Past Events
Economic Security
March 10, 2025 @ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
On March 10, 2025, the US-Japan NEXT Alliance Initiative convened its seventh hybrid bilateral cybersecurity dialogue, this time on adapting collaboration under new administrations. Senior Director Jim Schoff welcomed around 19 American and Japanese specialists to the event from both governments, think tanks, and the private sector. This hybrid event featured presentations by Ms. Mihoko Matsubara,...
July 19, 2024 @ 9:30 am - 12:00 pm
On Friday July 19, 2024 the NEXT Alliance Initiative co-organized with Japan’s National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT) a roundtable discussion with national laboratory and university AI researchers sharing examples and outcomes from their AI safety and security research.
July 18, 2024 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
On Thursday July 18, 2024 the NEXT Alliance Initiative co-organized with PwC Japan convened a three-session roundtable dialogue on AI Safety and Data Trust during the "NEXT Alliance Initiative Japan Study Trip, Tokyo 2024." Senior Director Jim Schoff welcomed around 18 American and Japanese specialists to the event.
June 11, 2024 @ 8:00 am - 9:00 am
On Tuesday June 11, 2024, the NEXT Alliance Initiative convened its sixth hybrid bilateral dialogue on hybrid bilateral dialogue on Mapping the Future of US-Japan Cybersecurity Cooperation. Senior Director Jim Schoff welcomed 20 American and Japanese specialists to the event from both governments, think tanks, and the private sector. This hybrid event featured Mr. Andrew Herrmann (Division Chief, ...
May 14, 2024 @ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
On Tuesday May 14, 2024, the NEXT Alliance Initiative convened its fifth hybrid bilateral dialogue on hybrid bilateral dialogue on Mapping the Future of US-Japan Cybersecurity Cooperation. Senior Director Jim Schoff welcomed 20 American and Japanese specialists to the event from both governments, think tanks, and the private sector. Ms. Mihoko Matsubara, Chief Cybersecurity Strategist of NTT and M...
Digital Transformation
June 10, 2026 @ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
On June 10, 2026, Sasakawa Peace Foundation USA (through its U.S.-Japan NEXT Alliance Initiative) hosted a roundtable discussion on AI alignment challenges and national security, focusing on the distinct nature of these potential risks and the implications for U.S.-Japan alliance collaboration.
November 5, 2025 @ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
On November 5, 2025, the US-Japan NEXT Alliance Initiative convened a hybrid lunchtime roundtable dialogue called “Allied on AI Assurance: US States on AI governance, National Competition with China, and US-Japan Alliance Implications” to draw on recent publications to assess the key issues identified for developing AI governance at a state level and how these actions fit with US security conc...
June 24, 2025 @ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
On June 24, 2025, US-Japan NEXT Alliance initiative hosted a roundtable dialogue to discuss evolving American and Japanese AI governance approaches for AI safety and security, identify possible areas of collaboration, and help mitigate areas of divergence with a bilateral group of over 20 experts including current and former government officials, lab researchers, think tank scholars and engineers.
March 10, 2025 @ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
On March 10, 2025, the US-Japan NEXT Alliance Initiative convened its seventh hybrid bilateral cybersecurity dialogue, this time on adapting collaboration under new administrations. Senior Director Jim Schoff welcomed around 19 American and Japanese specialists to the event from both governments, think tanks, and the private sector. This hybrid event featured presentations by Ms. Mihoko Matsubara,...
July 19, 2024 @ 9:30 am - 12:00 pm
On Friday July 19, 2024 the NEXT Alliance Initiative co-organized with Japan’s National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT) a roundtable discussion with national laboratory and university AI researchers sharing examples and outcomes from their AI safety and security research.
Defense Cooperation
January 29, 2025 @ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
On January 29, the US-Japan NEXT Alliance Initiative convened an in-person lunchtime roundtable dialogue on the relationship between the current US nuclear modernization program, alliance defense policy making, and efforts to strengthen extended deterrence within a multi-polar nuclear threat environment.
September 19, 2024 @ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
The US-Japan NEXT Alliance Initiative hosted a lunchtime book launch and policy roundtable on September 19 for the recent publication of “On the Frontlines of Operation TOMODACHI: Japan-US Coordination During Crisis” by Lt. Gen. (Ret.) Koichi Isobe, former Commander of Eastern Army, Japan Ground Self-Defense Forces.
December 13, 2023 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
On Wednesday, December 13, 2023 the US-Japan NEXT Alliance Initiative hosted a virtual bilateral dialogue on “US-Japan Command Relationships for New Challenges.” The dialogue built upon group discussion at the NEXT Alliance Conferences (NAC) held in March in Tokyo and October in Annapolis.
May 18, 2023 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
On Thursday May 18, 2023, NEXT Alliance Initiative convened a roundtable dialogue on command relationships for new challenges facing the US-Japan alliance. The event featured senior fellow at CSIS and NAC participant John Schaus, who authored a paper after the conference highlighting his thoughts on the urgent alliance venture and the US approach to bilateral planning. The discussion delved into M...
December 21, 2022 @ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
On Wednesday, December 21, 2022, the US-Japan NEXT Alliance Initiative hosted its first bilateral US-Japan task force on command relationships for new challenges. The focus was on Japan's new National Defense Strategy, implications for future alliance security cooperation, and options for more integrated planning and operational activities. This event is part of a longer-term series of mostly bila...
Foreign Policy
June 10, 2026 @ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
On June 10, 2026, Sasakawa Peace Foundation USA (through its U.S.-Japan NEXT Alliance Initiative) hosted a roundtable discussion on AI alignment challenges and national security, focusing on the distinct nature of these potential risks and the implications for U.S.-Japan alliance collaboration.
November 5, 2025 @ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
On November 5, 2025, the US-Japan NEXT Alliance Initiative convened a hybrid lunchtime roundtable dialogue called “Allied on AI Assurance: US States on AI governance, National Competition with China, and US-Japan Alliance Implications” to draw on recent publications to assess the key issues identified for developing AI governance at a state level and how these actions fit with US security conc...
June 24, 2025 @ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
On June 24, 2025, US-Japan NEXT Alliance initiative hosted a roundtable dialogue to discuss evolving American and Japanese AI governance approaches for AI safety and security, identify possible areas of collaboration, and help mitigate areas of divergence with a bilateral group of over 20 experts including current and former government officials, lab researchers, think tank scholars and engineers.
January 29, 2025 @ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
On January 29, the US-Japan NEXT Alliance Initiative convened an in-person lunchtime roundtable dialogue on the relationship between the current US nuclear modernization program, alliance defense policy making, and efforts to strengthen extended deterrence within a multi-polar nuclear threat environment.
July 19, 2024 @ 9:30 am - 12:00 pm
On Friday July 19, 2024 the NEXT Alliance Initiative co-organized with Japan’s National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT) a roundtable discussion with national laboratory and university AI researchers sharing examples and outcomes from their AI safety and security research.
