Tuesday, September 30, 2014
| Date | Tuesday, September 30, 2014  |
|---|---|
| Venue | Rome Auditorium, The Benjamin T. Rome Building 1619 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20036, USA |
| Sponsors | Japan Economic Foundation (JEF) The Edwin O. Reischauer Center for East Asian Studies, The Johns Hopkins University Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) |
TopicsJapan-US Forum 2014
Where is the US-Japan Alliance Heading for in the Dynamically Changing 21st Century?
-How do domestic politics in the US and Japan deal with those challenges?-
Opening RemarksDean Vali Nasr, Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS)
Conceptual Introduction: "The Challenge of Constraints"Kazumasa Kusaka, Chairman and CEO, Japan Economic Foundation (JEF)
Kent Calder, Director of Edwin O. Reischauer Center for East Asian Studies, SAIS
Session I: Changing World Geopolitics and New ConstraintsPanel I: EnergyPresider
Kent Calder, Director of Edwin O. Reischauer Center for East Asian Studies, SAIS
Speakers
Nobuo Tanaka, Former Executive Director, The International Energy Agency (IEA); Global Associate for Energy Security and Sustainability, Institute of Energy Economics, Japan (IEEJ)
Presentation
Guy Caruso, Senior Adviser, Energy and National Security Program, Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)
Presentation
Panel II: SecurityPresider
Ambassador Ichiro Fujisaki, President, The America-Japan Society; Former Ambassador of Japan to the United States
Speaker
Eliot A. Cohen, Robert E. Osgood Professor of Strategic Studies, Director of the Strategic Studies Program at SAIS; Former Counselor of the U.S. Department of State
Panel III: The Role of AsiaPresider
Ambassador Rust M. Deming, Adjunct Professor, SAIS; Former Ambassador of the United States to Tunisia; Director of the Office of Japanese Affairs in the Department of State; Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for East Asian and Pacific Affairs
Speaker
Charles Morrison, President, East-West Center
Presentation
Panel IV: The Role of the United StatesPresider
Ambassador Ichiro Fujisaki, President, The America-Japan Society; Former Ambassador of Japan to the United States
Speaker
James Zumwalt, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, U.S. Department of State
LuncheonPresentation Topic
"A House Divided? Foreign Policy Implications of the 2014 Mid-Term Elections"
Speaker
Daniel Bob, Former Senior Adviser, Senate Finance and House Foreign Affairs Committees; Director of Programs and Senior Fellow, Sasakawa Peace Foundation, USA
Session II: Challenges of Global Political EconomyPanel I: Macro-Economy and International FinancePresider/Speaker
Naoyuki Yoshino, Dean, Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI); Professor Emeritus of Keio University, Tokyo, Japan
Presentation
Speaker
Robert Dohner, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Asia, United States Department of the Treasury
Panel II: TradePresider
Hideichi Okada, Senior Executive Vice President, NEC Corporation
Presentation
Speakers
Gary Hufbauer, Reginald Jones Senior Fellow, Peterson Institute for International Economics
Bill Brooks, Adjunct Professor, SAIS; Senior Adviser Reischauer Center for East Asian Studies
Panel III: Structural Reform and Its Global Context Presider
Kazumasa Kusaka, Chairman and CEO, Japan Economic Foundation (JEF)
Speaker
Kurt Tong, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs, United States Department of State
Closing RemarksKazumasa Kusaka, Chairman and CEO, Japan Economic Foundation (JEF)
Kent Calder, Director of Edwin O. Reischauer Center for East Asian Studies, SAIS
ParticipantsTuesday, September 30, 2014List
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