China’s Maritime Ambitions in the First Island Chain and Beyond

The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) and The Japan Institute of International Affairs (JIIA) cordially invite you to "China’s Maritime Ambitions in the First Island Chain and Beyond"

Agenda 1:00 - 1:15     Welcoming Remarks

Michael J. Green Senior Vice President for Asia and Japan Chair, CSIS; Director of Asian Studies, School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University

Yasunori Nakayama Director General (Acting), JIIA

  1:15 - 2:00     East China Sea

Jeffrey Hornung Political Scientist, RAND Corporation  

Masashi Murano Japan Chair Fellow, Hudson Institute  

Moderator Bonnie Glaser Senior Adviser for Asia; Director, China Power Project, CSIS

  2:00 - 2:45     South China Sea

Greg Poling Director, Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative and Fellow, Southeast Asia Program, CSIS

Collin Koh Swee Lean Research Fellow, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Moderator Michael J. Green Senior Vice President for Asia and Japan Chair, CSIS; Director of Asian Studies, School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University

  2:45 - 3:00     Break   3:00 - 3:45     Pacific Islands

Greg Poling Director, Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative and Fellow, Southeast Asia Program, CSIS

Jonathan Pryke Director, Pacific Islands Program, Lowy Institute

Moderator Patrick Buchan Director, The U.S. Alliances Project, and Fellow for Indo-Pacific Security, CSIS

  3:45 - 4:30     Implications for Regional Policy Coordination

Atsuko Kanehara Professor, Sophia University

Jeff Benson Military Fellow, International Security Program, CSIS

Moderator Michael J. Green Senior Vice President for Asia and Japan Chair, CSIS; Director of Asian Studies, School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University

  4:30   Adjourn

This event is made possible with support from JIIA.