Annual Board of Governors Dinner

MARCH 17, 2015

SHERATON WAIKIKIProgram

Our VisionThe Pacific Forum CSIS envisions an Asia-Pacific region where all states contribute to peace and stability, and all people enjoy security, prosperity and human dignity while governed by the rule of law.

Our MissionTo enhance mutual understanding and trust, promote sustainable cooperative solutions to common challenges, mitigate conflicts and contribute to peace and stability in the Asia-Pacific, the Pacific Fo-rum CSIS conducts policy-relevant research and promotes dialogue in the Asia-Pacific region through a network of bilateral and multi-lateral relationships on a comprehensive set of economic, security and foreign policy issues. The Pacific Forums analysis and policy recommendations are aimed at creating positive change within and among the nations of the Asia-Pacific and beyond.

Presidents Message Founders MessageMy thoughts of our 40th Anniversary go back to June of 1943

when I was an Officer on the US submarine Gunnel attacking Japanese ships in the sea between Japan and Korea. Suddenly Gunnel was spotted by three Japanese warships that immedi-ately bore down on us.

There followed 36 hours of violent battle in which the Jap-anese dropped depth charges that exploded so close under the submarine that they nearly lifted the boat out of the water. A Japanese grappling hook at the end of a chain banged against the conning tower so loudly that one submariner said, it sounded like the chains of Marleys ghost.

Forced to surface to replenish air, we took fire from the guns of the destroyers but torpedoed a destroyer as we dived to escape. In the midst of this life-or-death struggle, as the submarines torpedo officer, I thought: There has to be a better way to resolve disputes. I vowed that, if I survived, I would one day look for that better way.

After retiring as a Rear Admiral, with the help of a modest Foundation grant I trav-eled throughout East Asia to meet with influential political leaders, including Japans wartime Prime Minister Nobusuki Kishi and scholars, to emphasize the need for a Trans-Pacific policy dialogue with the US, viewing policy issues from the perspective of every nation involved. All conferees were enthused about this concept. This led to a network of 21 Asian and American research institutes collaborating with Pacific Forum and sharing expenses of programs.

Just as China started to emerge as an economic and political power, I was invited by the Beijing Institute of International Strategic Studies in July 1982 to visit China. I brought along several others, including former Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral Thomas Hayward, and the distinguished Asia scholar, Robert Scalapino.

This resulted in a decade of Sino-US informal Policy dialogues, led on the Chinese side in the early years by Zhu Rongji who subsequently became Premier of China.

In 1989, Pacific Forum became affiliated with the influential Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington, D.C. In essence, Pacific Forum be-came the Pacific arm of CSIS. Philip Habib, chairman of the Pacific Forum Board of Governors and a former US Under Secretary of State, asserted that this was designed to put both organizations at the forefront of Asia-Pacific policy formulation.

After I retired from heading Pacific Forum CSIS, I was succeeded by three out-standing professionals, each of whom has led the Forum to new heights of achieve-ment: Joe Jordan, James Kelly, and presently Ralph Cossa.

Ralph is leading Pacific Forum CSIS during a period of transition. Our popular Young Leaders Program now enjoys support from organizations worldwide and the Young Leaders participate in programs in Europe as well as Asia.

At the leading expert level, Pacific Forum CSIS is engaged in dialogues with Myan-mar on areas of nonproliferation of weapons of mass destruction. All such endeavors are in addition to the regular programs, seminars and publications which continue.

The bottom line of all this is that Pacific Forum CSIS is a key player in the interna-tional policy community. It is making a difference, a positive difference.

My original vision, to find a better way to resolve international disputes other than with guns and torpedoes is not just a vision anymore.

Rear Admiral Lloyd R. Joe Vasey (USN, Ret)Founder, Pacific Forum CSIS

Aloha!

This year marks the 40th anniversary of the Pacific Forum. Founded by RADM (USN, Ret) Lloyd R. Joe Vasey in 1975, our mission then as now, both before and after our merger with the Center for Stra-tegic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washing-ton DC in 1989, is to find a better way to promote

peace and security and avoid conflict and confrontation in the Asia-Pacific region. My three predecessors, Joe Vasey, Amos Joe Jordan, and James Kelly provided the foundation upon which we continue to build. This month marks my 14th year as president of the Pacific Forum; September will mark 22 years since I came on board, initially as executive director. During this period, we have grown considerably; our staff and budget have doubled and the number of projects and programs undertaken annually has increased fourfold.

