Chairman’s Message: After Hanoi, Back to Basics
Categories: Chairman's Message, Sasakawa USA Blog
For its first two years, North Korea has been the Trump administration’s highest profile diplomacy effort in Asia. The President and his advisors believed that in dealing with North Korea they had better ideas, greater skills and more favorable conditions than their predecessors. Some even dreamed that Donald Trump could be the second American president
Tags: adm dennis blair, Alliances, Asia, chairman's message, denuclearization, diplomacy, Kim regime, North Korea
Admiral Blair quoted in The Economist about U.S.-Japan alliance
Categories: In the News, Sasakawa USA Blog
Admiral Dennis Blair, Chairman of Sasakawa USA, was quoted in The Economist on September 6. Blair’s comments were published in, “Japan is worried about its alliance with America,” which examines the current state of the U.S.-Japan alliance.
Tags: admiral dennis blair, Asia, Defense, Japan, security, Shinzo Abe, trade, us-japan alliance, us-japan relations
Japan Today article examines debate over Japan’s defense strategy
Categories: In the News, Sasakawa USA Blog
Brittney Washington, Program Assistant for Sasakawa USA, and Kangkyu “David” Lee, former Program Assistant for Sasakawa USA, have published an article in Japan Today about the Japan Self-Defense Forces, and Japanese PM Abe’s efforts to constitutionally redefine Japan’s national defense strategy.
Tags: Abe, Asia, Collective Self-Defense, in the news, Japan, Korea, maritime security, military, self-defense forces
Chairman’s Message: The Mar-a-Lago U.S.-Japan Summit
Author: Admiral Dennis Blair
Categories: Chairman's Message, Sasakawa USA Blog
I recommend a careful reading of the formal communique of the summit meeting, rather than press reporting, or even the transcript of the joint press conference of the two leaders. Communiques for summit meetings are drafted with care in consultations between the staffs of both delegations and approved by the heads of state. They represent the considered results of the meetings, drawing on the overall relationship between the countries and the issues they face together. The communique from Mar-a-Lago shows clearly that the U.S. and Japan are united on the big security issues that both countries face.
Tags: Abe, admiral dennis blair, Asia, Japan, Shinzo Abe, us-japan alliance, us-japan relations
Fourth Annual Security Forum: The U.S.-Japan Alliance: Foundation of Asian Security
Date: 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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