UPCOMING EVENTS


WASHINGTON, DC | Discussion on Russia's Peacetime Demographic Crisis

On August 12, NBR and Hudson Institute will host a discussion with Nicholas Eberstadt (AEI)  on the critical implications for Russia's internal stability and future security outlook posed by the country's continuing population challenges. Joining and contributing to the discussion will be S. Enders Wimbush (Hudson Institute) and Fiona Hill (Brookings Institution). Roy Kamphausen (NBR) will serve as moderator. The discussion will take place from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. at Hudson Institute. For more information and to RSVP, see the event invitation. For background on the topic, see the recent NBR Report by Nicholas Eberstadt: Russia's Peacetime Demographic Crisis: Dimensions, Causes, Implications.


BERKELEY, CA | National Asia Research Program (NARP) West Coast Symposium

On October 14, 2010, NBR, the Wilson Center, and the Asia Foundation will hold the NARP West Coast Symposium at the University of California-Berkeley's Institute of East Asian Studies. This one-day conference will build on the discussions from the June 2010 Asia Policy Assembly. Learn More


JAKARTA, INDONESIA | 2011 Pacific Energy Summit

The Future of Natural Gas in the Asia-Pacific will be the theme of the 2011 Pacific Energy Summit to be held in Jakarta, Indonesia, on February 21-23, 2011. The Summit will explore the role of natural gas in addressing the challenges of energy security and climate change in the region. See the 2011 Pacific Energy Website for more information.

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NEW CONFERENCE VOLUME

2009 PLA Conference Volume

The PLA at Home and Abroad: Assessing the Operational Capabilities of China's Military was the theme of the 20th annual People's Liberation Army (PLA) Conference convened in Carlisle, Pennsylvania on September 25–27, 2009, by NBR, the Strategic Studies Institute of the U.S. Army War College, and the George H.W. Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M University.  Learn more about the conference and recent book discussion event and read the full conference volume The PLA at Home and Abroad, released June 2010.

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HIGHLIGHTED PUBLICATION

Marking the Fifth Anniversary of the U.S.-China Working Group 

Representatives Rick Larsen (D-WA) and Mark Kirk (R-IL) founded the U.S. China Working Group in June of 2005. Larsen and Kirk co-authored the December 2005 NBR Analysis Congress and the Updating of the U.S.-China Relationship in which they explored the role that the United States Congress can play in helping to foster mutual understanding between the respective governments and people of China and the United States. To mark the fifth anniversary of the founding of the U.S.-China Working Group, NBR is is making this issue of the NBR Analysis free to download until August 31, 2010. Download Now

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FORTHCOMING PUBLICATION

Strategic Asia 2010-11 Volume

Strategic Asia 2010-11: Asia's Rising Power and America's Continued Purpose (forthcoming Sept. 2010) will provide an integrated perspective on the major issues that impact peace, security, and power in Asia, a decade after the first volume in this series was published. Learn more about the forthcoming tenth-anniversary volume.

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NBR IN THE NEWS

WSJ BLOG | China as Co-Shaper of Global Standards

China Standards and Innovation Policy is a joint initiative of NBR and East-West Center whose fourth phase is led by principal investigator Dieter Ernst (EWC). Ernst was recently interviewed on China's increasing role in shaping technological standards in the Wall Street Journal Blog article China as Co-Shaper of Global Standards. 


RADIO FREE ASIA| Beijing disputes energy record

Mikkal Herberg, research director of NBR's Energy Security Program is quoted in this article on the response of Chinese officials to claims that the country is the world's biggest consumer of energy. Read the Radio Free Asia article Beijing disputes energy record. 


THE STATESMAN | 'USA should pressure China to stop nuke sale'

Ashley J. Tellis, research director of NBR's Strategic Asia Program and senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace recently published the paper "The China-Pakistan Nuclear 'Deal': Separating Fact From Fiction." Tellis is quoted in the Statesman article 'USA should pressure China to stop nuke sale'.


THE NEW YORK TIMES | Can Medical Technology Solve the Health Care Problem?

The 2010 Pacific Health Summit and the recent book Turning the World Upside Down: The Search for Global Health in the 21st Century, by Lord Nigel Crisp, are discussed in the New York Times article  Can Medical Technology Solve the Health Care Problem?Lord Crisp discusses the book in the Q&A Reforming the Global Health System: Lessons from Asia, which appears in the July 2010 issue of Asia Policy.

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