Zoom Event on "Free and Open Indo-Pacific: The Quad" (March 29, 2021) and "U.S. and Japan Alliance and Defense Policy" (March 31, 2021)

2021/3/25
We hope you will join us for the Zoom event on “Free and Open Indo-Pacific: The Quad” on Monday, March 29 and “U.S. and Japan Alliance and Defense Policy” on Wednesday, March 31 at the Josef Korbel School of International Studies, University of Denver. These seminars are part of the second year of open dialogue between Japanese and American professors on the Japanese-American alliance and issues surrounding the Indo-Pacific region.

"Free and Open Indo-Pacific: The Quad" (March 29, 5:00pm MST)

          

Join a conversation with experts from the U.S. and Japan on the potential for a joint strategy and unified actions on important issues in the Indo-Pacific region. Can Japan, the U.S., Australia and India be a defender of the rule of law and democratic values? 

[Panelist]
Professor Nobukatsu Kanehara, Faculty of Law Department of Political Science, Doshisha University, Kyoto, Japan
Professor Suisheng Zhao, Executive Director of the Center for China-US Cooperation at Josef Korbel School of International Studies, University of Denver

[Moderator]
Professor Floyd Ciruli, Director of the Crossley Center for Public Opinion Research at Josef Korbel School of International Studies, University of Denver

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"U.S. and Japan Alliance and Defense Policy" (March 31, 5:00pm MST) 
 
          
 
From the East China Sea to the South China Sea, including Hong Kong and Taiwan, the risk of conflict has increased in recent years. Join a conversation with leading foreign policy and diplomatic experts from Japan and the U.S. on the threats and options for the U.S.-Japan alliance.

[Panelists]
Mr. Tsuneo Watanabe, Senior Research Fellow of the Sasakawa Peace Foundation
Dr. Lewis Griffith, Director of International Security at Josef Korbel School of International Studies, University of Denver
Ms. Dina Smeltz, Senior Fellow on Public Opinion and Foreign Policy, Chicago Council on Global Affairs
Moderator

[Moderator]
Professor Floyd Ciruli, Director of the Crossley Center for Public Opinion Research at Josef Korbel School of International Studies, University of Denver

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