SSJ Friends,


The Yokosuka Council on Asia-Pacific Studies is pleased to invite you to the seminar, "China's Drive For Global Power, A Year in Review and a Look Ahead" in Yokosuka on 16 May. Please see details below and watch www.YCAPS.org <http://www.YCAPS.org> for more events.


Best regards,
John Bradford
President, YCAPS



China's Drive For Global Power,

A Year in Review and a Look Ahead
Date: Wednesday, May 16, 2018
Time: 6:30 p.m. - 8:15 p.m.(reception 5:30 p.m. -6:30 p.m.)
Venue:
5th Floor, Training Room 2
Sogo Fukushi Kaikan Hall
〒238-0041 2-1, Honcho, Yokosuka-shi
神奈川横須賀市本町２竏窒P(Google Map <http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=1026190314&msgid=1798206&act=7HCP&c=397830&destination=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.co.jp%2Fmaps%2Fplace%2F%25E6%25A8%25AA%25E9%25A0%2588%25E8%25B3%2580%25E5%25B8%2582%25E7%25AB%258B%2B%25E7%25B7%258F%25E5%2590%2588%25E7%25A6%258F%25E7%25A5%2589%25E4%25BC%259A%25E9%25A4%25A8%2F%4035.2831151%2C139.6652421%2C19z%2Fdata%3D%214m8%211m2%212m1%211scontingent%213m4%211s0x0%3A0x9b1f8174ffade536%218m2%213d35.2828554%214d139.665028>)
Speaker: Tuan Pham
Admission:

Free. Open to the public.
Language: English
Co-Sponsor: Yokosuka Council on Asia-Pacific Studies, Japan-US Military Program
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At the end of 2017, China felt content that it had advanced its regional and global standing at the expense of perceived strategic rival the United States, and was more confident about carrying out its global ambitions in the coming years. At the year-end 19th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), President Xi Jinping emphatically reaffirmed a strategic roadmap for national rejuvenation (Chinese Dream) and officially heralded a new era in Chinese national development. Beijing seems determined to move forward from Mao Zedong's revolutionary legacy and Deng Xiaoping's iconic dictum; and poised to expand its global power and influence through the ambitious Belt and Road Initiative, expansive military build-up and modernization, assertive foreign policy, and forceful public diplomacy. In terms of great power relations, Beijing views itself as a rising power and Washington as a declining power - with both seen as being interlocked in a strategic competition for regional and global preeminence.



Speaker:

Tuan N. Pham serves on the executive committee of the Yokosuka Council on Asia-Pacific Studies (YCAPS); has over 16 years of experience in the Indo-Pacific; and is widely published in the Diplomat, National Interest, Center for International Maritime Security, and Proceedings (U.S. Naval Institute) on national security affairs and international relations. He is a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, U.S. Naval War College (Mahan Scholar), and Salve Regina University. He has completed the Federal Executive Fellowship at Johns Hopkins University/Applied Physics Laboratory, Senior Executive Fellowship at John F. Kennedy School of Government (Harvard University), and Seminar XXI Fellowship at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He holds a B.S. degree in Oceanography (Physics) and three M.A. degrees in National Security and Strategic Studies, International Relations, and Global Business Management.


Tuan is an active-duty senior naval intelligence officer, currently stationed in Japan (third tour). He was the recipient of the Navy Intelligence Admiral Showers Award for Excellence and Admiral Layton Award for Leadership and Mentorship.


Selected published works/-/A Sign of the Times, China's Recent Actions and the Undermining of Global Rules <http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=1026190314&msgid=1798206&act=7HCP&c=397830&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fcimsec.org%2Fa-sign-of-the-times-chinas-recent-actions-and-the-undermining-of-global-rules%2F35603>;Chinese Dream and Beijing's Grand Strategy <http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=1026190314&msgid=1798206&act=7HCP&c=397830&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fcimsec.org%2Fthe-chinese-dream-and-beijings-grand-strategy%2F35066>;Time to Stop Losing Ground to China in the South China Sea <http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=1026190314&msgid=1798206&act=7HCP&c=397830&destination=https%3A%2F%2Fthediplomat.com%2F2017%2F10%2Ftime-for-the-us-to-stop-losing-ground-to-china-in-the-south-china-sea%2F>;How America Can Keep From Losing in the South China Sea <http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=1026190314&msgid=1798206&act=7HCP&c=397830&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fthediplomat.com%2F2017%2F09%2Fhow-america-can-keep-from-losing-in-the-south-china-sea%2F>;America Has Not Lost in the South China Sea <http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=1026190314&msgid=1798206&act=7HCP&c=397830&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fthediplomat.com%2F2017%2F09%2Fthe-united-states-has-not-lost-the-south-china-sea%2F>Open Source Intelligence, Doctrine's Neglected Child <http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=1026190314&msgid=1798206&act=7HCP&c=397830&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.airuniversity.af.mil%2FMSFRIC%2F%23ti>



Note - The views and perspectives that will be expressed at the YCAPS Seminar onMay 16 are his own and do not reflect the official policy or position of the U.S. Government. As is standard for YCAPS events, comments and discussions will be off-the-record.