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Cooperation from Strength: The United States, China and the South China Sea

Cooperation from Strength: The United States, China and the South China Sea
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Date:

January 10, 2012
9:00am - 11:30am

Date & Time
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
8:30-9:00 a.m.: Guest registration
9:00-11:30 a.m.: Keynote address and panel discussion followed by Q&A
11:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m.: Press availability
Location:

The Willard InterContinental Hotel
Grand Ballroom
1401 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20004

At an event on January 10, 2012, from 9:00-11:30 a.m., the Center for a New American Security (CNAS) will release the report Cooperation from Strength: The United States, China and the South China Sea, which examines the future of U.S. strategy in the South China Sea and the impact of territorial disputes on the maritime commons. The event will feature a keynote address by Admiral Jonathan Greenert, Chief of Naval Operations, followed by a discussion with a distinguished panel of experts chaired by Richard Danzig, former Secretary of the U.S. Navy, and including Ambassador Chan Heng Chee, Ambassador of the Republic of Singapore to the United States, and report co-authors Patrick Cronin, Senior Advisor and Senior Director of the Asia-Pacific Security Program and Robert D. Kaplan, Senior Fellow, both of the Center for a New American Security. 

RSVP here or call (202) 457-9427. Visit the CNAS LIVE page on January 10 at 9:00 a.m. to watch the webcast of the event. Share your comments and questions in real time on the CNAS LIVE page and on Twitter @CNASdc #southchinasea.

Copies of Cooperation from Strength: The United States, China and the South China Sea will be available at the event. CNAS also launched an online portal, Flashpoints: Security in the East and South China Seas, which includes a comprehensive map and timeline of significant disputes, overlapping claims and potential flashpoints that will serve as a hub for reliable data and analyses on the East and South China Seas to promote broader international information sharing. Visit the online portal Flashpoints: Security in the East and South China Seas on the CNAS website.


 


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