Events

Trump’s Indo-Pacific Strategy & the ASEAN and Chinese responses Speaker: Dr. Amy Searight, Senior Advisor and Director of the Southeast Asia Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies Respondent: Dr. Andrew Nathan, Class of 1919 Professor of Political Science, Columbia University Moderator: Dr. Ann Marie Murphy, Professor, Seton Hall University Event Summary: The Trump administration has articulated a ‘free and open Indo-Pacific’ strategy as the new modus operandi for the United States' policy on Asia, but is it a useful organizing concept? Please join Dr. Amy Searight for a discussion of the Trump administration’s ‘free and open Indo-Pacific” and the Southeast Asian response. Dr. Andrew Nathan will provide a Chinese view of the ‘free and open Indo-Pacific” strategy in promises to be a stimulating discussion of an important topic.