Policy Recommendations by the Quadripartite Commission on the Indian Ocean Regional Security
July 20, 2018Author: Sasakawa Peace Foundation
How can the United States work with India, Japan, and Australia to promote peace, security, and economic prosperity in the Indian Ocean region? A report from the Quadrilateral Commission on Indian Ocean Security– comprised of representatives from Sasakawa Peace Foundation in Japan, Vivekananda Foundation of India, the National Security College of the Australia National University, and Sasakawa USA–makes recommendations for cooperation among major democracies.
Tags: Australia, India, indian ocean, Indo-Pacific region, Japan, Quadripartite Commission, regional security, security
Start-ups and their entrepreneurial leadership cannot hold off on cybersecurity: Governments can and should help
May 29, 2018Author: Megan Stifel, Cybersecurity Policy Director, Public Knowledge
Categories: Sasakawa USA Alumni, Sasakawa USA Blog
In December 2017, Sasakawa USA partnered with the Center for a New American Security (CNAS) to take a cohort of seven rising U.S. cybersecurity experts and technology entrepreneurs for a week-long study trip to Japan. Here, cohort member Megan Stifel, Cybersecurity Policy Director, Public Knowledge, writes about the challenges governments and entrepreneurs face when addressing cybersecurity.
Tags: Cultural exchange, cyber attacks, cybersecurity, entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, internet of things, iot, Japan, security, us-japan relations
Testing Trilateral, U.S.-Japan, and U.S.-ROK Responses to North Korean Provocations: Tabletop Exercise Pacific Trident
March 22, 2018Author: Admiral Michael McDevitt and Yoichi Kato
Categories: Tabletop Exercise
Tabletop Exercise Pacific Trident explored trilateral, U.S.-Japan, and U.S.-Republic of Korea (ROK) responses to unexpected events and deliberate North Korean provocations. This report summarizes the exercise, its policy-level insights, and its final recommendations to policymakers in the United States, ROK, and Japan.
Tags: DPRK, North Korea, Pacific Trident, Tabletop Exercise, trilateral relations, TTX, U.S.-Asia, U.S.-Japan, U.S.-Japan-ROK, U.S.-ROK
A strategy to eliminate North Korea’s nuclear threat
September 27, 2017Author: James Zumwalt
Categories: In the News
The U.S., Japan, and South Korea need to rely on pressure and patience, deterrence and containment — not military action — to eventually realize our vision of a nuclear-free Korean Peninsula.
Tags: commentary, diplomacy, DPRK, Japan, Korea, North Korea, Nuclear, nuclear weapons, Op-ed, the japan times, trilateral, trilateral diplomacy
The Past May Rhyme, But is Asia Now Singing a Different Tune?
June 28, 2017Author: Chris Nelson
Chris Nelson, Sasakawa USA Fellow for U.S.-Asia Relations, reflects on the 2017 Shangri-La Dialogue, organized by the International Institute on Strategic Studies, and the implications for U.S. allies and friends in Asia of the Trump administration’s uncertain policies. In the absence of U.S. leadership, says Nelson, Japan seems to be taking a more proactive role in the region.
Tags: ASEAN, China, FONOPs, Japan, Paris climate accords, Shangri-La Dialogue, TPP, Trans-Pacific Partnership, U.S.-Asia relations