Congressional Program on U.S.-Japan Relations and the Indo-Pacific (CPUSJ) Winter 2022

Throughout February 2022 to March 2022, the East-West Center in Washington, with support from Sasakawa USA, holds CPUSJ virtually. The program consists of seven sessions with prominent speakers.

Session 1 (Feb. 7)

The U.S.-Japan Alliance as the Cornerstone of Indo-Pacific Peace, Security, and Stability

• Randall G. Schriver, former Assistant Secretary of Defense for Indo-Pacific Security Affairs
• Lieutenant General Wallace “Chip” Gregson, USMC (Ret.)

Session 2 (Feb. 9)

U.S.-Japan Technological Partnership and Competition

• James L. Schoff, Director of the U.S-Japan NEXT Alliance Initiative, Sasakawa Peace Foundation USA
• Scott Pace, Professor of the Practice of International Affairs & Director, Space Policy Institute, George Washington University

Session 3 (Feb. 15)

Economic Challenges & Areas of Cooperation

• Mireya Solis, Director (Center for East Asia Policy Studies), Senior Fellow (Foreign Policy, Center for East Asia Policy Studies), Philip Knight Chair in Japan Studies, Brookings Institution
• Matthew Goodman, Senior Vice President for Economics, CSIS

Session 4 (Feb. 17)

U.S.-Japan Engagement with ASEAN and APEC

• Ambassador Ashok Kumar Mirpuri, Embassy of Singapore
• Ambassador Kurt Tong, Partner, The Asia Group

Session 5 (Feb. 22)

U.S.-Japan Frontier Defense and Technology Cooperation

• Zack Cooper, AEI
• Jeffrey W. Hornung, Senior Political Scientist, RAND Corporation

Session 6 (Feb. 24)

Vaccine Diplomacy

• Anjali Kaur, Deputy Assistant Administrator, Bureau for Asia, USAID
• Minister Shinichi Saida, Embassy of Japan

Session 7 (Mar. 1)

Great Power Competition

• Bonnie S. Glaser, Director, Asia Program, The German Marshall Fund of the United States
• Demetri Sevastopulo, U.S.-China Correspondent, The Financial Times

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