Capitol Hill Asia Policy Dialogues
Mansfield Foundation Capitol Hill Asia Policy Dialogue series brings leading Asia experts to Capitol Hill to share their expertise, providing opportunities for members of Congress and their staff to learn about issues of importance to companies operating in Asia. In addition to helping increase awareness of Asia on Capitol Hill, the dialogues foster discussion between representatives of Congress and the business community on specific legislation and policies that impact U.S. relations with Asia. The dialogues cover an array of timely and important economic, business, trade and security topics. Corporate affiliates are invited to participate in the dialogues and to contribute ideas for subjects and speakers for the series, giving them opportunities to leverage and expand their relationships in Congress.
The Capitol Hill Asia Policy Dialogue series is made possible by the generous support of the Foundation’s Corporate Affiliates. Supporting and engaging in this series is often a first step for corporations interested in partnering with the Foundation. For more information about opportunities to partner with the Mansfield Foundation, please see our Support page.
The Foundation is very grateful for the support of its Corporate Affiliates, including:
Amgen Inc.
Recent Capitol Hill Asia Policy Dialogues
2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012
2012
Leadership Change and Economic Reform in North Korea
Speaker: Marcus Noland, Deputy Director of the Peterson Institute for International Economics and a senior fellow at the East-West Center
September 12, 2012
Current Challenges in U.S.-Asia Trade and Investment:
Perspectives from American Chambers of Commerce in Asia 2012
Speaker: Mr. Steven R. Okun, Chairman, Asia-Pacific Council of American Chambers of Commerce (APCAC)
Director, Public Affairs, KKR Asia-Pacific; Mr. Tom Clark Vice Chair for Washington Affairs and TPP, APCAC
Vice President for Government Affairs and Policy, GE Capital Asia; Dr. Richard Vuylsteke President, American Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong; Ms. Amy Jackson President, American Chamber of Commerce in Korea
Capitol Hill Asia Policy Dialogue
June 19, 2012
Obama’s Asia Policy and Key Challenges for the Next Administration
Speaker: Matthew P. Goodman, Center for Strategic and International Studies
Capitol Hill Asia Policy Dialogue
May 17, 2012
The China Dynamic in U.S.-Southeast Asia Relations: Adjusting to New Realities
Speaker: Ambassador James Keith, Senior Director, McLarty Associates
Capitol Hill Asia Policy Dialogue
March 15, 2012
2011
Update on U.S.-Taiwan Relations: Recent Developments and Recent Challenges
Speaker: Ambassador Raymond Burghardt, Chairman of the Board of Trustees, The American Institute in Taiwan
Capitol Hill Asia Policy Dialogue
September 14 , 2011
Current Challenges in U.S.-Asia Trade and Investment: Perspectives from American Chambers of Commerce in Asia
Speakers: Mr. Tom Clark, Vice President for Government Affairs and Policy, GE Capitol Asia (Tokyo); Dr. Richard Vuylsteke, President, American Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong; Mr. Edmund Sim, Partner, Appleton Luff (Singapore); Mr. Tom Pinansky, Senior Foreign Attorney, Barun Law (Seoul)
Capitol Hill Asia Policy Dialogue
June 14 , 2011
One Month After the Disaster in Japan: A Business Perspective on the American Response and Its Implications for U.S.-Japan Relations
Speaker: Mr. Charles Lake, Chairman, Aflac Japan
Capitol Hill Asia Policy Dialogue
April 11 , 2011
The Future of the Trans-Pacific Partnership: What Does Vietnam’s Accession Mean for the TPP?
Speaker: Mr. Jeffrey Schott, Senior Fellow, Peterson Institute for International Economics
Capitol Hill Asia Policy Dialogue
March 23, 2011
U.S.-Vietnam Security Cooperation in the Asia Pacific
Speaker: Mr. Robert Scher, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for South and Southeast Asia
Capitol Hill Asia Policy Dialogue
March 16, 2011
U.S. – South Korea Relations and Northeast Asian Security
Speaker: Lieutenant General Jin H Hwang (Ret.), National Assembly of the Republic of Korea
Capitol Hill Asia Policy Dialogue
January 27, 2011
“2010 Year-End Dialogue: Foreign, Security, and Unification Affairs of the Republic of Korea” by Assemblyman Jin Ha Hwan
2010
Financial Sector Reforms in China: Ensuring Fair Access for U.S. Firms
Speakers: Pieter Bottelier, Senior Adjunct Professor of China Studies, School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) and John Dearie, Executive Vice President for Policy, the Financial Services Forum
Capitol Hill, Capitol Hill Asia Policy Dialogue
November 4, 2010
Click here to read a related paper by John Dearie published in Caijing magazine
U.S.-Japan Security Relations: Enduring Ties, Recent Developments
Speaker: Michael Schiffer, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Asian & Pacific Security Affairs, East Asia, Department of Defense
Capitol Hill, Capitol Hill Asia Policy Dialogue
August 6, 2010
Flirting with Disaster: The Hatoyama Administration and Japanese Politics
Speaker: Kiichi Fujiwara, Professor, University of Tokyo
Capitol Hill, Capitol Hill Asia Policy Dialogue
May 19, 2010
China-Iran Energy Relations: Beyond the Headlines
Speaker: Erica Downs, China Energy Fellow, John L. Thornton China Center, The Brookings Institution
Capitol Hill, Capitol Hill Asia Policy Dialogue
March 26, 2010
Pillars of a U.S. Strategy for ASEAN
Speaker: Ernest Bower, Senior Adviser & Director, Southeast Program, Center for Strategic & International Studies
