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The Shifting Military Balance in East Asia

Oct 25, 2013
9:00am to 12:00pm


The
Shifting Military Balance in East Asia: 
Strategic
Choices Facing China, Japan and the United States

In cooperation with

Japan Institute of International Affairs

 With
keynote remarks from:

The
Honorable Dr. Kurt M. Campbell
Co-Chair
of the Board of Directors
Center
for a New American Security

On
Friday, October 25, from 9:00 a.m. –
12:00 p.m., the Center for a New American Security hosted a half-day
experts’ conference, jointly organized with the Japan Institute of
International Affairs, on the strategic choices facing China, Japan, and the
United States in East Asia.

View the conference agenda below:

9:00 AM - Strategy in East Asia and the East China Sea

Introduction:

The Honorable Robert O. Work
Chief Executive Officer
Center for a New American Security

Ambassador Yoshiji Nogami
President
Japan Institute of International
Affairs

 

9:15 AM - SESSION I: The Military Balance on East Asia

Moderator:

The Honorable Dr. Patrick M. Cronin
Senior
Advisor and Senior Director, 
Asia-Pacific Security Program
Center for a New American Security

Speakers:

Dr. James Przystup
Senior
Fellow, 
Institute for National Strategic
Studies
National
Defense University

Tetsuo Kotani
Research Fellow
Japan
Institute of International Affairs

Bonnie S. Glaser
Senior Adviser for Asia, Freeman Chair in China Studies and
Senior Associate, Pacific Forum
Center for Strategic and International
Studies

Dr. Christopher Yung
Senior
Fellow, Institute for National Strategic Studies
National Defense University

Discussants:

 Paul S. Giarra
President
Global
Strategies and Transformation

Komei Isozaki
Visiting Fellow from Ministry of Defense of Japan
Center
for Strategic and International Studies

 

10:35
AM - SESSION II: The Role of the US-Japan Alliance in Maintaining Stability in East Asia

Moderator:

Ambassador Yoshiji Nogami
President
Japan Institute of International
Affairs

Speakers:

Dr. Ken Jimbo
Associate Professor, Faculty of Policy Management
Keio University

Dr. Michael J. Green

Senior Vice President for Asia and
Japan Chair
Center for Strategic and International
Studies

Discussants:

Dr. Satoru Mori
Professor
Faculty of Law
Hosei University

Michael Schiffer
Senior Advisor and Counselor
Senate
Foreign Relations Committee

Ambassador Rust M. Deming
Johns
Hopkins University, SAIS

Dr. Ely Ratner
Fellow and Deputy Director, Asia-Pacific Security Program
Center for a New American Security

 

11:50 AM - Putting the East China Sea and East Asia Into Strategic Context

Keynote Speaker:                          

The Honorable Dr. Kurt M. Campbell
Chairman
and CEO
The Asia Group LLC

 

12:00 PM - PROGRAM ADJOURNS