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Engaging the Indo-Pacific
Deepening Partnerships, Expanding Influence, and Advancing Shared Prosperity
The Indo-Pacific is not only a strategic theater—it is a region of dynamic opportunity. Engaging the Indo-Pacific means showing up—not just with ships and sanctions, but with investment, ideas, and inclusive diplomacy. The U.S. must lead with presence, purpose, and partnership.
Partnerships Beyond Defense
- Japan, South Korea, and Australia are not only security allies but innovation and trade partners vital to regional prosperity.
- India and Southeast Asia represent democratic diversity and emerging leadership—engagement here must be multidimensional, respecting autonomy and offering alternatives to coercion.
- India and Southeast Asia represent democratic diversity and emerging leadership—engagement here must be multidimensional, respecting autonomy and offering alternatives to coercion.
Economic Statecraft That Builds Trust
- The U.S. must match its security presence with visible economic leadership—trusted infrastructure, digital standards, and resilient supply chains.
- A credible alternative to RCEP and Belt and Road is essential to demonstrating America’s long-term commitment to regional development.
Events and Publications
🏛️ Engaging Administration or Congress, 📰 Op-Ed / Ariticle / Quoted 🎙️ Podcast ✍️ Policy Brief 👥 Roundtable / Event 🎤 Speaking 🎥 TV/Video 🌐 Global
🇯🇵 Japan: Anchoring Shared Leadership in Innovation and Diplomacy
- 👥 Roundtable with Japan International Cooperation Agency President Akihiko Tanaka - Wilson Center - September 19, 2024
- 🎤 Gave remarks at Japan's National Institute for Information and Communication's Technology Forum - Washington DC - September 19, 2024
🇰🇷 South Korea: Bridging Industrial Power with Democratic Values
- 👥 Breifed South Korean Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy Ahn Duk-Guen - Wilson Center - April 10, 2024
🇦🇺 Australia: Deepening a Values-Based Partnership
🇮🇳 India: Expanding Strategic Convergence Through People and Platforms
🌏 Southeast Asia: Investing in Growth, Connectivity, and Resilience
- 🎤 Discussed how best to implement Vietnam's new Digitization and Artifical Intelligence Plans with their Central Theoretical Council - Hanoi, Vietnam - September 6, 2024
Partners in the Indo-Pacific: US Policy in the Next Administration
Panel includes Park Jin, Former Foreign Minister, Republic of Korea.
Advancing Both National Security and Economic Diplomacy in the Developing World
Courtney Fingar and I contend that restrictions on exports to protect security must be paired with opening markets for our tech products to both retain global leadership and advance economic development.
Roundtable Discussion with Australia's Lowy Institute
With Rory Linehan, Sam Barr, Roland Rajah, Alexandre Dayant, Dr. Prashanth Parameswaran, Chell Lyons and Jeff Kucik.
Roundtable with Japan International Cooperation Agency President Akihiko Tanaka
US - Japan Information-Communications Technology R&D Collaboration
A New Development Model for Vietnam in the New Economic Era
Discussed how best to implement the country's new Digitization and Artifical Intelligence Plans.
Discussing Economic Collaboration with Vietnam's Khanh Hoa Province
Wilson Center - Wahba Institute Collaboration with the Boston Global Forum.
Indo-Pacific Spark Initiative
It was a pleasure to join Tuan Nguyen, CEO of Global Forum, in Nha Trang, Vietnam for a talk show discussion on our collaboration to chart a path for closer economic ties between Vietnam and the US and allied nations.
Lam-Xi meeting suggests Vietnam's supply chain balance tilting toward China
Kennedy said, “A sounder path for Vietnam is to develop its own manufacturing capabilities that rely on supply chains from a diversified group of nations” other than China.
DISCUSSION WITH VIETNAM POLITBURO MEMBER ON AI STRATEGIES AND TECH DEVELOPMENT
Profesor Dr. Nguyen Xuan Thang, a member of Vietnam's Politburo and Chairman of the Central Theory Council (middle), Boston Global Forum CEO Tuan Nguyen (right) and Vietnam's Ambassador to the US Nguyen Quoc Dzung (left)
PRC CHALLENGES AND FOREIGN ASSISTANCE STRATEGIES IN EURASIA
SOUTH KOREA MINISTER OF TRADE, INDUSTRY AND ENERGY
ROUNDTABLE WITH SINGAPORE BASED THINK TANK
Shown with the Wilson Center's Robert Daly and Sinderpal Singh is Senior Fellow and Assistant Director, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
ROUNDTABLE WITH TAIWAN INSTITUTE OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
Conversation on Economic Development of Taiwan and the partnership with the United States with Dr. Ko-Hsiung, Lien - Director, Taiwan Institute of Economic Research Research Division VIII and our mutual colleagues.
RAIMONDO: COUNTRIES THAT FLOUT IPEF RULES WON’T ‘SEE THE BENEFITS’
The panel moderator, Mark Kennedy, director of the Wahba Institute for Strategic Competition at the Wilson Center, noted that the supply chain pillar agreement announced in May still was undergoing “legal scrubbing” and that it was not known whether it would include a dispute resolution mechanism, among other outstanding questions.
A CONVERSATION ON THE INDO-PACIFIC ECONOMIC FRAMEWORK WITH SECRETARY OF COMMERCE GINA RAIMONDO
'INFLATION REDUCTION ACT IS IN CLEAR VIOLATION OF KORUS FTA'
"I am pleased that the Biden administration has agreed to discuss South Korea's concerns regarding the Inflation Reduction Act," he said in an email interview with The Korea Times. "Just as America wants to ensure that others abide by the terms of trade agreements, it is important that America does so as well."
NAVIGATING A CHAOTIC GLOBAL SITUATION
JAPANESE PRIME MINISTER SHINZO ABE
