America's New Focus on Asia: A Conversation with CSIS Scholars on Regional Security Issues

America's focus on Asian security to be examined at Feb. 13 Newsmaker

The Newsmakers and International Correspondents committees have teamed up to co-sponsor a panel discussion at noon Monday, Feb. 13, on "America's New Focus on Asia: A Conversation with CSIS Scholars on Regional Security Issues."

The event in the Murrow Room will feature three scholars on the Asian region from the Center for Strategic and International Studies who will discuss a wide range of timely issues including nuclear deterrence, balance of power, climate change and disaster response, with emphasis on China, India and Iran.

The panelists are:

--Clark A. Murdock, senior adviser for the Defense and National Security Group at CSIS and director of the Project on Nuclear Issues.

--Ambassador Karl F. Inderfurth, Senior Adviser and Wadhwani Chair in U.S.-India Policy Studies. He served as U.S. assistant secretary of state for South Asian affairs from 1997 to 2001.

--Ernest Bower, senior adviser and director of the CSIS Southeast Asia Program and Pacific Partners Initiative. He is recognized as a leading expert on Southeast Asia and is former president of the US-ASEAN Business Council.

The panel discussion will be moderated by Myron Belkind, chair of the NPC¹s International Correspondents Committee and former AP bureau chief in New Delhi, Tokyo and London.

Contact: Myron Belkind, chair, International Correspondents Committee, [email protected], 202-412-9257.