Join us for a free one-day workshop for educators at the Japanese American National Museum, hosted by the USC U.S.-China Institute and the National Consortium for Teaching about Asia. This workshop will include a guided tour of the beloved exhibition Common Ground: The Heart of Community, slated to close permanently in January 2025. Following the tour, learn strategies for engaging students in the primary source artifacts, images, and documents found in JANM’s vast collection and discover classroom-ready resources to support teaching and learning about the Japanese American experience.
McCain and Obama Advisors to Debate Asia Policy
Senior foreign policy advisors to presidential candidates Senator McCain and Senator Obama will debate the future of U.S. foreign policy toward the Asia-Pacific
When:
September 22, 2008 5:00pm to 7:00pm
Where
Washington, D.C. - Senior foreign policy advisors to presidential
candidates Senator McCain and Senator Obama will debate the future of
U.S. foreign policy toward the Asia-Pacific on September 22. The
National Bureau of Asian Research (NBR) is hosting the debate to help
inform the public of the presidential candidates' views toward this
important region. The next U.S. administration will need an effective
Asia policy to address challenges ranging from global warming to
traditional and nontraditional security threats as well as maintaining
prosperity.
Moderator:
Ambassador Thomas Pickering, NBR Advisor and former
Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs and Ambassador to the
United Nations, Russia, India, Israel, Nigeria, and Jordan.
Master of Ceremonies:
Lori Matsukawa, Co-anchor for Seattle's NBC
affiliate, KING 5 Television.
McCain/Palin Representatives:
Michael J. Green, Associate Professor of International Relations,
Georgetown University; Senior Advisor and Japan Chair, CSIS; former
Special Assistant to the President and former Senior Director for Asian
Affairs, National Security Council
Daniel A. Blumenthal, Resident Fellow, American Enterprise Institute
(AEI); Commissioner, U.S.-China Economic and Security Review
Commission; former Senior Director for China, Taiwan, and Mongolia,
Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for International Security
Affairs, Department of Defense
Obama/Biden Representatives:
Ambassador Robert S. Gelbard, Chairman, Washington Global Partners
LLC; former Ambassador to Indonesia and Bolivia; President Clinton's
Special Envoy to the Balkans; former Assistant Secretary of State for
International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs, Department of State
Frank Jannuzi, Professional Staff, Senate Foreign Relations Committee;
and former Political-Military Analyst, Bureau of Intelligence and
Research, Department of State
Event Website URL:
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