East Asia Security Challenges” 6:30 pm to 7:30 pm: 02 May, 2013 WWF Auditorium, 172 – B, Lodhi Estate, New Delhi

The Asia-Pacific is emerging as the world’s most militarily significant and challenging region. China’s military has benefited from decades of double-digit growth in investment and today represents a robust fighting force focused, in part, on denying the United States access to the western Pacific during a time of crisis or conflict. North Korea continues to threaten the peace and stability of the entire region, and has not shown an interest in abandoning belligerence and confrontation since the death of Kim Jong-il. Seveal U.S. allies in Asia—Japan, the Republic of Korea (ROK), and Australia—have built highly capable armed forces that are (to varying degrees) well integrated with U.S. forces. At the same time, other regional partners and new potential partners—Singapore, India, Indonesia, and Vietnam—have also been increasing their investments in military capabilities in recent years.   What security challenges lie ahead and how will the Asia-Pacific’s increasing significance and growing military power attract the attention of strategists and policy makers around the world?  To discuss this important issue, Aspen Institute India invites you to join a talk on “East Asia Security Challenges” by  James Steinberg, Dean of the Maxwell School, Syracuse University and former US Deputy Secretary of State. The session will be chaired by Kanwal Sibal, former Foreign Secretary of India. Participation is restricted and will be by prior registration only.

WHEN Thursday, May 2, 2013 6:30 PM  - 7:30 PM  Registration : 6:00 pm  WHEREWWF Auditorium, 172-B, Lodhi EstateNew Delhi – 110003     RSVPThursday, May 2, 2013 by 9:00 AM

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Mr. James Steinberg is Dean of the Maxwell School, Syracuse University and University Professor of Social Science, International Affairs and Law.  Prior to becoming Dean in, 2011, he served as Deputy Secretary of State, serving as the principal Deputy to Secretary Clinton.  From 2005-2008 Steinberg was Dean of the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs.  From 2001 to 2005, Mr. Steinberg was vice president and director of Foreign Policy Studies at the Brookings Institution. Mr. Steinberg served as deputy national security advisor to President Clinton from 1996 to 2000.  During that period he also served as the president’s personal representative to the 1998 and 1999 G-8 summits.  Prior to becoming deputy national security advisor, Mr. Steinberg served as director of the State Department’s policy planning staff, and as deputy assistant secretary for analysis in the bureau of Intelligence and Research. Earlier, Mr. Steinberg was Senator Edward Kennedy’s principal aide for the Senate Armed Services Committee and minority counsel, U.S. Senate Labor and Human Resources Committee.  Mr. Steinberg’s most recent book is Difficult Transitions: Foreign Policy Troubles at the Outset of Presidential Power (2008) with Kurt Campbell.

Ambassador Kanwal Sibal was India’s Foreign Secretary (2002-2003), Ambassador to Turkey (1989 to 1992), DCM in Washington with rank of Ambassador( 1992-1995), Ambassador to Egypt (1995-1998), Ambassador to France(1998-2002), Ambassador to Russia( 2004-2007) and member of the National Security Advisory Board (2008-2010).