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Eighth Annual John H. Holdridge Memorial Lecture
Reception followed by lecture

Cosponsored by
The Sigur Center for Asian Studies
The Elliott School of International Affairs
The George Washington University

Speaker
Douglas H. Paal
Vice President for Studies
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

Topic
US-China Relations under a New Administration

The incoming Obama administration faces a variety of challenges and opportunities in China and Asia more broadly. Many in Asia have assessed Barack Obama's presidential victory as a mandate for a more thoughtful, engaging American foreign policy. Opportunities for engagement include coordination to minimize the global recession, warming PRC-Taiwan relations, Chinese military modernization, and a variety of conflicts and challenges across Asia. Carnegie's Douglas Paal will discuss the way forward for America's new leadership with China and other regional powers.

Douglas H. Paal is vice president for studies at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. He previously served as unofficial U.S. representative to Taiwan as director of the American Institute in Taiwan from April 2002 to January 2006. He was on the National Security Council staffs of Presidents Reagan and George H.W. Bush and between 1986 and 1993 as director of Asian Affairs, and then as senior director and special assistant to the President. Paal held positions in the policy planning staff at the State Department, as a senior analyst for the CIA, and at U.S. Embassies in Singapore and Beijing. He has spoken and published frequently on Asian affairs and national security issues. Paal received an A.B.-A.M. in Chinese Studies and Asian History from Brown University and Ph.D. in History and East Asian Languages from Harvard University. He speaks Chinese and Japanese.

This is an annual lecture established to commemorate the contributions of former MCBC board member Ambassador John H. Holdridge to the development of constructive diplomatic and business relations between the United States of America and the People's Republic of China.

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$30.00 members $45.00 non-members

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