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
‘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
Tabletop Exercise Pacific Trident II Report Launch and Panel Discussion: Testing U.S.-Japan and U.S.-ROK Responses to North Korean Provocations
Sasakawa USA held a December 6 panel discussion on its recently executed Exercise Pacific Trident II. Exercise Pacific Trident II was an unclassified tabletop exercise designed to test the policy, diplomatic, and military responses of the United States, Japan, and South Korea to North Korean sanction evasion activities and signs of internal instability. The event was held from 2-3:30 p.m. December 6 in the Crystal Room at the Willard InterContinental Hotel in Washington, DC.
Tags: admiral dennis blair, foreign policy, Japan, Korea, maritime security, military, North Korea, security, Tabletop Exercise, TTX, us-japan alliance, us-japan relations
The 2018 Holiday Season – The Norm or a Calm Before the Storm?
Author: Admiral Dennis Blair
Categories: Chairman's Message, Sasakawa USA Blog
The G20 Summit in Argentina offered a glimpse of what international meetings of world leaders are supposed to be. The world public was treated to images of smiling statesmen and women in relaxed surroundings, communiques endorsing multilateral cooperation for peace and prosperity, and many eagerly awaited side meetings on individual issues. Heads of the world’s
Tags: China, Dennis Blair, Japan, security, Shinzo Abe, trade, us-japan alliance, us-japan relations
What U.S. Political Turmoil Means for Japan’s Future Foreign Policy
Jim Schoff joined Dr. Sayuri Romei, Sasakawa USA Fellow for Security and Foreign Affairs, and a group of two dozen policy experts for a November 14 policy lunch discussion on the impact of U.S. political turmoil on Japan’s foreign policy.
Tags: foreign policy, Japan, us-japan alliance, us-japan relations