Philippines Votes 2016:
What's at Stake for
U.S.-Philippines Relations?
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Wednesday | May 4
2:00pm - 3:30pm
1779 Massachusetts Avenue NW
Washington DC 20036
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On May 9, Filipinos will vote for a new president and vice president. While President Aquino has overseen a dramatic turnaround in his country's economic fortunes, the Philippines faces a range of challenges. A panel of Southeast Asia experts will discuss how Aquino's potential successor would handle these challenges and what's at stake for U.S.-Philippines relations.
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This event is being co-sponsored by the US-Philippines Society, the Southeast Asian Studies Program of the Johns Hopkins University's SAIS, and the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
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SPEAKERS
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William Wise
Professor Wise is practitioner-in-residence and Senior Associate Director of Asian and Southeast Asian Studies at the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies.
Murray Hiebert
Murray Hiebert serves as Senior Fellow and Deputy Director of the Southeast Asia program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington.
Michael Eiland
Michael Eiland is an independent foreign affairs consultant with several years experience in senior positions in the U.S. army and the U.S. intelligence community focused mainly on East Asia.
Marvin C. Ott
Marvin C. Ott is professorial lecturer and visiting scholar in Southeast Asia studies at the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, lecturer in East Asian Studies at the Johns Hopkins University, and public policy scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.
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