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"Asian Voices: Promoting Dialogue between the US and Asia"
Seminar Program 2007-2008

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The Asian Voices seminar series has become one of the most well-known programs on Asian political and economic issues in Washington D.C. Members of the Washington, D.C. foreign policy community with an interest in Asia obtain up-to-date and in-depth information on the region from the seminars¹ distinguished speakers and timely topics.

The Asian Voices seminar series aims to promote a dialogue between Asian nations and the United States. Its main goal is to provide a forum for Asian voices to be heard within Washington D.C on a wide range of regional and global topics. During the previous seven years, the Asian Voices seminar series has hosted talks on China¹s Foreign Policy, the U.S.-Japan Alliance, East Asian Regionalism, and U.S.-Indonesia Relations, among others.



2007-2008 Program Topics:

"The Fergana Valley:
A Microcosm of Problems and Potential in Central Asia
"

March 26, 2008
Pulat Shozimov

"Maritime Security and the U.S.-Japan Alliance"
March 5, 2008
Yohei Sasakawa
The Honorable Taro Aso
The Honorable Daniel Inouye
(Invited)
Kurt Campbell
Michael Green
Makoto Iokibe
Koji Murata
Joseph Nye (Invited)
Shunji Yanai


"Do Politicians Matter in Japan?"
January 17, 2008
Junko Kato
Steve Clemons
Ellis Krauss

"Sino-Indian Competition and the Burma Imbroglio"
January 16, 2008
Brahma Chellaney
Derek J. Mitchell
Minxin Pei

"Between Two Worlds: India as an Emerging Power"
(Transcript available in PDF format)

June 18, 2007
Pratap Bhanu Mehta
Kurt Campbell
Satu P. Limaye

"Strengthening Democracy in Southeast Asia"
(Transcript available in PDF format)
)
June 8, 2007
Anwar Ibrahim
Jose Luis Gascon
Thitinan Pongsudhirak

"ASEAN and East Asian Economic Integration"
(Transcript available in PDF format)
May 17, 2007
J. Soedradjad Djiwandono

Worapot Manupipatpong

Karl Jackson

"Does Japan Matter in Central Asia?"
(Transcript available in PDF format)

April 25, 2007
Ambassador Akio Kawato
Dr. Evan A. Feigenbaum

"Japan's Balancing Act:
China, Asia, and the United States
"
(Transcrip available in PDF format)

April 24, 2007
Ambassador Akio Kawato
Dr. Henry R. Nau
Dr. Richard J. Samuels



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