Program on U.S.-Japan Relations Seminar

Date: 

Friday, April 21, 2017, 12:30pm to 2:00pm

Location: 

CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge Street, Japan Friends of Harvard Concourse, Room S050

Panel: "US-Alliances and East Asia's Security Threats"

Speakers:

"Threat Perceptions and Alliance Risks: Evidence from Japan's Parliamentary Discourse"
Azusa Katagiri, Postdoctoral Fellow, Program on U.S.-Japan Relations. PhD, Department of Political Science, Stanford University.

"US Extended Nuclear Deterrence in Japan and South Korea"
Ryo Kiyomiya, Associate, Program on U.S.-Japan Relations. Asahi Shimbun.

"US Allies' Responses to the Rise of China"
Hiroaki Sakamoto, Associate, Program on U.S.-Japan Relations. Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA).

Discussant:

Thomas U. Berger, Professor of International Relations, Boston University.

Contact:

Jenni Ting
wting@wcfia.harvard.edu

Moderator:

Susan Pharr, Director, Program on U.S.-Japan Relations; Senior Adviser, Executive Committee; Faculty Associate; Harvard Academy Senior Scholar. Edwin O. Reischauer Professor of Japanese Politics, Harvard University.