East Asia’s Maritime Challenges: Overview of the Current Situation
Date: October 14, 2016
Sasakawa USA, in cooperation with the Sasakawa Peace Foundation in Tokyo, hosted a panel discussion on East Asia’s Maritime Challenges and the role the U.S.-Japan alliance can play in these contested spaces.
Tags: east china sea, event, ian storey, jeffrey hornung, justin nankivell, ken jimbo, maritime dispute, maritime issues, maritime security, masayuki masuda, narushige michishita, nong hong, security, South China Sea, tabitha mallory, umio otsuka
Japan Update: Upper House Elections and Implications for the Abe Administration
Date: July 13, 2016
This event brought together several Sasakawa USA experts for a special Speakers Series event to discuss results of the July 10 House of Councillors elections and what they will mean for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s administration.
Tags: Abe, Abe administration, admiral dennis blair, capitol hill, constitutional revision, election, election results, event, house of councillors, jeffrey hornung, masayuki hironaka, Sasakawa USA Speaker Series, Shinzo Abe, speaker series, tobias harris
Navigating Unsettled Waters: A Briefing on Maritime Issues in the Asia-Pacific Region
Date: May 24, 2016
Sasakawa USA partnered with the National Bureau of Asian Research for an important Capitol Hill briefing on maritime issues. This event featured a demonstration of the Maritime Awareness Project.
Tags: congressional outreach, jeffrey hornung, MAP, maritime awareness project, maritime issues, national bureau of asian research, nbr, South China Sea, tiffany ma, xiaodon liang
Continuity or Change: U.S. Defense and Foreign Policy under the Next Administration
Date: May 18, 2016
Sasakawa Peace Foundation and Sasakawa USA hosted a panel discussion on U.S. defense and foreign policy under the next administration featuring seven U.S. emerging defense experts from Washington, D.C. who participated in the Sasakawa USA Emerging Experts Delegation (SEED) Program.
Tags: brian harding, center for american progress, david adesnik, event, foreign policy initiative, jeffrey hornung, junko chano, melissa dalton, phillip lohaus, rachel hoff, sam brannen, Sasakawa Peace Foundation, sasakawa usa emerging experts delegation, SEED, Tokyo
Navigating Unsettled Waters: Introducing the Maritime Awareness Project
Date: April 14, 2016
This event served as the official launch of the Maritime Awareness Project (MAP), a new joint initiative between Sasakawa USA and The National Bureau of Asian Research (NBR), to assist policymakers, the press, and interested public in better understanding critical maritime problems and possible routes to their peaceful resolution.
Tags: admiral dennis blair, Asia, disputed waters, east china sea, event, fishing, hydrocarbons, Japan, jeffrey hornung, MAP, maritime, maritime affairs, maritime awareness project, maritime disputes, national bureau of asian research, navy, nbr, ocean, robert thomas, security, South China Sea, trade, water