Burma: Outside Interests, Inside Challenges

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PRE-MEETING

Wednesday, October 28

6:30 – 8:30pm

Informal reception and dinner for traveling participants

(Il Mulino, 1110 Vermont Avenue NW)

Welcoming remarks:

Dr. Norbert Wagner, Director Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, USA

Informal remarks about the American political context:

Mr. Matt Frei, Anchor, BBC World News America

CLOSED WORKSHOP AT BROOKINGS

Thursday, October 29

8:30 – 9:00am

Welcoming remarks:

Dr. Richard Bush, Director Center for Northeast Asia Policy Studies, Brookings

Introductory remarks by the organizers:

• Mr. Lex Rieffel, Nonresident Senior Fellow, Brookings
• Dr. David Steinberg, Georgetown University
• Dr. William Wise, SAIS-Johns Hopkins University

Session I: Contributing to the ASEAN Community

Moderator: Dr. William Wise, SAIS-Johns Hopkins University

Panelists:

• Mr. Termsak Chalermpalanupap, ASEAN Secretariat, Jakarta
• Dr. Pavin Chachavalpongpun, ISEAS, Singapore

Session II: Managing Strategic Pressures

Moderator: Mr. Bronson Percival, CNA

Panelists:

• Dr. Li Chenyang, Yunnan University, Kunming
• Brigadier Gurmeet Kanwal, CLAWS, New Delhi
• Dr. Andrew Selth, Griffith University, Brisbane
• Mr. Michael Vatikiotis, Henri Dunant Centre, Singapore°

Lunch for workshop participants

Introduction:

Dr. Norbert Wagner, KAS-USA

Keynote speaker on the European Perspective

Ms. Friederike Tschampa, First Secretary (Human rights, Peacekeeping, Americas, Europe and Asia), General Secretariat of the Council of the European Union, New York Liaison Office

1:30 – 3:00pm

Session III: Enabling Economic Growth

Moderator: Mr. Lex Rieffel, Brookings

Panelists:

• Dr. Mya Than, ISIS-Bangkok
• Dr. Xiaolin Guo, ISDP Stockholm
• Dr. David Dapice, Harvard Kennedy School, Cambridge MA

Conversation with General Wesley Clark, Chairman, Asia Society Task Force on U.S. Policy Towards Burma and Senior Fellow, UCLA's Burkle Center for International Relations

4:00 – 5:30pm

Session IV: Achieving National Reconciliation

Moderator: Dr. David Steinberg, Georgetown University

Panelists:

• Dr. Kyaw Yin Hlaing, City University of Hong Kong
• Dr. Mary Callahan, University of Washington, Seattle°
• Mr. Ashley South, independent writer and consultant, London°

Wrap-up

6:30 – 9:00pm

Dinner for workshop participants and special guests (The Monocle, 107 D Street NE)

Introduction:

Dr. David Steinberg, Georgetown University

Off-the-record discussion of U.S. Policy toward Burma

State Assistant Secretary Kurt Campbell

° = Contributing paper but unable to attend.

OPEN FORUM AT SAIS-JHU, KENNY AUDITORIUM

Friday, October 30

9:00am – 9:15am

Welcoming Remarks

Dr. William Wise, Associate Director of Southeast Asia Studies, Johns Hopkins University-SAIS

9:15 – 10:15am

Panel I: Pursuing a Smart U.S. Policy

Moderator: to be determined

Panelists:

• Dr. Scot Marciel, Deputy Assistant Secretary U.S. Department of State°
• Dr. Khin Zaw Win, NGO leader, Yangon
• Dr. Andrew Selth, Research Fellow, Griffith University

Moderator:Dr. Jurgen Haacke, London School of Economics

Panelists:

• Dr. Zhai Kun, CICIR, Beijing
• Brig. Gurmeet Kanwal, CLAWS, New Delhi°
• Dr. Chohsein Yamahata, Aichi Gakuin University, Nagoya°

Moderator:Dr. David Dapice, Harvard Kennedy School

Panelists:

• Mr. Toshihiro Kudo, IDE, Chiba
• Dr. Tin Maung Maung Than, ISEAS, Singapore°
• Dr. GUO Xiaolin''. GUO Xiaolin''GUO Xiaolin''O Xiaolin''Xiaolin''aolin''lin''n''', ISDP, Stockholm°