Asia Roundtable: Focal Points for the Future
Staff: Jerome A. Cohen, Adjunct Senior Fellow for Asia Studies
February 1, 1997 - June 1, 1998
Asia is an increasingly important center of world power. With Hong Kong reverting to Chinese rule, tensions between North and South Korea increasing, and the United States and Japan reinvigorating their alliance, relations between the United States and Asia will be undergoing change. Individual sessions of the Roundtable examined the implications of these changes in a sociopolitical, economic, and security framework.
Meetings
Roundtable Meeting
Litigating International Business Disputes in China's Courts
Presider: Jerome A. Cohen
Speakers: Stanley Lubman, Attorney at Law/Stanford University
Cynthia Harkness, Credit Agricole Indosuez
October 20, 1998
Roundtable Meeting
New Perspectives for Business with Sichuan Province, People's Republic of China
Presider: Jerome A. Cohen
Speaker: Song Baorni, Governor, Sichuan Province
June 25, 1998
Roundtable Meeting
The Role of the World Bank in Asia's Legal Development
Commentator: Paul Geithner, Harvard University
Presider: Jerome A. Cohen
Speaker: Natalie Lichtenstein, The World Bank
April 16, 1998
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Roundtable Meeting
Korea's Financial Crisis and the Law
Commentator: David Lakhdhir, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
Presider: Jerome A. Cohen
Speaker: Sang-Hyun Song, Seoul National University Law School
March 24, 1998
Roundtable Meeting
The Next U.S.-China Summit
Presider: Jerome A. Cohen
Speaker: Chen Peiyao, Shanghai Institute of International Studies
March 24, 1998
Roundtable Meeting
Mongolia's Democracy and Its Regional Impact
Presider: Jerome A. Cohen
Speaker: Radnaasumbereliin Gonchigdorj, Parliament, Mongolia
March 23, 1998
Roundtable Meeting
U.S. Assistance to Indonesia Law Reform
Commentator: Robert H. Hornick, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius
Presider: Jerome A. Cohen
Speaker: Cliff Thompson, University of Wisconsin, Madison
March 10, 1998
Roundtable Meeting
Disarming Strangers: Diplomacy with North Korea
Presider: Jerome A. Cohen
Speaker: Leon V. Sigal, Social Science Research Council
March 4, 1998
Roundtable Meeting
APEC Infrastructure Facilities Project
Presider: Jerome A. Cohen
Speaker: Donald Hellman, APEC Study Center, University of Washington
October 29, 1997
Roundtable Meeting
Asia's Financial Turmoil and Greater China's Stability
Presiders: Robert D. Hormats
Roger M. Kubarych
Speaker: John S. Wadsworth Jr., Morgan Stanley Asia, Hong Kong
October 29, 1997
Roundtable Meeting
Sharing the Resources of the South China Sea
Presider: Jerome A. Cohen
Speaker: Jon Van Dyke, University of Hawaii
October 24, 1997
Roundtable Meeting
Stability in South Asia
Presider: Jerome A. Cohen
Speaker: Ashley J. Tellis, RAND Corporation
October 20, 1997
Roundtable Meeting
The Future of the Korean Peninsula: An Informal Discussion
Presider: Jerome A. Cohen
Speaker: Yuchong Ha, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, South Korea
September 29, 1997
Roundtable Meeting
North Korea and International Law: An Overview
Presider: Jerome A. Cohen
Speakers: Jerome A. Cohen, New York University School of Law
Myung Soo Lee
May 27, 1997
Roundtable Meeting
U.S.-DPRK Relations: Prospects for the Future
Presider: Jerome A. Cohen
Speaker: Kim Gye Gwan, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Democratic People's Republic of Korea
April 17, 1997
General Meeting
Hong Kong and China: A Delicate Balance
Presider: Mark Whitaker
Speaker: Martin C. M. Lee, Chairman, Democratic Party, Hong Kong
April 16, 1997
Roundtable Meeting
The Upcoming 15th Party Congress: Shaping China's Future
Presider: Jerome A. Cohen
Speaker: Willy Wo-Lap Lam, South China Morning Post, China
April 15, 1997
Roundtable Meeting
Prospects for Reforming China's State Enterprises: Key to Economic Progress
Presider: Jerome A. Cohen
Speaker: Cao Siyuan, Beijing Siyuan Merger and Bankruptcy Consultancy/Sitong Institute of Social Development
April 9, 1997
Roundtable Meeting
Democracy, Security, and the Prospects for Peace between the Koreas
Presider: Fareed Zakaria
Speaker: Dae-Jung Kim, National Congress for New Politics, Republic of Korea/Kim Dae Jung Peace Foundation for the Asia Pacific Region
April 8, 1997
Roundtable Meeting
Problems Facing Post-Suharto Indonesia
Presider: Jonathan S. Paris
Speaker: Richard Robinson, Asia Research Center, Murdoch University, Australia
March 24, 1997
Roundtable Meeting
Criminal Law Reform and Human Rights in China: Implications for U.S. Policy
Presider: Jerome A. Cohen
Speaker: Jonathan Hecht, Harvard Law School
February 12, 1997
General Meeting
Hong Kong's Economic Competitiveness and the Impact of Reversion to Chinese Rule
Presider: Leslie H. Gelb
Speaker: Victor K. K. Fung, Chairman, Hong Kong Trade Development Council
February 6, 1997
Roundtable Meeting
East Asia Policies of the European Union: A Comparative View by a European
Presider: Jerome A. Cohen
Speaker: Wolfgang Pape, European Commission and the Brookings Institution
February 3, 1997
No One's World
The US-South Korea Alliance