JHU SAIS to Host Forum on Economic Diplomacy in South Asia
The Johns Hopkins Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) will hold a forum, "Testing Economic Diplomacy in South Asia: Can It Really Work?" on Thursday, 05/29 from 2 to 4:30 p.m.
Hosted by the SAIS South Asia Studies Program and the Foreign Policy Institute, the forum will feature panelists from academia, government, international organizations and think tanks. A complete agenda is attached.
The forum, free and open to the public, will be held in Room 806 of the SAIS Rome Building, located at 1619 Massachusetts Ave. N.W., Washington, D.C. Members of the public should RSVP by e-mailing [email protected] or calling 202.663.5722.
Media who want to cover this event should contact Felisa Neuringer Klubes in the SAIS Public Affairs Office at 202.663.5626 or [email protected].
AGENDA
"Testing Economic Diplomacy in South Asia: Can it Really Work?"
Thursday, 05/29, 2:00-4:30 p.m.
Room 806, Rome Building
PROGRAM
2:00 p.m. Welcome and Introductory Remarks
Thomas Keaney, Executive Director, Foreign Policy Institute
Poonam Barua, Ford Fellow, Foreign Policy Institute (SAIS), and Director, Public Affairs Management (New Delhi)
2:15-3:15 p.m.: Session I - What are the Prospects?
Panelists:
Terrisita Schaffer, Director -South Asia Program, Center for Strategic and International Studies
"India-Pakistan Economic Relations: Harnessing the Peace-Dividend"
Lisa Curtis, Senior Advisor, Bureau of South Asian Affairs, Department of State
"Economic Linkages in South Asia: The U.S. Perspective"
Ram Babu Dhakal, First Secretary, Permanent Mission of Nepal to the United Nations.
"Cooperation in South Asia: The Regional Perspective"
Question and Answer Session
3:15 p.m. - Coffee Break
3:30-4: 30 p.m.: Session II -- What are the Challenges?
Panelists:
Stephen Cohen, Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution
"Military and Security Constraints to Building an Economic Relationship"
Michael T. Clark, Ph.D., Executive Director, U.S.-India Business Council , U.S. Chamber of Commerce
"Investing in Peace"
Husain Haqqani, Visiting Scholar, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
"Political Challenges to Economic Ties in South Asia"
Question and Answer Session
4:30 p.m. Conclude Seminar