oct1905 seminar

Sasakawa Peace Foundation USA

“ Asian Voices: Promoting Dialogue between the U.S. and Asia”


The Current Dilemma of Sino-Japanese Relations

19 October 2005

 
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Dr. Jin will discuss how Sino-Japanese relations have rapidly deteriorated this year as a result of Prime Minister Koizumi’s repeated trips to Yasukuni Shrine, Japan’s bid for a permanent seat on the UN Security Council, disputes over territory in the East China Sea, and the Taiwan issue. Mutual antagonisms between China and Japan have reached their highest level ever since the two countries established diplomatic ties in 1972. The root causes of the current dilemma are rooted deeply in the collision of their tangible national interests, and in the clash of their traditional views and values. Dr. Jin will explore how China and Japan should adjust their policies and attitudes toward each other in order to achieve a stable bilateral relationship in the future.

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Dr. Jin Linbo
Research Professor
China Institute of International Studies

Discussants:
Dr. Eric Heginbotham
Political Scientist
RAND Corporation

Dr. Andrew Oros
Assistant Professor of Political Science
Washington College

Moderator:

Dr. Charles Kupchan
Professor of International Affairs, Georgetown University
Director of European Studies, Council on Foreign Relations


This event is supported in part by a grant from The Sasakawa Peace Foundation, Japan .

About the Main Speaker

Dr. Jin Linbo is Research Professor and former Director of Asia-Pacific Studies at the China Institute of International Studies in Beijing. Previously he was a Research Fellow at the Graduate School of Law, Keio University, a Visiting Scholar at the Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies, Harvard University, and a JSPS Invited Scholar at the Graduate School of Law, Kyoto University. His research focuses on contemporary Japanese politics and foreign policy, Sino-Japanese relations and China-U.S.-Japan relations. Dr. Jin received an M.A and Ph.D in Political Science from Nagoya University. His most recent publications (available in Chinese) are Sino-Japanese Antagonism (2005), Prospects of the North Korea Nuclear Issue and Six-Party Talks (2005), and New Trends of Japanese Foreign Strategy in the 21st Century (2004).

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About the Discussants

Dr. Eric Heginbotham is a Political Scientist at the RAND Corporation. He is a specialist on East Asian political and security issues. Before coming to RAND, he was a Senior Fellow of Asia Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations. He has also been a visiting faculty member of Boston College’s Political Science Department. He speaks Japanese and Chinese and lived in Asia for more than 10 years. Dr. Heginbotham received a B.A. from Swarthmore College and a Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He recently completed a book manuscript on civil-military relations in East Asia, Crossed Swords: Divided Militaries and Politics in East Asia, and has published articles on Japanese and Chinese foreign policy in Foreign Affairs, International Security, and the National Interest, as well as chapters in several edited books.

Dr. Andrew Oros is Assistant Professor of Political Science and International Studies, Washington College. Currently he is a visiting Northeast Asia Fellow at the East-West Center, Washington, DC. Previously he taught at American University and the George Washington University. Dr. Oros received a B.A. from the University of Southern California, an M.S. from the London School of Economics and Political Science, and a Ph.D. from Columbia University. He was also a Mombusho Fellow at the Osaka University of Foreign Studies. Dr. Oros has published several monographs and articles, including “Godzilla’s Return: The New Nuclear Politics in an Insecure Japan” in Japan’s Nuclear Option: Security, Politics, and Policy in the 21st Century (Henry J. Stimson Center, 2003) and Can Japan Come Back? (co-author with Pacific Council on International Policy staff, 2002). He is currently working on a book on Japanese security.

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About the Moderator

Dr. Charles A. Kupchan is Professor of International Affairs in the School of Foreign Service and Government Department, Georgetown University. He is also Senior Fellow and Director of European Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations. Dr. Kupchan was Director for European Affairs on the National Security Council during the first Clinton administration, and has also worked at the U.S. Department of State on the Policy Planning Staff. He received a B.A. from Harvard University and M.Phil. and D.Phil. degrees from Oxford University. He is the author of The End of the American Era (2002), Power in Transition: The Peaceful Change of International Order (2001), Civic Engagement in the Atlantic Community (1999), and numerous articles on international and strategic affairs.

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