U.S. Rebalance to Asia: A Status Report

The Center for a New American Security (CNAS) and the Guam-U.S.-Asia Security Alliance (GUASA) cordially invite you to a public, lunch briefing on Capitol Hill on:

The U.S. Rebalance to Asia: 
A Status Report 

 Featuring Keynote Remarks by:

Senator John McCain
Chairman, Senate Armed Services Committee

Kelly E. Magsamen*
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Asian and Pacific Security Affairs
U.S. Department of Defense
*Remarks will be Off-the-Record

Representative Matt Salmon
Chairman, Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific
House Foreign Affairs Committee

Representative Madeleine Z. Bordallo
Delegate from the U.S. Territory of Guam

Panel Discussions on: 

Strategic Issues in Maritime Asia 

Dr. Patrick M. Cronin
Senior Advisor and Senior Director, Asia-Pacific Security Program
Center for a New American Security 

Shawn Brimley
Executive Vice President and Director of Studies
Center for a New American Security

Dr. Ely Ratner
Senior Fellow and Deputy Director, Asia-Pacific Security Program
Center for a New American Security

Bryan McGrath
Deputy Director, Center for American Seapower
Hudson Institute

Dr. Thomas Mahnken
Director of the Advanced Strategy Program
Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies 

U.S. Presence, Force Posture, and the Role of the Marianas 

Dr. Jerry Hendrix
Senior Fellow and Director, Defense Strategies and Assessments Program
Center for a New American Security 

Dr. Thomas Bickford
Asia Analyst, China Studies Division
Center for Naval Analyses

Shirley Kan
Formerly of the Congressional Research Service (CRS) 

Paul Giarra
President of Global Strategies & Transformation

Juan Carlos Benitez
Principal of Guam-US-Asia Security Alliance

12:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Thursday, April 16, 2015
2172 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, D.C.

Building on the Secretary of Defense’s recent Asia-Pacific tour, the Center for a New American Security (CNAS) Asia-Pacific Security Program and the Guam-US-Asia Security Alliance (GUASA) are pleased to announce a special public briefing on U.S. strategy and policy for the Asia-Pacific region.  The briefing will provide stand-alone remarks by members of the Office of the Secretary of Defense and Congress. 

In addition, two panels will offer brief analyses of key strategy, regional force posture, and other relevant issues.  The first panel, “Strategic Issues in Maritime Asia,” will cover a breadth of topics including China’s reclamation in the South China Sea, countering maritime coercion, the role of allies and partners, the U.S. Navy’s new report on Chinese maritime power, and the U.S. Department of Defense’s Third Offset Strategy.  The second panel, “U.S. Presence, Force Posture, and the Role of the Marianas,” will provide an update on U.S. regional military presence, the strategic purpose of U.S. presence and forces, the role of U.S. territory in engaging allies and partners, and the issues facing the planned buildup in the Marianas. 

The panels will also highlight the recently completed CNAS report on cost-imposition strategies in maritime Asia and a newly completed GUASA report on contributions of the Marianas to U.S. rebalance policy. 

Tentative Agenda:

12pm        Lunch
12:30pm   Panel 1: Strategic Issues in Maritime Asia
1:30pm     Keynote Remarks by Kelley Magsamen
1:50pm     Keynote Remarks by Senator John McCain
2:05pm     Keynote Remarks by Representative Matthew Salmon
2:30pm     Keynote Remarks by Representative Madeleine Bordallo
2:50pm     Panel 2: U.S. Presence, Force Posture, and the Role of the Marianas
3:50pm     Closing Remarks

I hope you will be able to join us on Thursday, April 16th from 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. in the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill.  Lunch will be served.  Additional speakers may join the program and updates will follow.

  RSVP:
Please RSVP to Hannah Suh at 
[email protected] or 202-292-4194.  

We very much hope to see you on April 16th. 

Dr. Patrick Cronin
Senior Advisor and Senior Director,
Asia-Pacific Security Program
Center for a New American Security