Date:
Wednesday, November 29, 2006.
4:30 PM.<BR/>
Location: Okimoto Conference Room
Encina Hall, third floor, east<BR/><BR/>
<p>Speaker: Alphonse F. La Porta, President, United States-Indonesia Society, Washington, D.C.</p>
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<p>The "blue wave" of Democratic Party victories on November 7th has altered the dynamics inside Congress and between the legislative and executive branches. U.S. policy toward Asia will be significantly affected. We can expect new and different pressures on relations with regional actors including China and the Koreas, on Asian regionalism, and on trade and economic issues. Indonesia is likely to come in for particular scrutiny. Join us for a timely discussion of the changed domestic politics of U.S.-Asia poilcy now and in the final two years of the Bush administration. </p>
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<p>The U.S.-Indonesia Society (USINDO) is an independent NGO specializing in policy issues relating to Indonesia and Southeast Asia. Alphonse La Porta assumed the presidency of USINDO in 2004 after a 38-year career in the U.S. Foreign Service. In the latter capacity he served as ambassador to Mongolia and held diplomatic positions in Indonesia, Malaysia, Turkey, and New Zealand. A former president of the American Foreign Service Association, Ambassador La Porta is a graduate of the National War College, Georgetown University, and New York University.</p>
<p>Hosted by the Southeast Asia Forum at the Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center.</p>
<BR/>
Wednesday, November 29, 2006.
4:30 PM.<BR/>
Location: Okimoto Conference Room
Encina Hall, third floor, east<BR/><BR/>
<p>Speaker: Alphonse F. La Porta, President, United States-Indonesia Society, Washington, D.C.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>The "blue wave" of Democratic Party victories on November 7th has altered the dynamics inside Congress and between the legislative and executive branches. U.S. policy toward Asia will be significantly affected. We can expect new and different pressures on relations with regional actors including China and the Koreas, on Asian regionalism, and on trade and economic issues. Indonesia is likely to come in for particular scrutiny. Join us for a timely discussion of the changed domestic politics of U.S.-Asia poilcy now and in the final two years of the Bush administration. </p>
<p> </p>
<p>The U.S.-Indonesia Society (USINDO) is an independent NGO specializing in policy issues relating to Indonesia and Southeast Asia. Alphonse La Porta assumed the presidency of USINDO in 2004 after a 38-year career in the U.S. Foreign Service. In the latter capacity he served as ambassador to Mongolia and held diplomatic positions in Indonesia, Malaysia, Turkey, and New Zealand. A former president of the American Foreign Service Association, Ambassador La Porta is a graduate of the National War College, Georgetown University, and New York University.</p>
<p>Hosted by the Southeast Asia Forum at the Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center.</p>
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