Southeast Asia
America is losing Southeast Asia
Recent developments in East Asia have illustrated evolving challenges to the U.S.-Japan alliance. Freedom of navigation has become one of the key geopolitical issues in the region following territorial disputes and tensions from the Yellow Sea to the South China Sea. Uncertainty on the Korean peninsula regarding the Kim Jong-il regime’s succession process, North Korea’s increasing aggression toward the Republic of Korea, and new developments in North Korea’s nuclear program add new urgency to a traditional challenge.
On December 15, the Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies at Brookings and the Slavic Research Center and the Global Center of Excellence (GCOE) Program at Hokkaido University in Japan hosted Japanese and American experts to discuss whether and how the U.S.-Japan alliance should address the evolving challenges of freedom of navigation and North Korea.
After each panel, participants took audience questions.
Agenda
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December 15
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9:00 AM -- Introduction
Richard C. Bush Nonresident Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Center for Asia Policy Studies, John L. Thornton China CenterTATakeo Akiba Minister, Head of Political Section, Embassy of JapanAIAkihiro Iwashita Professor - Slavic-Eurasian Research Center, Hokkaido University -
9:15 AM -- Panel 1: Freedom of Navigation in East Asia
Richard C. Bush Nonresident Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Center for Asia Policy Studies, John L. Thornton China CenterPDPeter Dutton Professor of Strategic Studies and Director, China Maritime Studies Institute - U.S. Naval War CollegeSKShin Kawashima Associate Professor of History, University of TokyoKSKoichi Sato Professor of Asian Studies, J.F. Oberlin University, Tokyo -
11:00 AM -- Panel 2: North Korea
Kongdan Oh Former Brookings Expert, Asian Specialist - Institute for Defense Analysis
Jonathan D. Pollack Nonresident Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Center for Asia Policy Studies, John L. Thornton China CenterMMMitsuhiro Mimura Associate Senior Research Fellow, Economic Research Institute for Northeast AsiaYAYuki Asaba Associate Professor of International Studies, Yamaguchi Prefectural University
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