Congressional Program on U.S.-Japan Relations and the Indo-Pacific (CPUSJ) Winter 2024

Throughout January to February 2024, the East-West Center in Washington, with support from Sasakawa USA, held eight sessions with prominent speakers on the Hill.

Session 1: The U.S.-Japan Alliance as the Cornerstone of Indo-Pacific Peace, Security, and Stability

Thursday, January 25, 2024

• Lieutenant General Wallace “Chip” Gregson, Distinguished Senior Fellow (non-resident), Sasakawa Peace Foundation USA, USMC (Ret.)
• Colonel Satoshi Masaka, Military Attaché, Embassy of Japan, JGSDF

Session 2: The Taiwan Contingency

Tuesday, January 30, 2024

• Matt Turpin, Visiting Fellow, Hoover Institution
• Yuki Tatsumi, Senior Fellow and Co-Director, East Asia Program; Director, Japan Program, Stimson Center

Session 3: US-Japan-ROK Trilateral Cooperation

Thursday, February 1, 2024

• Gilbert Rozman, Editor-in-Chief, The Asan Forum
• Jeffrey Hornung, Senior Political Scientist, RAND Corporation

Session 4: The United States, Japan, and the Pacific Islands

Tuesday, February 6, 2024

• Randall G. Schriver, former Assistant Secretary of Defense for Indo-Pacific Security Affairs, U.S. Department of Defense; Sasakawa USA Advisory Committee on Projects
• Brian Harding, Senior Expert, Southeast Asia and Pacific Islands, United States Institute of Peace

Session 5: Economic Statecraft in the Indo-Pacific

Thursday, February 8, 2024

• David Boling, Director, Japan & Asian Trade, Eurasia Group
• Kotaro Shiojiri, Japan Foundation Visiting Fellow, Wilson Center

Session 6: Multilateralism in the Indo-Pacific

Tuesday, February 2, 2024

• Ambassador Kurt Tong, Managing Partner, Asia Group; Sasakawa USA Advisory Committee on Projects
• Tanvi Madan, Foreign Policy Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution

Session 7: Great Power Competition

Thursday, February 15, 2024

• Christopher Johnstone, Senior Adviser and Japan Chair, CSIS
• Patrick Cronin, Asia-Pacific Security Chair, The Hudson Institute

Session 8: Japanese Domestic Politics: Implications for Japan’s International Engagement

Tuesday, February 20, 2024

• Satohiro Akimoto, President and Chairman, Sasakawa Peace Foundation USA
• Minister Motosada Matano, Head of Political Affairs Department, Embassy of Japan

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