China Maritime Security Conference Set to Begin
Wendell Minnick, “China Maritime Security Conference Set to Begin,” Defense News, 21 Apr 2010.
The U.S. Naval War College (NWC) in Newport, R.I., will host a conference from May 4-5 entitled “Chinese and American Approaches to Non-Traditional Security Challenges: Implications for the Maritime Domain.”
Sponsored by the NWC’s China Maritime Studies Institute, the objective of the conference is derived from the 2007 Cooperative Strategy for 21st Century Seapower goal to “foster and sustain cooperative relationships with more international partners,” conference organizers said.
The conference will serve to continue a dialogue among Chinese and American specialists regarding the development of cooperation in the maritime domain. “In doing so, it draws heavily on the experience of the third annual conference in 2007, which framed the issues under the theme “Defining a Maritime Partnership in China.’” This conference hopes to “create the intellectual framework for further enhanced U.S.-China maritime cooperation.” …
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For more information on the conference, click on the following link: “Chinese and American Approaches to Non-Traditional Security Challenges: Implications for the Maritime Domain”
To register to attend, please contact LCDR Ed Fiorentino, (401) 841-2359, edward.fiorentino@usnwc.edu.
