Seminar on ‘Asian Views on America’s Role in Asia’ on 6 June

The American Chamber of Commerce in collaboration with The Asia Foundation will host a seminar on ‘America’s Role in Asia’ on Tuesday 6 June at Hilton Colombo.

The Keynote Address will be delivered by C. Rajamohan – Director of Carnegie India and Contributing Editor on Foreign Affairs to the Indian Express. This will be followed by a panel discussion comprising of Rajamohan, John Brandon – Director – Asia Foundation’s International Relations Program, Dr. Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu – Executive Director – Centre for Policy Alternatives and moderated by Deshal De Mel – Senior Economist – Hayleys Group.

AtulKeshap – US Ambassador to Sri Lanka and the Maldives will be the Chief Guest at the event.

For registration contact the AmCham Secretariat on 0112300116/7 or E:[email protected].

The American Chamber of Commerce in collaboration with The Asia Foundation will host ‘America’s Role in Asia’ following the launch the America’s Role in Asia publication prepared during the course of 2016 through a series of high level, closed door discussions held in Seoul, Bangkok and Colombo and launched in the US in November, 2016.  

Asian leaders are deeply concerned about America’s long-term support for the region and Washington’s political will to sustain its longstanding international security commitments.  These and other valuable insights are discussed in The Asia Foundation’s recent publication –AsianViews on America’s Role in Asia.

The Asia Foundation undertakes this initiative every four years to promote US-Asian dialogue and to formulate specific recommendations on US policy towards Asia.  The publication contains analyses from prominent Asian and American public policy experts and former government officials with deep insight into the past record of US-Asian relations on the role of the US in Asia.  

In contrast to many Asia policy studies in the United States which limit their inquiry to American views, this publication emphasises a diverse set of Asian perspectives. This year’s Asian participants comprised both established foreign policy luminaries and a younger generation of leaders from civil society and policy institutes.

In addition to the chapters written by the project’s three Asia chairs, three emerging Asian leaders who participated in the workshops also contributed a forward-looking snapshot entitled ‘The Future of Asia,’ in which they envision Asia’s future and the optimal role of the United States in it. A response from two prominent American foreign policy specialists examines the political appetite within the US for such recommendations.