FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 11, 2008

Contact: Felisa Neuringer Klubes 202.663.5626
E-mail: fklubes@jhu.edu

Senator Chuck Hagel to Give Keynote Address at JHU SAIS/NBR Conference on Asia

The Johns Hopkins Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) will hold a conference, “Challenges and Choices in Asia,” on Thursday, September 18 from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m.

The SAIS China Studies Program is co-sponsoring this event with the National Bureau of Asian Research (NBR). The presentations will be based on NBR’s recently published volume Strategic Asia 2008-09: Challenges and Choices, which addresses the major strategic choices of Asia facing the new U.S. president and more broadly, the policy community.

Senator Chuck Hagel (R-Neb.), will give the conference’s keynote address at 9:40 a.m. Expert speakers from academia, think tanks and government will speak throughout the morning in the following panel sessions:

8:30 a.m.      Opening remarks
8:40 a.m.      “U.S. Power in Asia”
9:10 a.m.      “China and Japan”
9:40 a.m.      Keynote address by Hagel
10:15 a.m.   “Russia and India”
10:45 a.m.    Q&A with audience
11:15 a.m.    Concluding remarks

The complete agenda and list of speakers can be found at http://www.sais-jhu.edu/events/pdf/challengeschoicesasia.pdf.

The conference, which is free and open to the public, will be held in the Kenney Auditorium, first floor of the SAIS Nitze Building at 1740 Massachusetts Ave., N.W., Washington, D.C. Members of the public should RSVP to NBR at 202.347.9767 or srenzi@nbr.org.

Media who want to cover the event should contact Felisa Neuringer Klubes in the SAIS Communications Office at 202.663.5626 or fklubes@jhu.edu.