Engaging Asia 2019: The Role of the 116th Congress in Engaging the Indo-Pacific


Engaging Asia 2019 took place on Wednesday, February 27, 2019, on Capitol Hill.

Video Part I


WELCOME


Dan Aum
Director, Washington D.C. Office, The National Bureau of Asian Research


KEYNOTE REMARKS


Introduction
Clara Gillispie
Senior Director of Trade, Economic, and Energy Affairs, The National Bureau of Asian Research

Remarks
Congressman Ted Yoho (R-FL)
Ranking Member, Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, and Nonproliferation, House Foreign Affairs Committee


EXPERT PANEL

Geopolitics, Trade, ASEAN, Human Rights: Developing a Holistic Policy for the Indo-Pacific

Panelists

Frank Jannuzi
President and Chief Executive Officer, Mansfield Foundation

Walter Lohman
Director of the Asian Studies Center, The Heritage Foundation

Lindsey Ford
Director of Political-Security Affairs, Richard Holbrooke Fellow, and Deputy Director of the Washington D.C. office, Asia Society Policy Institute

Catharin Dalpino, Professor Emeritus, Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University

Moderator

Dan Aum
Director, Washington D.C. Office, The National Bureau of Asian Research


Video Part II


KEYNOTE REMARKS


Introduction
Alison Szalwinski
Senior Director of Political and Security Affairs, The National Bureau of Asian Research

Remarks
Congressman Rick Larsen (D-WA)
Member, House Armed Services Committee; Co-Chair, U.S.-China Working Group


VIEW FROM THE REGION

What’s Next on U.S.-Taiwan Trade?

Chern-Chyi “C.C.” Chen, Deputy Representative, Economic Affairs, Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the United States

Moderator

Roy Kamphausen, Senior Vice President for Research, The National Bureau of Asian ResearchPanel


Event Sponsors

This event is made possible in part by the generous support of Chevron, Korea Foundation, and Pragmatics, Inc.

Chevron, Korea Foundation, Pragmatics, Inc.