The U.S.-Japan Alliance in the Era of Smart Power

The CSIS Japan Chair, in cooperation with the Japan Forum on International Relations, hosts a Japan Chair Forum:

The U.S.-Japan Alliance in the Era of Smart Power

Matake Kamiya
Professor, National Defense Academy of Japan

Tsuneo Watanabe
Senior Fellow, The Tokyo Foundation

Comments by:
Michael J. Green
Senior Adviser & Japan Chair, CSIS
Associate Professor, Georgetown University

This event features preliminary findings of a task force organized by the Japan Forum on International Relations for the Government of Japan examining the impact of new international power dynamics on the U.S.-Japan alliance and ways to enhance the performance of the alliance in terms of providing security to the United States, Japan, and the Asia-Pacific region.