Announcing publication of the Final Report of the 2014 GUASA Roundtable

The GUASA Roundtable 2, Asia Pacific Security: Regional Commons, Sovereign Interests, successfully concluded October 17, 2014 at the Nikko Hotel Guam on Tumon Bay. The video and audio has been reviewed and transcribed, and at last the Final Report has been pieced together by participating experts Timothy A. Walton and Paul S. Giarra.   GUASA is grateful to them and other participants, including Bob Mihalik and Dr. Patrick Cronin, for their long hours and hard labor to bring this Final Report to fruition. 

GUASA especially mentions the critical contribution and sponsorship of Docomo Pacific for providing the recording and transcription services that made this report possible.

The Final Report of GUASA Roundtable 2, entitled "The Rebalance at a Critical Point", after the Keynote Address of the same title given by Honorable Guam Congresswoman Madeleine Z. Bodallo, contains the substance of the first ever conversation of Pacific Asia security experts, hosted and held on neighboring sovereign American soil in Asia, on the Asian side of the International Date Line, in the middle of the Western Pacific Ocean. Participating experts came from the Republic of Korea, the Republic of China (Taiwan), the Republic of Vietnam, the Republic of the Philippines, Malayasia, Australia, Japan and the United States of America.

It is GUASA's intent that this will not be the last time America hosts and meets its neighbors in Asia, on its home ground.  As a senior Japanese expert commented, "I wish I had known more about Guam ten years ago, as I would have encouraged more alliance cooperation centered on Guam."

The 2014 GUASA Roundtable 2 Final Report (pdf) is available for download at this link.