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Welcoming Remarks

Harvey Sicherman, President, FPRI

Panel 1: The U.S. Presidential Election and U.S. Policy toward East Asia

Audio/Video of The U.S. Presidential Election and U.S. Policy toward East Asia

Paper:

• Lowell Dittmer, Professor of Political Science, University of California at Berkeley

Commentators:

• Harvey Sicherman, President, FPRI
• Robert G. Sutter, Visiting Professor of Asian Studies, School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University

Moderator:

• Walter A. McDougall, Senior Fellow, FPRI, and Alloy-Ansin Professor of International Relations, University of Pennsylvania

Panel 2: China’s Foreign Policy in Hu’s Second Term: Coping with Political Transitions Abroad

Audio/Video of China’s Foreign Policy in Hu’s Second Term: Coping with Political Transitions Abroad

Paper:

• Chinese Foreign Policy in Hu’s Second Term: Coping with Political Transition Abroad, FPRI E-Notes, 5/10/2008
  Suisheng Zhao, Professor and Executive Director, Center for US-China Cooperation, Graduate School of International Studies, University of Denver

Commentators:

• Richard Baum, Professor of Political Science, UCLA
  • China: A Partner or Adversary?, FPRI E-Notes, 5/2008
• June Teufel Dreyer, Professor of Political Science, University of Miami at Coral Gables, and Senior Fellow, FPRI

Moderator:

• James Kurth, Claude Smith Professor of Political Science, Swarthmore College, and Senior Fellow, FPRI

Keynote Address

Carl Gershman, President, National Endowment for Democracy

Read The Democratic Prospect in East Asia, FPRI E-Notes, 5/2008

Audio/Video of Carl Gershman’s Keynote Address

Panel 3: Leadership Transition in Japan and Japanese Foreign Policy

Audio/Video of Leadership Transition in Japan and Japanese Foreign Policy

Jun Saito, Assistant Professor of Government, Franklin and Marshall College

Commentators:

• Jennifer Amyx, Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Pennsylvania
• Robert Kane, Assistant Professor of History, Niagara University

Moderator:

• Jacques deLisle, Director, FPRI Asia Program, and Professor of Law, University of Pennsylvania

Panel 4: Taiwan and South Korea

Audio/Video of Taiwan and South Korea

Papers:

• Shelley Rigger, Brown Associate Professor of Political Science, Davidson College, and Senior Fellow, FPRI, on Taiwan’s Presidential and Legislative Elections: Cross-Strait relations and U.S.-Taiwan relations in the post-Chen Shui-bian Era
• David Steinberg, Professor of Asian Studies, School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University, on Elections in the Republic of Korea: Foreign Policy Alternatives Under New Leadership, FPRI E-Notes

Commentators:

• Gilbert Rozman, Musgrave Professor of Sociology, Princeton University, and Senior Fellow, FPRI
• Jacques deLisle, Director, FPRI Asia Program, and Professor of Law, University of Pennsylvania

Moderator:

• Harvey Sicherman, President, FPRI