02
October 2017
Past Event
Defense Cooperation in the West Pacific: Countering Chinese and North Korean Threats

Defense Cooperation in the West Pacific: Countering Chinese and North Korean Threats

Past Event
Hudson Institute, Washington, D.C. Headquarters
October 02, 2017
Chinese and North Korean flags outside the Sino-Korea bilateral trade market (Zhang Peng/LightRocket via Getty Images)
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Chinese and North Korean flags outside the Sino-Korea bilateral trade market (Zhang Peng/LightRocket via Getty Images)
02
October 2017
Past Event

1201 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Suite 400
Washington, DC 20004

Speakers:
Seth Cropsey

President, Yorktown Institute

Richard D. Fisher, Jr.

Senior Fellow, International Assessment and Strategy Center

Paul Giarra

President, Global Strategies & Transformation

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Jun Isomura

Senior Fellow

Kanji Ishimaru

Director, Member of Board, & Senior Managing Executive Officer, ShinMaywa Industries, Ltd.

The western Pacific faces growing threats from a rising China and an increasingly bellicose North Korea. American policy is in the midst of change and Japan, too, is responding to the rise in regional tensions. Exactly what is the threat? What are the options for addressing it? What possibilities exist for greater cooperation?

On October 2, Hudson Institute hosted a distinguished panel of experts to examine these and related questions in light of growing challenges to regional and national security. Seth Cropsey, director of Hudson Institute’s Center for American Seapower, moderated a discussion with Richard D. Fisher, Jr. of the International Assessment and Strategy Center, Paul Giarra of Global Strategies & Transformation, Jun Isomura of Hudson Institute, and Kanji Ishimaru of ShinMaywa Industries, Ltd.

To view Mr. Fisher's slides, click here.

To view Mr. Isomura's slides, click here.

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