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Resource Competition in East Asia: Political and Environmental Implications
The School of International Relations and Program on Environmental Studies present a symposium.
Where
March 27, 2013: Davidson Conference Center, USC
12:30-12:45 Welcome, opening remarks: Robert English (SIR) and Dave Kang (SIR, KSI)
12:45-1:00 Keynote: Victor Cha (Georgetown Univ., former NSC Asia Director)
1:00-2:30 Panel 1: Resources, Energy, Environment (Chair Dan Lynch, SIR)
Barry Naughton (UCSD): Food and Power in China (tentative)
Juliana Wang (ENST): China: Energy and the Environment
Suisheng Zhao (Univ. of Denver): Resources and Foreign Policy
2:30-2:45 break
2:45-4:15 Panel 2: Regional Implications of Resource Rivalry (Chair Saori Katada, SIR)
Mikkal Herberg (NBR, UCSD): Energy Security in Asia (tentative)
William Tow (ANU): Resource Rivalry in the South China Sea
Jim Haw (ENST): Environmental Impact of Politico-Military Rivalry
4:15-4:30 break
4:30-5:15 Roundtable: Political, Economic, Environmental Security in a
Changing East Asia
Co-Chairs: Saori Katada (SIR) and Dave Kang (SIR, KSI)
RSVP to:
grayc@usc.edu
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