The 11th APAP Forum focused on the theme of “Engaging the United States in an Emerging East Asia Community.” Growing economic integration and political cooperation among countries in East Asia have increasingly been associated with aspirations to build an East Asia regional community, and it is crucial that the United States and East Asia remain constructively engaged in a dialogue about the community-building process. JCIE and the United States Asia Pacific Council have launched a study and dialogue on this topic and, on October 24, a workshop was held in Washington, DC, with prominent experts from East Asia and the United States. The following day, on October 25, the participants presented their arguments to the public at the USAPC Washington Conference on “New Challenges in the Transpacific Partnership.”
October 23
Opening Dinner
October 24
Session I: “Overview—East Asia Community Building and the United States”
Moderator: Tadashi Yamamoto, President, Japan Center for International Exchange
East Asian Perspective:
Akihiko Tanaka, Director, Institute for Oriental Culture, University of Tokyo
American Perspective:
J. Stapleton Roy, Chairman, United States Asia Pacific Council; former Ambassador to China and Indonesia
Session II: “Political/Security Dimensions of U.S. Engagment with East Asia Community”
Moderator: Charles E. Morrison, President, East-West Center
American Perspective:
Stephen Bosworth, Dean, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University; former Ambassador to the Republic of Korea
East Asian Perspective:
Hitoshi Tanaka, Senior Fellow, JCIE; former Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs
Chinese Perspective:
Wang Jisi, Dean, School of International Studies, Beijing University
Session III: “Economic Dimensions of U.S. Engagement with East Asia Community”
Moderator: K. Kesavapany, Director, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore
American Perspective:
C. Fred Bergsten, Director, Institute for International Economics
East Asian Perspective:
Hadi Soesastro, Executive Director, CSIS, Indonesia
Session IV: “The Future Challenges of East Asia Community Building and of Engaging with the United States in the Process”
Moderator: Tadashi Yamamoto, President, JCIE
American Perspective:
James Kelly, Senior Advisor, Center for Strategic and International Studies; former Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs
Charles E. Morrison, President, East-West Center
East Asian Perspective:
Jusuf Wanandi, Co-founder, Member of the Board of Trustees, and Senior Fellow, Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), Indonesia
MUTHIAH ALAGAPPA | Director, East-West Center, Washington, USA |
C. FRED BERGSTEN | Director, Institute for International Economics, USA |
MARK BORTHWICK | Director, United States Asia Pacific Council, USA |
STEPHEN BOSWORTH | Dean, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University; former Ambassador to the Republic of Korea, USA |
SUCHIT BUNBONGKARN | Professor Emeritus, Faculty of Political Science, Chulalongkorn University; Senior Fellow, Institute of Security and International Studies (ISIS), Thailand |
ELLEN FROST | Visiting Fellow, Institute for International Economics; Adjunct Research Fellow, National Defense University, USA |
YOICHI FUNABASHI | Chief Diplomatic Correspondant and Columnist, Asahi Shimbun, Japan |
CAROLINA G. HERNANDEZ | Professor of Political Science, University of the Philippines; Chair of the Board of Directors, Institute for Strategic and Development Studies, Inc., Philippines |
JAMES A. KELLEY | James Kelly, Senior Advisor, Center for Strategic and International Studies; former Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, USA |
K. KESAVAPANY | Director, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore |
STEPHEN LEONG | Assistant Director-General, Institute of Strategic and International Studies (ISIS), Malaysia |
EDWARD J. LINCOLN | Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations, USA |
IWAO MATSUDA | Chief Secretary, Research Commission on Foreign Affairs, Liberal Democratic Party (LDP); Member of the House of Councillors, Japan |
CHARLES E. MORRISON | President, The East-West Center |
J. STAPLETON ROY | Chairman, United States Asia Pacific Council |
HADI SOESASTRO | Executive Director, Centre for Strategic and International Studies, Indonesia |
AKIHIKO TANAKA | Director, Institute of Oriental Culture, University of Tokyo |
HITOSHI TANAKA | Senior Fellow, JCIE; former Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Japan |
JUSUF WANANDI | Founding Member, Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), Indonesia |
WANG JISI | Dean, School of International Studies, Beijing University, China |
KOJI WATANABE | Senior Fellow, JCIE; former Ambassador to Russia, Japan |
TADASHI YAMAMOTO | President, JCIE, Japan |
USAPC | |
LIZ A. DORN | Program Associate, USAPC, USA |
BARBARA WANNER | Business Coordinator, USAPC, USA |
JCIE | |
JAMES GANNON | Executive Director, JCIE/USA, USA |
HYOMA ITO | Program Officer, Policy Research & Political Exchange Program, Japan |
