Global Conversations MINNEAPOLIS: The U.S.-Japan Alliance in an Evolving Indo-Pacific
September 18, 2019On September 18, 2019, as part of The Alliance Working in America Series, Sasakawa USA held a public forum discussion in Minneapolis, Minnesota, featuring Admiral Dennis Blair, Chairman of Sasakawa USA, and Dr. Satu Limaye, Vice President and Director, East-West Center in Washington. “The U.S.-Japan Alliance in an Evolving Indo-Pacific” event, a discussion and subsequent Q&A, was moderated by Elizabeth Brailsford, COO, World Affairs Councils of America.
Tags: alliance, Indo-Pacific region, security
Doing Business in Japan in Turbulent Times
September 18, 2019On September 18, 2019, as part of The Alliance Working in America Series, Sasakawa USA held a panel discussion in Minneapolis, Minnesota, featuring Wendy Cutler as the keynote speaker. The event was in partnership with Global Minnesota, and was off-the-record except for the keynote address.
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Fourth Annual Security Forum: The U.S.-Japan Alliance: Foundation of Asian Security
May 2, 2017Date: May 2, 2017
Sasakawa USA brought together key security experts and officials from government, business, think tanks, and academia for its Fourth Annual Security Forum. Building upon the success of previous security forums, this event focused on key issues in the U.S.-Japan alliance.
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Next Steps for U.S.-Japan Security Cooperation
June 8, 2016Author: Rachel Hoff
Categories: Sasakawa USA Forum
Sasakawa USA Forum Issue No. 3
In recent years, the United States and Japan have taken significant steps toward a stronger security alliance. While recent efforts to remove some of the legal and structural obstacles that have prohibited Japan from playing a larger role in the alliance have set the stage for a new era of U.S.-Japan defense cooperation, serious challenges remain to implement and operationalize the new reforms and mechanisms.
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U.S. elections, TPP, U.S.-Japan alliance management take forefront at Third Annual Security Forum
May 13, 2016Author: By Zachary Shaykin
Categories: Sasakawa USA Blog
More than five hundred registrants joined Sasakawa USA at the Willard Hotel in Washington for the Third Annual Security Forum. The Forum featured American and Japanese security, foreign policy and economic experts from both countries and included seven panel discussion on such topics as U.S.-Japan defense policy, regional security threats, the Trans-Pacific Partnership, the U.S.
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