SAIS Hosted Forum on New Silk Road Strategy on September 29

Robert Hormats, U.S. under secretary of State for Economic, Energy and Agricultural Affairs; Juan Miranda, director general of the Central and West Asia Department at the Asia Development Bank; Sham Bathija (via videoconference), senior economic adviser to Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai; and Frederick Starr (moderator), chairman of the Central Asia-Caucasus Institute at SAIS, discussed, "The United States' 'New Silk Road' Strategy: What Is It? Where Is It Headed?' on Thursday, September 29.