Sixth Sasakawa USA Annual Security Forum
Join Sasakawa USA on April 24, 2019, at the Willard InterContinental Hotel in Washington, D.C., for the sixth Sasakawa USA Annual Security Forum. The day-long event will feature key experts and officials from government, business, think tanks, and academia as they discuss and debate future challenges for the United States and Japan.
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The Art of the Balance: Japan, China and the United States
Categories: In the News, Sasakawa USA Blog
Catherine Putz, Managing Editor for The Diplomat, was one of eight rising U.S. journalists covering U.S. national security and defense issues who participated in a week-long study trip to Japan in December 2018 as part of the Sasakawa USA Emerging Experts Delegation (SEED) program. Putz published “The Art of the Balance: Japan, China and the United States” in The Diplomat on January 30, 2019.
Tags: China, in the news, Japan, security, trade relations, us-japan alliance, us-japan relations
Japan-Russia Territorial Negotiations and the U.S.-Japan Security Treaty
Author: James D.J. Brown
Categories: Sasakawa USA Forum
Sasakawa USA Forum Issue No. 17
As negotiations between Japan and Russia over the status of the disputed Southern Kuril Islands have accelerated under Prime Minister Shinzō Abe’s administration, Moscow has increasingly looked to connect the issue to the U.S.-Japan Security Treaty. Abe’s Russia policy may be naive and disconcerting to many in the West, yet it should be permitted to run its natural course, asserts writer James D.J. Brown.
Tags: Abe, Japan, Putin, Russia, security, Shinzo Abe, Southern Kuril Islands, us-japan relations
‘Why Japan Will Spend Billions on F-35s’ published in the National Journal
Categories: In the News, Sasakawa USA Blog
Mackenzie Weinger, Policy Editor for the National Journal, was one of eight rising U.S. journalists covering U.S. national security and defense issues who participated in a week-long study trip to Japan in December 2018 as part of the Sasakawa USA Emerging Experts Delegation (SEED) program. Weinger published “Why Japan Will Spend Billions on F-35s” in the National Journal on December 19, 2018.
Tags: Defense, Japan, security, us-japan alliance, us-japan relations
Changes on the Korean Peninsula: Moon and Kim – Who Leads this Dance?
On December 13, Lieutenant General Wallace “Chip” Gregson (USMC, ret.), Senior Advisor at Avascent Global Advisors, spoke at the Sasakawa USA Policy Lunch Series event “Changes on the Korean Peninsula: Moon and Kim – Who Leads this Dance?” This lunch discussion was moderated by Sasakawa USA CEO Ambassador James Zumwalt.
Tags: east Asia, foreign policy, Korea, North Korea, security