Mr. Schriver will address China's military modernization program, its growing economic clout, and its increased willingness to exercise pro-active diplomacy to further its interests. He will examine how this widening "tool box" of capabilities impacts China's approach to security challenges in Asia including its long-standing differences with Taiwan, more recent renewed tensions withJapan, the Korean nuclear challenge, and energy security. And he will assess what all these developments mean for the security interests of the United States and what policy options are under consideration in Washington in response to the China challenge.

Mr. Schriver is Partner with Armitage International, is the former Deputy

Assistant Secretary of State for East Asia with specific responsibilities for China, and the former Senior Director for China in the Office of the Secretary of Defense.