U.S.-Russia-Japan Trilateral Dialogue

February 2 – 3, 2016

8:45 – 9:00 am
Opening Remarks

Olga Oliker
Senior Adviser and Director, Russia and Eurasia Program, CSIS

Michael Green
Senior Vice President for Asia and Japan Chair, CSIS; Chair in Modern and Contemporary Japanese Politics and Foreign Policy, Georgetown University

Yoshiji Nogami
President and Director General, JIIA

Hajime Hayashi
Director General, European Affairs Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan

Alexander Dynkin
Director, IMEMO

9:00 – 10:15 am    
Panel 1: The Role of the U.S.-Japan Alliance in the Asia-Pacific Region


Kaoru Iokibe
Professor, University of Tokyo

Michael Green

Vasily Mikheev
Deputy Director, IMEMO

Moderator: Shingo Yamagami
Director General (Acting), JIIA

10:15 – 10:30 am    Coffee Break

10:30 – 11:45 am    
Panel 2: Maritime Security in the Asia-Pacific Region


Fedor Voytolovskiy
Deputy Director for International Politics, IMEMO

Zack Cooper
Fellow, Japan Chair, CSIS   

Tetsuo Kotani
Senior Fellow, JIIA

Moderator: Michael Green

11:45 – 12:00 pm    Lunch Break

12:00 – 1:15 pm   
Panel 3: Economic Security in the Asia-Pacific Region (Working Lunch)


Jeffrey Mankoff
Senior Fellow and Deputy Director, Russia and Eurasia Program, CSIS

Yorizumi Watanabe
Professor, Keio University

Vitaly Shyvdko
Senior Researcher, IMEMO

Moderator: Shingo Yamagami

1:15 – 1:30 pm    Coffee Break

1:30 – 2:45 pm   
Panel 4: China, North Korea, and Missile Defense in the Asia-Pacific Region


Seiichiro Takagi
Senior Adjunct Fellow, JIIA

Junya Nishino
Associate Professor, Keio University

Vasily Mikheev

Olga Oliker
Senior Adviser and Director, Russia and Eurasia Program, CSIS

Moderator: Alexander Dynkin

2:45 – 3:00 pm    Coffee Break

3:00 – 4:15 pm   
Panel 5: Energy Security in the Asia-Pacific Region


Elena Telegina
Dean, International Energy Business Faculty, Gubkin State Research University of Oil and Gas; Director of the Institute of Geopolitics and Energy Security of Russia; Former Deputy Minister for Energy

Andrew Kuchins
Senior Fellow, School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University

Taisuke Abiru
Research Fellow, Project Manager, Tokyo Foundation

Moderator: Olga Oliker

4:15 – 5:00 pm     Keynote Address

John Hamre
President and CEO, CSIS

Kurt Campbell
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, the Asia Group, LLC

5:00 – 5:30 pm   
Overview of Discussion

5:30 – 5:45 pm    
Closing Remarks

6:00 – 7:30pm   
Reception

The Sam Nunn Reception Gallery, CSIS

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Jeffrey Mankoff
Senior Associate (Non-Resident), Europe, Russia, and Eurasia Program

Olga Oliker