16
November 2018
Past Event
Implications of U.S.-China Tensions in the Indo-Pacific

Implications of U.S.-China Tensions in the Indo-Pacific

Past Event
Hudson Institute, Washington, D.C. Headquarters
November 16, 2018
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16
November 2018
Past Event

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

Speakers:
Vice Admiral Yoji Koda (Ret.)

Former Vice Admiral of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force and former director-general of the Operations and Plans Department in the Maritime Staff Office in Tokyo, Japan

Bryan McGrath

Former Deputy Director, Center for American Seapower

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Aparna Pande

Research Fellow, India and South Asia

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Satoru Nagao

Fellow (Nonresident)

Arthur Herman (Moderator)

Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute

On November 16, Hudson Institute convened a panel to discuss mounting tensions in U.S.-China relations and the impact on the Indo-Pacific region. Specifically, panelists considered the strategic implications of these tensions in the South China Sea for the U.S., Japan, and India.

Panelists included Bryan McGrath, deputy director of the Center for American Seapower at Hudson Institute; AdmiralYoji Koda (Ret.), the former Vice Admiral of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force and former Director-General of the Operations and Plans Department in the Maritime Staff Office in Tokyo, Japan; Aparna Pande, Research Fellow & Director of Hudson Institute’s Initiative on the Future of India and South Asia; and Satoru Nagao, a Visiting Fellow at Hudson Institute. The discussion will be moderated by Hudson Senior Fellow Arthur Herman.

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