Fifth Annual Security Forum focused on ties between U.S. and Japan in time of many Northeast Asia security challenges
May 16, 2018Categories: Sasakawa USA Blog
Sasakawa USA’s Fifth Annual Security Forum focused on ties between the United States and Japan in a time of many security challenges in Northeast Asia and globally. The day-long conference, held May 2, 2018 at the Willard InterContinental Hotel in Washington, DC, attracted nearly 300 attendees from the private sector, NGOs, academia, the media, and more.
Tags: Abe, admiral dennis blair, Collective Self-Defense, cybersecurity, Defense, Dennis Blair, foreign policy, Japan, Korea, military, North Korea, Nuclear, security, Shinzo Abe, South Korea, us-japan alliance, us-japan relations
Admiral Blair discusses North Korea with The Guardian
February 28, 2018Categories: In the News, Sasakawa USA Blog
Sasakawa USA Chairman Adm. Dennis Blair warned that a U.S. pre-emptive “bloody nose” strike on North Korea would be “high risk and unpredictable,” in an interview for “Former US Military Commander Warns Against ‘Bloody Nose’ Strike on North Korea,” published in The Guardian on February 20. Blair is a former Director of National Intelligence and previously served as Commander in Chief of the U.S. Pacific Command.
Tags: admiral dennis blair, Defense, Dennis Blair, in the news, military, North Korea, South Korea
How to tell If North Korea and America are actually headed to war
September 28, 2017Author: The Atlantic
Categories: In the News
While recent rhetoric being flung back and forth between North Korea and the United States can be shocking when consumed domestically, the logistical requirements of actually heading to war are far from being met, Sasakawa USA Chairman Adm. Dennis Blair said in an article in The Atlantic published September 28.
Tags: admiral dennis blair, Dennis Blair, dmz, DPRK, in the news, missile, North Korea, Nuclear, rhetoric, the atlantic, uri friedman
Adm. Dennis Blair talks North Korea provocations with BBC NewsHour
September 22, 2017Categories: In the News
North Korea’s predictable strategy of brinkmanship should continue to be countered with a sensible policy of sanctions and deterrence, Sasakawa USA Chairman Admiral Dennis Blair said in an interview with BBC Newshour on September 19.
Tags: admiral dennis blair, bbc, Dennis Blair, DPRK, in the news, North Korea, Nuclear
Experts offer analysis, context on North Korea at media roundtable event
September 22, 2017Author: Christa Robelin Desrets
Categories: Sasakawa USA Blog
Just hours after President Donald Trump denounced North Korea’s continued missile tests in his first speech before the United Nations General Assembly on September 19, Sasakawa USA provided context and analysis to the Washington, D.C. journalism community at a private roundtable event at the National Press Club.
Tags: admiral dennis blair, brinkmanship, Dennis Blair, DPRK, icbm, kim jong-un, marcus noland, media roundtable, missile launches, North Korea, Nuclear, sanctions