I am most proud of our Young Leaders Program, instituted 11 years ago, to help groom the next generation of foreign policy experts at home and abroad. To date, 660 individual up-and-coming young professionals from 56 countries have directly participated in our Young Leader events. To-nights dinner continues the campaign we launched last year to build an endowment to ensure the perpetuation of this vital program.

None of this would be possible, of course, without the generous support of our sponsors and donors. With your continued support we will continue finding a better way to resolve conflicts and improve cooperation and un-derstanding throughout and beyond the Asia-Pacific region.

Ralph CossaPresidentPacific Forum CSIS

ProgramWelcome

Ralph Cossa, President, Pacific Forum CSIS

Gift presentation from China Fund Energy CommitteeMr. Su Weizhong, Executive Director, CEFC Shandong International

Holdings Co. Ltd

ToastConsul-General Jeff Robinson, Australian Consulate-General in

Honolulu

Dinner Appetizer: Haleiwa butter lettuce, pickled peaches, Ho Farms baby

tomatoes with a tarragon mustard vinaigrette

Entree: Red wine braised beef, melted leeks, shiitake mushroom, roasted corn, baby carrots and truffled gold yukon potato puree

or Vegetarian: Slow roasted eggplant filet mignon, black olive romesco, black truffled gnocchi, Aloun Farms pumpkin, Waialua

asparagus, citrus herb crust

Dessert: Tahitian vanilla bean timbale and white chiffon cake, strawberry and Grand Marnier sauce

Dinner wine generously provided by the Australian Consulate-General in Honolulu

Keynote speechRichard Armitage

Keynote SpeakerRichard L. Armitage is the co-chairman of the Pacific Forum CSIS Board of Gov-ernors and President of Armitage Interna-tional. He served as US Deputy Secretary of State from 2001 to 2005.

Mr. Armitage served as Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Policy from 1983-1989. From 1989 through 1992, Mr. Armitage filled key diplomatic posi-tions as Presidential Special Negotiator for

the Philippines Military Bases Agreement and Special Mediator for Water in the Middle East. President George H.W. Bush sent him as a Special Emissary to Jordans King Hussein during the 1991 Gulf War. From March 1992 until his departure from public service in May 1993, Mr. Armitage directed US assistance to the newly independent states (NIS) of the former Soviet Union. Prior to returning to government service in 2001, he was President of Armitage Associates L.C. from May 1993 until March 2001.

Mr. Armitage is a Naval Academy graduate (1967), and served in combat in Vietnam. He was awarded numerous US military deco-rations as well as decorations from the governments of Thailand, Republic of Korea, Bahrain, and Pakistan. Most recently, Her Majesty the Queen appointed Mr. Armitage an Honorary Com-panion of The New Zealand Order of Merit, in recognition of his services to New Zealand - US relations. Mr. Armitage is also an Honorary Companion of the Order of Australia, and was awarded the Knight of the British Empire. He is also a Knight Commander of the Order of St. Michael and St. George.

Mahalo to our Sponsors for making Tonights 40th Celebration a Success!

Platinum Sponsors $20,000

Gold Sponsors $10,000

Silver Sponsors $5,000

Admiral Thomas HaywardKim Jin Hyun

Torkel PattersonJean Rolles

Ambassador Charles SalmonHoward Stephenson

Bronze Sponsors $3,500

Blue Sponsors $2,000

Additional Sponsors

Ralph and Louanne CossaRex Reyes

Chairman Choi Shin Won

Mary BittermanAlan Hayashi, Galen Ho, and Daniel Kim

David Heenan and Barbara TanabeJames Kelly Warren Luke

Michael and Tomoko Malaghan Ambassador Lauren Moriarty

James Pappas Gerald Sumida

Ria BaldeviaHyun Hong-Choo Dr. Amos Jordan

R.T. PengAdmiral R.J. Zap Zlatoper

Dr. Victor ChaManny Menendez

Joseph NyeYoshio Okawara

Dr. Haruhisa Handa &

Pacific Forum CSISCo-Chairmen

Richard L. Armitage, President, Armitage International; former US Deputy Secretary of State. (Washington, DC)Joseph S. Nye, Jr., Distinguished Service Professor, John F. Kennedy School of Government; former Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs (Boston)

