. What does the aftermath of the Fukushima disaster mean for Japan and its international role? How does China’s quest for energy resources abroad affect target states and their relations with China and others? Is U.S.-China cooperation on clean energy possible and what does it portend for bilateral relations? How do issues of climate change, energy policy and regional security interact in South Asia and shape relations among India, Pakistan, China and the U.S.? What are the likely consequences of Asian states’ ranging further afield—even to an increasingly exploitable Arctic—in pursuit of energy resources? This full-day conference brings together leading scholars in the field to address these questions.

Topics and Speakers

Panel 1

Beyond Fukushima: Japan's Emerging Energy and Environmental Challenges: Kent Calder, Director, Reischauer Center for East Asian Studies, SAIS, Johns Hopkins University
Risks & Rewards of U.S.-China Clean Energy Cooperation: M. Terry Cooke, Senior Fellow, FPRI and principal director of GC3 Strategy, Inc
Commentators: Eric Feldman, Professor of Law, University of Pennsylvania; Gil Rozman, Musgrave Professor of Sociology, Princeton University, and FPRI Senior Fellow

Panel 2

Success and Failure in China's Energy Foreign Policy: Wojtek M. Wolfe, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Rutgers University and Senior Fellow, FPRI
The Lower Mekong Initiative and U.S. Policy in Southeast Asia: Energy, Environment, and Offshore Balancing: Felix Chang, Senior Fellow, FPRI and co-founder of Avenir Bold
Commentators: Kevin J. Tu, China Energy and Climate Policy, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace; Jacques deLisle, Cozen Professor of Law and Professor of Political Science, University of Pennsylvania, and Director, FPRI Asia Program

Keynote Speaker

Jacqueline Deal, President and CEO of the Long Term Strategy Group and FPRI Senior Fellow

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Panel 3

China, India, Pakistan, and the United States: At the Intersection of Energy, Climate Change, and National Security Policies: Toufiq Siddiqi, Adjunct Senior Fellow, East-West Center and President, Global Environment and Energy in the 21st Century
Asia’s Expanding Interest in the Arctic: Sean S. Costigan, Lecturer, The New School University; Erica Dingman, Associate Fellow, World Policy Institute
Commentators: Michael Kugelman, Program Associate for South and Southeast Asia, Wilson Center for International Scholars; Sarah Ladislaw, Senior Fellow, Energy and National Security Program, Center for Strategic and International

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