Ed. Note: Here's an important program coming up next Friday evening sponsored by the Windham World Affairs Council. CCB
ELLEN FROST, FORMER DEPUTY ASST. SECRETARYOF DEFENSE TO SPEAK ON ASIA’S NEW REGIONALISM, MAY 9, AT BROOKS LIBRARY
The Windham World Affairs Council of Vermont presents Ellen L. Frost, author and former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense, Friday, May 9, at 7:30 PM at Brooks Memorial Library on Main Street in Brattleboro. Ms. Frost will speak on her new book Asia's New Regionalism.
A coffee will precede the talk at 7 PM and is free and open to the public.
Frost states that the political drive to establish closer economic and security ties among Asian governments continues to gain momentum. One motivation is the need to engage a rising power -- China. The United States, preoccupied with the Middle East, has largely ignored the new trend, but China has become a skilled practitioner of regional diplomacy.
Does this community-building activity signal the birth of an outward-looking "Asia Major" or a China-dominated "Fortress Asia?" Is closer integration a positive trend for the region and for the United States? Sifting rhetoric from fact, Dr. Ellen Frost, former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense and Counselor to the U.S. Trade Representative, offers a nuanced analysis of the political, economic, and strategic issues at stake.
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