U.S. Policy Priorities and the 'Rebalance' to the Asia-Pacific

Asialink, The U.S. Consulate General, Melbourne, The U.S. Studies Centre at the University of Sydney along with ACBC and Confucius Institute are proud to present  

 

Bonnie Glaser, Senior Adviser for Asia, Freeman Chair in China Studies and Senior Associate, Pacific Forum, Centre for Strategic and International Studies in conversation with Dr Pradeep Taneja of the School of Social and Political Science, University of Melbourne for a robust discussion on U.S Policy Priorities and the 'Rebalance' to the Asia-Pacific.

 

The U.S. "rebalance" to Asia is a comprehensive diplomatic, economic, and military policy that seeks to advance American interests and reassure U.S. partners and allies of the U.S. commitment to sustaining peace and stability in the Asia-Pacific region.  Promoting good U.S. relations with China, as well as between China and the rest of the region, are key pillars of the "rebalance" policy. 

 

DATE:		Monday 27 May, 2013
TIME:		6.15pm for 6.30pm - 8.00pm
VENUE:		Yasuko Hiraoka Myer Room, Level 1, Sidney Myer Asia Centre, University of Melbourne (Corner Monash Road and Swanston Street)
REGISTER:		REGISTER HERE
COST:		FREE

Bonnie Glaser is a senior adviser for Asia in the Freeman Chair in China Studies, where she works on issues related to Chinese foreign and security   policy. She is concomitantly a senior associate with CSIS Pacific Forum and a consultant for the U.S. government on East Asia. From 2003 to mid-2008, Ms. Glaser was a senior associate in the CSIS International Security Program. Prior to joining CSIS, she served as a consultant for various U.S. government offices, including the Departments of Defense and State. Ms. Glaser has written extensively on Chinese threat perceptions and views of the strategic environment, China’s foreign policy, Sino-U.S. relations, U.S.-China military ties, cross-strait relations, Chinese assessments of the Korean peninsula, and Chinese perspectives on missile defense and multilateral security in Asia. Her writings have been published in the Washington Quarterly, China Quarterly, Asian Survey, International Security, Problems of Communism, Contemporary Southeast Asia, American

Foreign Policy Interests, Far Eastern Economic Review, Korean Journal of Defense Analysis, New York Times, and International Herald Tribune, as well as various edited volumes on Asian security. Ms. Glaser is a regular contributor to the Pacific Forum quarterly Web journal Comparative Connections. She is currently a board member of the U.S. Committee of the Council for Security Cooperation in the Asia Pacific and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, and she served as a member of the Defense Department’s Defense Policy Board China Panel in 1997. Ms. Glaser received her B.A. in political science from Boston University and her M.A. with concentrations in international economics and Chinese studies from the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies.

 

Dr Pradeep Taneja joined the School of Social and Political Sciences at The University of Melbourne in January 2006. He teaches primarily in the following areas: Chinese politics, political economy and international relations in the Asia-Pacific region. Born and largely educated in India, he lived and worked in China for more than six years during the 1980s and 90s, and the geographical focus of much of his work is on China. However, he continues to maintain teaching and research interests in Indian politics and foreign policy, and regularly writes about it. During 2002-2004, he lived and worked in Bangkok as part of a multinational team to help set up the graduate program at a new Thai university. Earlier he was Director of International Programs in the Graduate School of Management at La Trobe University. His professional career has combined teaching, consultancy and research activities across various fields.