Published: July 12, 2017 Tuesday, July 18, 2017 9:00 am–4:30 pm CSIS Headquarters This event will be webcast live from this page. The CSIS Southeast Asia Program and Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative (AMTI) are pleased to present the Seventh Annual CSIS South China Sea Conference. This full-day conference will provide opportunities for in-depth discussion and analysis of the future of the South China Sea disputes, and potential responses, amid policy shifts in Beijing, Manila, and Washington. It will feature speakers from throughout the region, including claimant countries. Panels will address recent developments, legal and environmental issues, the strategic balance, and U.S. policy under the Trump administration. 9:00 a.m. “Renewing American Leadership in the Asia Pacific” Senator Cory Gardner Chairman, Subcommittee on Asian and Pacific Affairs Committee on Foreign Relations United States Senate Moderator: Michael J. Green Senior Vice President for Asia and Japan Chair Center for Strategic and International Studies 9:45 a.m. State of Play in the South China Sea over the Past Year Aries Arugay Associate Professor, Department of Political Science University of the Philippines Xue Chen Research Fellow, Center for Maritime and Polar Region Studies Shanghai Institute for International Studies Tran Truong Thuy Director Foundation for East Sea Studies, Vietnam Bonnie Glaser Senior Adviser and Director, China Power Project Center for Strategic and International Studies Moderator: Amy Searight Senior Adviser and Director, Southeast Asia Program Center for Strategic and International Studies 11:00 a.m. Coffee Break 11:15 a.m. Legal and Environmental Issues and Next Steps Jay Batongbacal Associate Professor of Law and Director, Institute for Maritime Affairs and Law of the Sea University of the Philippines Law Center Isaac Kardon Assistant Professor, Center for Naval Warfare Studies U.S. Naval War College Chi-ting Tsai Assistant Professor of International Law, Department of Political Science National Taiwan University Tara Davenport Non-Resident Fellow, Centre for International Law National University of Singapore Moderator: Gregory Poling Director, Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative; and Fellow, Southeast Asia Program Center for Strategic and International Studies 12:30 p.m. Lunch Served 1:00 p.m. Lunch Discussion Ely Ratner Maurice R. Greenberg Senior Fellow in China Studies Council on Foreign Relations Moderator: Amy Searight Senior Adviser and Director, Southeast Asia Program Center for Strategic and International Studies 1:45 p.m. Militarization, Counter-Coercion, and Capacity Building James Holmes Professor, Strategy & Policy U.S. Naval War College Lindsey Ford Director for Security Programs Asia Society Policy Institute Alexander Vuving Professor Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies, Hawaii Darshana Baruah Research Analyst Carnegie India Moderator: Andrew Shearer Senior Adviser on Asia-Pacific Security Center for Strategic and International Studies 3:00 p.m. Coffee Break 3:15 p.m. U.S. South China Sea Policy under the New Administration Colin Willett Former Deputy Assistant Secretary U.S. Department of State Nong Hong Executive Director and Senior Fellow Institute for China-America Studies Dang Cam Tu Deputy Director, Institute for Strategic Studies Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam Joseph Chinyong Liow Dean and Professor of Comparative and International Politics S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies Moderator: Murray Hiebert Senior Adviser and Deputy Director, Southeast Asia Program Center for Strategic and International Studies 4:30 p.m. Adjourn Click here to register to attend the event. Share