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Five years ago, Chinese president Xi Jinping announced the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), a trillion-dollar plan that aims to connect more than 70 countries via an overland “belt” and a maritime “road.” Join the CSIS Reconnecting Asia Project for a conversation examining China’s BRI, including the challenges, risks, and opportunities it poses for the United States.
AGENDA
John J. Hamre President and CEO, CSIS
Jonathan E. Hillman Senior Fellow and Reconnecting Asia Director, CSIS
Vice Adm. Andy Brown
President and CEO, National Defense Transportation Association
Judd Devermont Director, Africa Program, CSIS
Nilanthi Samaranayake Analyst, China and Indo-Pacific Security, CNA
Amy Searight Senior Adviser and Director, Southeast Asia Program, CSIS
Moderated by: Matthew P. Goodman Senior Vice President; William E. Simon Chair in Political Economy and Senior Adviser for Asian Economics, CSIS
Kurt M. Campbell
Chairman and CEO, The Asia Group, LLC
Kathleen H. Hicks Senior Vice President; Henry A. Kissinger Chair; Director, International Security Program, CSIS
Rilka Dragneva-Lewers Professor of International Legal Studies, University of Birmingham
Nargis Kassenova Senior Fellow, Program on Central Asia, Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies, Harvard University
Nadège Rolland
Senior Fellow for Political and Security Affairs, NBR
Stephanie Segal Deputy Director and Senior Fellow, Simon Chair in Political Economy, CSIS
Moderated by: Steve LeVine Future Editor, Axios; Adjunct Professor, Georgetown; Author, The Powerhouse
A light lunch will be served.
This event is made possible by the generous support of General Electric Company (GE) and USA Maritime. |