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July 10 |
Managing Rising Power Challenges: US Strategy toward "Japan Inc." Revisited
AUDIO (mp3, 01:14:59)Daniel Kliman is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Politics at Princeton University. His dissertation examines how leading democracies respond to rising power challenges. Daniel received his B.A. from Stanford University, and after graduating, spent a year in Japan as a Fulbright Fellow at Kyoto University. He has been affiliated with the Institute for Defense Analyses in Washington, D.C., the Center for International Security Cooperation at Stanford, and the Institute for International Policy Studies in Tokyo. In Washington, D.C., he has served in the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy and the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations. He has also worked in the Political Section of the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo. Daniel is a CSIS Pacific Forum Young Leader, and the author of one book, Japan’s Security Strategy in the Post-9/11 World: Embracing a New Realpolitik (2006).
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June 26 |
Japan Chair Forum: Ambassador Fujisaki, "The G-8 Hokkaido-Toyako Summit an Overview"
AUDIO (mp3, 00:41:00) Ambassador Fujisaki's association with America goes back to junior high school, when his father was assigned to Seattle. After joining the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1969, he studied at Brown and Stanford Universities. He then served in Jakarta and in Paris before working in London. In Tokyo, Amb. Fujisaki held various positions in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as well as in the Budget Bureau of the Ministry of Finance. In 1994 he was Deputy Director-General in the Asian Affairs Bureau and then served as Minister in the Japanese Embassy in Washington. In 1999 he became the Director-General for the North American Affairs Bureau and was later promoted to Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs. Ambassador Fujisaki served as the "sherpa" for Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi at the G-8 Summit meetings and most recently was Japan's permanent representative to the U.N. organizations in Geneva.
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June 10 |
Japan Chair Forum: Kathyrn Ibata-Arens "Who is Winning at the Cluster Game? Entrepreneurship and Innovation Strategies in the U.S. and Japan"
The CSIS Japan Chair hosted a Japan Chair Forum "Who is Winning at the Cluster Game? Entrepreneurship and Innovation Strategies in the U.S. and Japan"
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June 4 |
Japan Chair Forum: Deborah J. Milly "Recent Developments in Japan's Immigration Policy Debates"
The CSIS Japan Chair hosted a Japan Chair Forum "Will Japan Get Immigration Right?"
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April 24 |
Smart Power Speaker Series: "Smart Leadership: A Book Conversation"
VIDEO (01:24:52 wmv) | AUDIO (01:24:44 mp3) CSIS was pleased to host Joseph S. Nye Jr., CSIS Trustee, Distinguished Service Professor from Harvard's Kennedy School of Government; Susan Eisenhower, Chairman of Leadership and Public Policy Programs at The Eisenhower Institute; David Sanger, White House Correspondent from The New York Times; and Brent Scowcroft, CSIS Trustee and President of the Scowcroft Group for a discussion on Dr. Nye's new book, "The Powers to Lead," and how leadership is critical to the effective implementation of Smart Power. Michael J. Green, Senior Advisor and Japan Chair at CSIS, chaired the session. "The Powers to Lead" should be required reading for anyone interested in assessing the leadership qualities of CEOs, cabinet secretaries, or the next president of the United States.
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March 27 |
Japan Chair Forum with Admiral Takashi Saito
AUDIO (mp3, 00:55:44) | VIDEO (wmv, 00:55:44) Admiral Takashi Saito Chief of Staff, Joint Staff, Ministry of Defense In conversation with Richard Armitage CSIS Trustee John Hamre CSIS President & CEO and Michael Green CSIS Senior Adviser & Japan Chair Associate Professor, Georgetown University Admiral Takashi Saito was appointed Chief of Staff of the Joint Staff of the Ministry of Defense in August 2006. Graduating the National Defense Academy in 1970, he joined the Self Defense Forces as Ensign. He was promoted to the rank of Admiral in 2005, and thus far in his career, Admiral Saito has served as Director of the Operations and Plans Department, Commandant of the Maizuru and Yokosuka Districts, and as Chief of Staff of the Marine Self Defense Forces.
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March 18 |
Japan Chair Forum: "The U.S. Election and Japan: Policy Challenges and Expectations"
A Panel Discussion withKurt CampbellCEO & Co-Founder, Center for a New American SecurityMichael Green Senior Adviser & Japan Chair, CSISAssociate Professor, Georgetown University Koji MurataProfessor, Department of Political Science, Doshisha University Kazuya SakamotoProfessor, Faculty of Law, Osaka UniversityMichael SchifferProgram Officer, The Stanley Foundation ModeratorYoichi KatoBureau Chief, American General Bureau, The Asahi Shimbun
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