Pivot to Asia? U.S. Policy in Asia Under the Trump Administration

This conference by the RAND Corporation brings together experts from China, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Taiwan, and the United States to examine the future of U.S. relations with the Asia Pacific—focusing on climate change, economic ties, national security, and human rights. Former head of U.S. Pacific Command, Admiral Samuel J. Locklear III, will deliver the keynote address.

• Rafiq Dossani, Director, Center for Asia Pacific Policy, RAND Corporation
• Scott W. Harold, Associate Director, Center for Asia Pacific Policy, RAND Corporation
• Suprabha Baniya, Doctoral Candidate, Purdue University
• Bruce W. Bennett, Senior Defense Analyst, RAND Corporation
• Michael Davis, Fellow, National Endowment for Democracy
• Alexander Huang, Tamkang University
• Yasuko Kameyama, Deputy Director, National Institute for Environmental Studies
• Evan Laksmana, Researcher, Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)
• Eric Larson, Senior Policy Researcher, RAND Corporation
• Joanna Lewis, Associate Professor, Georgetown University
• Prashanth Parameswaran, Associate Editor, The Diplomat
• Gregory Poling, Director, Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative; Fellow, Southeast Asia Program, Center for Strategic & International Studies
• Sophie Richardson, China Director, Human Rights Watch
• Kamal Saggi, Dean of Social Sciences and Frances and John Downing Family Professor of Economics, Vanderbilt University
• Gordon Sun, Director, Economic Forecasting Center, Taiwan Institute of Economic Research