Capitol Hill, Capitol Hill Asia Policy Dialogue
February 26, 2010
2009
APEC: Strengthening Strategic Ties between the U.S. and the Asia Pacific
Speaker: Kurt Tong, U.S. Senior Official for APEC, Bureau of East Asia and the Pacific, U.S. Department of State
Capitol Hill, Capitol Hill Asia Policy Dialogue
December 17, 2009
The Global Financial Crisis: Lessons from Japan
Speaker: Kazumasa Iwata, President, Economic and Social Research Institute, Cabinet Office, Government of Japan
April 21, 2009
China’s Responses to the Global Economic Recession
Speaker: David Dollar, Country Director for China and Mongolia, World Bank
Co-sponsored with The U.S.-China Business Council
Capitol Hill, Capitol Hill Policy Dialogues
April 20 , 2009
China’s Rise and the Two Koreas: Politics, Economics, Security
Speaker: Scott Snyder, Director, Center for U.S.-Korea Policy, and Senior Associate, Asia Foundation
April 2, 2009
Moving U.S.-China Relations to a New Stage Through Cooperation on Climate Change
Speakers: Kenneth Lieberthal, University of Michigan professor and Brookings Institution Visiting Fellow; and David Sandalow, Brookings Institution Senior Fellow
March 11, 2009
Sports, Political Change, and Foreign Relations: The Beijing Olympics and Beyond
Speaker: Dr. Victor Cha, D.S. Song Professor and Director of Asian Studies at Georgetown University and former Director for Asian Affairs, White House National Security Council
September 23, 2008
The Politics of the Internet in Japan
Speaker: Jim Foster, Director for Corporate Affairs, Microsoft Japan
May 28, 2008
Critical Issues in U.S.-China Relations
Speaker: Congressman Mark Kirk (R-IL),Co-founder and Co-chair of the bipartisan U.S.-China Working Group
April 10, 2008
China’s Military Modernization, Taiwan, and Energy Diplomacy: Implications for Asia-Pacific Regional stability and U.S. National Security
Speaker: Ambassador Ma Zhengang, Chairman of China National Committee, Council for Security Cooperation in the Asia Pacific (CSCAP) and President of China Arms Control and Disarmament Association
March 27, 2008
Japan’s Diplomatic Strategy for Asia: Implications for the U.S.-Japan Alliance
Speaker: Kenichiro Sasae, Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Japan
March 19, 2008
China’s Quest for Energy Security: Implications for U.S. Foreign Policy
Speaker: Dr. Jean Garrison, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Wyoming
February 12, 2008
Japan’s Role in the Middle East, Middle East Peace Process and Iran: Implications for the U.S.-Japan Alliance
Speaker: Shinsuke Sugiyama, Deputy Director General for Middle East, Middle Eastern and African Affairs Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Japan
February 5, 2008
An Asian Perspective on Climate Change: A New Factor in U.S. National Security and International Peace and Stability?
Speaker: Dr. Brahma Chellaney, Professor of Strategic Studies, Centre for Policy Research, New Delhi, India
January 17, 2008
2007
Nukes, Missiles and Abductions: A Japanese Perspective on the Six Party Talks
Speaker: Minister Akitaka Saiki, Embassy of Japan
December 18, 2007
After Abe: the U.S.-Japan Alliance Under Prime Minister Fukuda
Speaker: Michael J. Green, Japan Chair, Center for Strategic and International Studies, associate professor, Georgetown University School of Foreign Service
October 24, 2007
The Korea-U.S. Free Trade Agreement (KORUS FTA): Promise or Peril?
Speakers: Seok Young Choi, Minister, Embassy of the Republic of Korea; Laura Lane, Senior Vice President for Government Affairs, Citigroup; Douglas Meyer, Senior Economist, United Auto Workers, and Jeffrey Schott, Senior Fellow, Peterson Institute of International Economics
August 21, 2007
U.S.-China Relations: Common Concerns and Opportunities in a Changing World
Speaker: The Honorable Wu Jianmin, Under-Secretary-General and Spokesman, Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC)
June 12, 2007
Japan and the United States: Indispensable Partners, in Asia and Beyond
Speaker: The Honorable Robert M. Kimmitt, Deputy Secretary of the Treasury
April 17, 2007
From Koizumi to Abe: A New Era in U.S.-Japan Relations
Speakers: Kiichi Fujiwara, Professor of International Politics at the University of Tokyo; and Kurt Campbell, CEO, Center for a New American Security
Japan in an Integrating Asian Economy: Policy Implications for the United States
Speaker: Charles D. Lake, II, President, American Chamber of Commerce Japan and Vice Chairman, Aflac Japan
February 8, 2007
2006
After Hanoi: Next Steps in the U.S. Trade Agenda for APEC
Speaker: John Neuffer, Deputy Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for APEC Affairs
December 14, 2006
Economic Repercussions of the DPRK Nuclear Test
Speaker: Dr. Marcus Noland, Senior Fellow, Institute for International Economics
October 18, 2006
2005
China’s Economic Challenge: Priorities for Washington and Beijing
Speaker: Dr. Albert Keidel, Senior Associate, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
September 29, 2005
Emerging from a Lost Decade – Japanese Financial System Reforms and Policy Implications for the United States
Speaker: Charles D. Lake, II, Vice Chairman, Aflac Japan and Representative in Japan
April 7, 2005
Hot Spots in Asia: Policies Toward the Korean Peninsula and Taiwan Straits
Speaker: Ambassador James R. Lilley, former U.S. ambassador to China and Korea
May 25, 2005
2004
U.S.-Asia Relations: A Renewed Imperative
Speaker: Evans Revere, Acting Assistant Secretary of State for East Asia and the Pacific, U.S. Department of State
September 8, 2004