Tuesday, March 10th, 2009
4:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Dr. Takashi Inoguchi is a
Professor at Chuo University, the President-elect of the new University
of Niigata Prefecture, and a Professor Emeritus at Tokyo University. He
has also taught at Sofia University and has held research and teaching
positions at universities worldwide including Harvard, SAIS, Berkeley,
Science-Po, Australian National, Aarhus, Peking, Seoul National, Singapore
National, Gadja Madah, and Delhi. He is a former Assistant Secretary General
of the UN at the United Nations University Headquarters, a member of UNESCO's
International Commission on Peace Research, and a member of the Legislative
Council of the Japanese Government. He earned his Ph.D. in Political Science
at M.I.T. His articles have been published in the International Herald
Tribune, Le Monde, the Asahi Shimbun, etc.
Among his latest books are: Globalization, the State and Public Opinion
(co-edited), Citizens and the State (co-authored), and Japanese
Politics, Reinventing the Alliance (co-edited). Dr. Inoguchi is a founding
editor of the Japanese Journal of Political Science and International
Relations of the Asia-Pacific, and is the organizer of the “AsiaBarometer” polling
project (www.asiabarometer.org).
Dr. Tsuyoshi Kawasaki is an Associate Professor
in the Department of Political Science and the
Department of Humanities at Simon Fraser University, and is Director of the
Asia-Canada Program.
He previously taught at York University and the University of Victoria. Dr.
Kawasaki's current
research interests include Japanese politics and foreign policy, international
relations in the Asia-
Pacific region, Canada's Asia policy, and comparative grand strategy. He
received his Ph.D from
Princeton University. His scholarly articles have appeared in The Journal
of Public Policy, The Pacific
Review, Etudes Internationales, International Journal, International Relations
of the Asia Pacific, and
Leviathan (in Japanese).
In these times of great upheaval, Japan urgently needs to create and announce
a grand strategy. Such a vision would help it to navigate the difficulties
that it will face over the coming decades. In developing such a strategy,
Japan would need to focus on its traditional strengths—it’s ability
to adapt to changing circumstances in a well-calculated manner with a steadfast
commitment to selfstrengthening—while embracing changing global ideas
and forces. This seminar comes out of a U.S.-Japan Foundation-funded project
on this topic.