PresidentRalph A. Cossa, President, Pacific Forum CSIS (Honolulu)

Vice ChairmenThomas B. Hayward, Admiral USN (Ret.) President, Hayward Associates, Inc; former Chief of Naval Operations and member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (Seattle) L. R. Vasey, Rear Admiral USN (Ret.) Founder and Senior Advisor for Policy, Pacific Forum CSIS; former Chief of Strategic Plans and Policies for US Pacific Command (Honolulu)

Chairman EmeritusBrent Scowcroft, Lieutenant General USAF (Ret.) President, The Forum for International Policy; former Assistant to the President, National Security Af-fairs (Washington, DC)

GovernorsJames F. Armington, Vice President East Asia and Pacific, International Business Development, Boeing Defense, Space and Security (Arlington)Mary G. F. Bitterman, President, The Bernard Osher Foundation; former President, James Irvine Foundation (Honolulu and San Francisco)Choi Shin-won, Chairman and CEO, SKC; former Vice Chairman and CEO, SK Distribution. (Seoul)Brenda Lei Foster, Executive-in-Residence, UH Shidler College of Business; former President, American Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai (Honolulu)Haruhisa Handa, Chairman, Worldwide Support for Development (Tokyo)Ronald J. Hays, Admiral USN (Ret.) International Business Consultant; former Commander, US Pacific Command (Honolulu)David A. Heenan, Trustee, Board of Trustees, The Estate of James Campbell (Honolulu)Lee Howell, Managing Director, World Economic Forum (Geneva)

Hong-Choo Hyun, Attorney-at-Law, Kim and Chang; former ROK Ambassador to the US (Seoul)Irene Hirano Inouye, President, US-Japan Council; Trustee, Ford Foundation. (Washington, DC)Raymond F. Johnson, Chairman Emeritus, Caltex Petroleum (Dallas)Amos A. Jordan, Counselor and President Emeritus, Pacific Forum CSIS; former President, CSIS (Bountiful, Utah)James A. Kelly, Counselor, and President Emeritus, Pacific Forum CSIS; former Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs (Honolulu)Jin Hyun Kim, Senior Research Advisor, Korea International Trade Association; former ROK Minister of Science and Technology (Seoul)Warren K.K. Luke, Chairman and CEO, Hawaii National Bank (Honolulu)Yoshihiko Miyauchi, Chairman and CEO, ORIX Corporation (Tokyo)Lauren Kahea Moriarty, Principal, Aloha Visions; former Ambassador to Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) (Honolulu)Torkel Patterson, Principal, Group Pacific Inc.; former President, Raytheon Intl.; former National Security Council Senior Director for Asian Affairs (Washington, DC) R.T. Peng, President, Taiwan Transportation Machinery Corp. (Taipei)Rex C.A. Reyes, Chairman and CEO, Galaxy Group (Manila)Jean E. Rolles, Vice President, Community Relations, Outrigger Enterprises, Inc. (Honolulu)Charles B. Salmon, Foreign Policy Advisor, Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies; former Ambassador to Laos (Honolulu)James J. Shinn former Assistant Secretary of Defense for East Asia (Princeton, NJ)H. Howard Stephenson, former Chairman, Executive Committee, Bank of Hawaii (Honolulu)Barbara Tanabe, Partner, Hoakea Communications (Honolulu) Sarasin Viraphol, Executive Vice President, Charoen Pokphand Group; former Thai Ambassador to the Philippines (Bangkok)Jusuf Wanandi, Chairman, Supervisory Board, Centre for Strategic and International Studies (Jakarta)Alfonso T. Yuchengco, Head, Yuchengco Group of Companies; former Philippine Ambassador to the UN, to Japan, and to China (Manila)Ronald Zap Zlatoper, Admiral USN (Ret.) Trustee, Board of Trustees, The Estate of James Campbell (Honolulu)

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