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Beyond Secretary Clinton’s Asia Trip: First Glimpses of the Obama Administration’s New Asia Policy

Date: Tuesday, March 17, 2009 / Time: 4:00am - 5:30am 

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A public event co-sponsored by the U.S. Institute of Peace and the Asia Society

During Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s Asia Society speech on February 13th and her recent official Asia trip, she created a tremendous amount of goodwill in the countries visited. Now comes the tough part. As the new State Department Asia team settles in, how can Secretary Clinton and the Obama administration translate the goodwill into policy? Drawing on government experience and policy expertise, our speakers discuss the priority issues and preferred approaches that will characterize the Obama administration’s policy towards North Korea, South Korea, China, and Japan. Please join us for a discussion of these and other relevant issues.

Please join us at Asia Society’s New York Headquarters or online via live Webcast, to discuss these and other pertinent issues. Internet listeners will be able to ask questions and offer comments via email during the webcast. Please send your questions to moderator@asiasociety.org.

 

Speakers

  • L. Gordon Flake
    Executive Director, Mansfield Foundation
  • John S. Park
    Senior Research Associate (Northeast Asia), Center for Conflict Analysis and Prevention, U.S. Institute of Peace
  • Dennis Wilder
    Visiting Fellow, John L. Thornton China Center, Brookings Institution
    Former Senior Director, Asian Affairs, National Security Council
  • Joel Wit
    Senior Research Fellow, Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University

In conversation with:

  • Michael G. Kulma
    Director, Policy Programs, Asia Society

 

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