Held in Seoul in November 29–30, 2009, the 15th APAP Forum brought the 2009 APAP project team together to discuss papers under the theme of “Regional Community Building and the Global Agenda: The Impact of Changing US Policy on the Emerging East Asia Community.” The first two sessions were devoted to examining the US perspective, including trends of American Asia policy as well as the evolving US approach toward community building in Asia. The next session focused on Northeast Asian, including Chinese, Korean, and Japanese perspectives on the US role in East Asia, and the final session focused on the Southeast Asian perspective on the US role in the Asian region.
Session I: Trends of US Asia Policy
Moderator: Tadashi Yamamoto, President, Japan Center for International Exchange
Mark Borthwick, Executive Director, US Asia Pacific Council, East West Center, Honolulu
Session II: Evolving US Approach toward Community Building in Asia
Moderator: Jesus P. Estanislao, Chairman, Institute of Corporate Directors
Amy Searight, Senior Advisor, Stonebridge International
Jim Gannon, Executive Director, JCIE/USA
Session III: Northeast Asian perspectives on the US role in East Asia
Moderator: Carolina Hernandez, Professor of Political Science, University of the Philippines
Han Intaek, Senior Research Fellow, Jeju Peace Institute
Yang Danzhi, Assistant Research Fellow, Institute of Asia-Pacific
Takashi Terada, Professor of International Relations, Institute of Asian Studies, Waseda University
Session IV: Southeast Asian Perspectives on the US roles in Asia
Moderator: Tan Sri Mohamed Jawhar. Chairman and CEO, Institute of Strategic International Studies (ISIS), Malaysia
Noel Morada, Research Director, Asia Pacific Centre for the Responsibility to Protect, University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia
Joey Long Shi Ruey, Assistant Professor, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University
Concluding Session
Moderator: Tadashi Yamamoto
Han Sung-joo
Charles Morrison
Jusuf Wanandi
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Mark Borthwick |
Executive Director, US Asia Pacific Council, East West Center, Honolulu |
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Mely Caballero-Anthony |
Associate Professor, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS); Head, Centre for Non-Traditional Security (NTS) Studies; Secretary-General, Consortium of Non-Traditional Security Studies in Asia (NTS Asia) |
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Jesus P. Estanislao |
Chairman, Institute of Corporate Directors; Chairman, Institute of Solidarity in Asia; former Secretary of Finance |
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James Gannon |
Executive Director, JCIE/USA |
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Han Intaek |
Senior Research Fellow, Jeju Peace Institute |
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Han Sung-Joo |
Chairman, The Asan Institute for Policy Studies; former Korean Minister of Foreign Affairs; former Korean Ambassador to the United States |
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Carolina G. Hernandez |
Emeritus Professor of Political Science, University of the Philippines; Chair of the Board of Directors, Institute for Strategic and Development Studies, Inc. |
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Tan Sri Mohamed Jawhar |
Chairman and CEO, Institute of Strategic International Studies (ISIS), Malaysia |
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Hideko Katsumata |
Managing Director and Executive Secretary, Japan Center for International Exchange |
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Akira Kojima |
Trustee & Senior Fellow, Japan Center for Economic Research (JCER) |
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Joey Long Shi Ruey |
Assistant Professor, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University |
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Noel Morada |
Research Director, Asia Pacific Centre for the Responsibility to Protect, School of Political Science and International Studies, University of Queensland, Australia; Professor of Political Science, Department of Political Science, College of Social Sciences and Philosophy, University of the Philippines, Diliman |
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Satoru Mori |
Associate Professor in the Department of Global Politics, Hosei University |
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Charles Morrison |
President, The East-West Center |
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Masashi Nishihara |
President, Research Institute for Peace and Security |
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Ryo Sahashi |
Research Fellow, Japan Center for International Exchange; Assistant Professor, Policy Alternatives Research Institute (PARI), University of Tokyo |
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Amy Searight |
Senior Advisor, Stonebridge International; Memorial Assistant Professor of Political Science and International Affairs, George Washington University |
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Rajiv Sikri |
Former Secretary (East), Ministry of External Affairs; Former Ambassador to Kazakhstan |
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Hitoshi Tanaka |
Senior Fellow, Japan Center for International Exchange; former Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Japan |
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Takashi Terada |
Professor of International Relations, Organization for Asian Studies, Waseda University, Tokyo |
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Jusuf Wanandi |
Vice Chairman, Board of Trustees, Centre for Strategic Studies, Jakarta |
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Koji Watanabe |
Senior Fellow, Japan Center for International Exchange; former Japanese Ambassador to Russia |
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Taizo Yakushiji |
Vice President and Executive Research Director, Institute for International Policy Studies; Professor of Political Science, Keio University |
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Tadashi Yamamoto |
President, Japan Center for International Exchange |
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Yang Danzhi |
Assistant Research Fellow, Institute of Asian and Pacific Studies, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences |
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Zhang Yunling |
Professor and Director, Academic Division of International Studies, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences |
