The Sasakawa Peace Foundation USA

About the Panelists

Main Speaker

Dr. Jitsuo Tsuchiyama is Professor of International Security at the School of International Politics, Economics, and Business of Aoyama Gakuin University and Director of the Security Studies Program at the Research Institute for Peace and Security, Tokyo. He graduated from Aoyama Gakuin University, Tokyo, and studied at George Washington University (MA) and the University of Maryland at College Park (Ph.D.). He was a visiting Scholar of the John M. Olin Institute for Strategic Studies at Harvard University. His latest publications include Reisengo no Nichibei Kankei (US-Japan Relations after the Cold War), co-authored, NTT Press, 1997, Nichibei Doumei: Q ando A 100 (The US-Japan Alliance: 100 Questions and Answers), co-edited, Aki-Shobo, 1998, and Japan's Foreign Policy Today, co-authored, St. Martin's, 2000.

Dr. Masayuki Tadokoro graduated from Kyoto University's Department of Law, and completed his doctoral degree at Kyoto University. He has also studied at London University (MA). After he taught at Himeji Dokkyou University, he became Professor of International Relations at National Defense Academy, Yokosuka. He was a visiting fellow at the City University of New York. His major field is IPE and International Organization. His publications include Kokuren Zaisei (Financial Problems of the UN), Uhikaku, 1996, and Sengo Nihon Gaikoshi (Diplomatic History of the Post-War Japan), co-authored, Yuhikaku, 1999.

Discussants

Dr. Thomas Berger is Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science, Johns Hopkins University. He holds a Ph.D. from MIT, Department of Political Science. Dr. Berger has been an Academy Scholar, Center for International Affairs, Harvard University; and Post-doctoral Fellow, Center for International Affairs, Harvard University, Olin Institute. His most recent major publications include Cultures of Antimilitarism: National Security in Germany and Japan (Johns Hopkins University Press, 1998); "Set for Stability? Prospects for Conflict and Cooperation in East Asia", Review of International Studies (2000); "Ambivalent Allies: The Domestic Politics of the U.S.-Japanese Alliance", in Patrick Cronin and Michael Green, eds., U.S.-Japan Security Relations: Past, Present, and Future (Council on Foreign Relations, 1999).

Dr. Victor D. Cha is Assistant Professor in the Department of Government and School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University. He holds a Ph.D. from Columbia University. Dr. Cha also serves as an independent consultant and lectures to various branches of the U.S. Department of Defense, Department of State, and SAIC. He has been the Edward Teller National Fellow for Security at the Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace at Stanford University, John M. Olin National Security Fellow at Harvard University, MacArthur Foundation Fellow, and a Fulbright Scholar. He is the author of Alignment Despite Antagonism: The United States-Korea-Japan Security Triangle (Stanford University Press, 1999).

About the Seminar Program

The "Asian Voices: Promoting Dialogue between the US and Asia" Seminar Program seeks to provide a forum for Asian voices to be heard within the Washington community-voices on a wide range of regional and global topics. The Seminar Program, however, will not be restricted solely to Asia-Pacific issues, or US-Japan relations, but will focus on the broader global questions that confront both parts of the world.

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