Monday, October 18, 2010 ~ 7PM
"CHINA Town Hall: Local Connections, National Reflections"
A forum on the relationship between the U.S. and China today
University of New Hampshire, Durham
Free and open to the public
Featuring Jon M. Huntsman, Jr., U.S. Ambassador to the People's Republic of China (via live webcast)
Webcast moderated by Stephen Orlins, President, National Comm. on U.S.-China Relations
&
Kathleen Walsh, Professor of National Security Affairs at US Naval War College
Sponsored by:
The event will be held in Demeritt 240 - see map below:
http://www.unh.edu/unhedutop/map
CHINA Town Hall is a national day of programming on China involving 50 cities throughout the United States
KATHLEEN WALSH
Kathleen (Kate) Walsh teaches policy making and process and national security policy analysis. Her research focuses on China and the Asia-Pacific region, particularly security and technology issues. She is the author of numerous publications, including: “Enhanced Information Sharing in the Asia Pacific: Establishing a Regional Cooperative Maritime Cooperative Operations Center,” chapter in Strategic Manoeuvres: Security in the Asia-Pacific, James Veitch, ed. (Centre for Strategic Studies, New Zealand, 2009); “The Role, Promise and Challenges of Dual-Use Technologies in National Defense,” in The Modern Defense Industry: Political, Economic and Technological Issues, Richard A. Bitzinger, ed. (Praeger, 2009); “National Security Challenges and Competition: Defense and Space R&D in the Chinese Strategic Context,” Technology in Society (July 2008); Post-Conflict Borders and UN Peace Operations: Part 1: Border Security, Trade Controls, and UN Peace Operations (Henry L. Stimson Center, 2007); and Foreign High-Tech R&D in China: Risks, Rewards, and Implications for US-China Relations (Stimson Center, 2003), as well as other articles. She has also frequently testified before Congress, given high-level government briefings, and made public presentations.
Prior to joining the NWC in 2006, Professor Walsh was a senior consultant to several Washington-area think tanks (e.g., CSIS, Monterey Institute, and Stimson Center), following her position as a senior associate at the Stimson Center as well as at a defense consulting firm. She was appointed in 2009 a member of the National Research Council’s Committee on Global S&T Strategies and Their Effect on US National Security, and in 2007 as a member of the NRC’s Committee on Assessing the Need for a National Defense Stockpile as well as a member of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence’s Summer Hard Problem (SHARP) Program. She has an M.A. in International Security Policy from Columbia University and a B.A. in International Affairs from the Elliott School of International Affairs, George Washington University. She is an affiliate of the China Maritime Studies Institute (CMSI), participates in the Asia Pacific Study Group, and is a member of the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations and the US Council on Security Cooperation in the Asia Pacific (CSCAP).
