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Strategic Asia and the War on Terrorism

Wed, September 22nd, 2004

Washington D.C.

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The Asia Program in Washington studies disruptive security, governance, and technological risks that threaten peace, growth, and opportunity in the Asia-Pacific region, including a focus on China, Japan, and the Korean peninsula.

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Democracy, Conflict, and Governance

The Democracy, Conflict, and Governance Program is a leading source of independent policy research, writing, and outreach on global democracy, conflict, and governance. It analyzes and seeks to improve international efforts to reduce democratic backsliding, mitigate conflict and violence, overcome political polarization, promote gender equality, and advance pro-democratic uses of new technologies.

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South Asia

The South Asia Program informs policy debates relating to the region’s security, economy, and political development. From strategic competition in the Indo-Pacific to India’s internal dynamics and U.S. engagement with the region, the program offers in-depth, rigorous research and analysis on South Asia’s most critical challenges.

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The National Bureau of Asian Research held a conference, Strategic Asia and the War on Terrorism, at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace on September 22, 2004, in conjunction with the launch of its new book Strategic Asia 2004-2005:  Confronting Terrorism in the Pursuit of Power, co-edited by Ashley Tellis and Michael Wills and with a contribution from Michael Swaine. The conference covered issues concerning the war on terrorism, U.S. relations and alliances with states in the region, and proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.  A keynote speech was given by Mr. William Pope, Principal Deputy Coordinator for Counterterrorism at the State Department.  

The symposium was organized in three sessions, each concluding with a question and answer discussion.  Summaries of each panel and the keynote address can be accessed via the links on the right. 

Panel I. - Implications of the War on Terrorism 
Panel Chair:  Richard J. Ellings (National Bureau of Asian Research)

  • The war on terrorism as an international relations problem, and the resulting policy challenges for the United States
    Ashley J. Tellis (Carnegie Endowment for International Peace)
  • How has the war on terrorism been a theme in U.S. relations with Asia?
    Robert G. Sutter (Georgetown University)

 Panel II. - Asian Responses to the War on Terrorism

Panel Chair:  Ashley J. Tellis (Carnegie Endowment for International Peace)

  • China
    Michael D. Swaine (Carnegie Endowment for International Peace)
  • South Asia
    Walter K. Andersen (Johns Hopkins University)
  • Southeast Asia
    Sheldon W. Simon (Arizona State University)
  • Russia and Central Asia
    Stephen E. Hanson (NBR/University of Washington)

 Luncheon Keynote Address

Mr. William Pope (Principal Deputy Coordinator for Counterterrorism, Department of State.)

Panel III. - Structural Problems in the War on Terrorism

Panel Chair:  Richard J. Ellings (National Bureau of Asian Research)

  • U.S. relations with the Arab and Muslim World
    Graham E. Fuller (formerly of the Central Intelligence Agency)
  • Trends in the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction
    Gaurav Kampani (Center for Nonproliferation Studies)
  • Alternative futures for the Korean peninsula - Nicholas Eberstadt (American Enterprise Institute)
  • The war on terrorism and changing U.S. alliance relationships
    Mike M. Mochizuki (George Washington University)
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