Event
SSU Forum
“US-China conflict and changes in China’s industrial policy”
Keynote speech: DING Ke (Senior Research Fellow, The Institute of Developing Economies (IDE))
“Industrial Policy and Trade Order Amid Geopolitical Competition” (Japanese site)
Keynote speech: Naoko Munakata (Professor, Graduate school of Public Policy, the University of Tokyo）
“Economic Coercion: Discussions in Japan and the U.S.”
Keynote speech: Kotaro SHIOJIRI (Visiting Fellow, Wilson Center)
Book Launch Event “Upstart-How China Became a Great Power”
Keynote speech: Oriana Skylar MASTRO (Center Fellow, Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies/Courtesy Assistant Professor of Political Science, Stanford University)
“Disruption and Diversity in Australia’s Economic Security”
Keynote speech: Jeffrey Wilson (Director of Research and Economics, Australian Industry Group)
Book Launch Event “Xi Jinping’s Military Strategy”
(Japanese site)
Keynote speech: Ryo Asano, Professor, Faculty of Law, Doshisha University / Takahiro Tsuchiya, Associate Professor, Faculty of Economics and Business Administraton, Kyoto University of Advanced Science
‟Economic and Security Policies Concerning China and the EU”
(Japanese site)
Keynote speech: Hodaka Machida (Senior research fellow, The Panasonic Research Institute）
“Authoritarian Regional Organizations”
Keynote speech: Stephan Haggard (Professor, University of California, San Diego)
‟Security Exceptions Clauses under Free Trade Agreements“
Keynote speech: Takemasa Sekine(Professor, Graduate School of International Social Sciences, Yokohama National University)
“The Rise of the Chinese Techno-Security State Under Xi Jinping”
Keynote speech: Tai Ming Cheung (Professor, University of California San Diego)
“Japan’s Effectiveness as a Geo-Economic Actor: Navigating Great-Power Competition”
Keynote speech: Robert Ward (IISS Japan Chair and Director of Geo-economics and Strategy) / Yuka Koshino (IISS Research Fellow for Science and Technology Policy)
Keynote speech: Kiyoteru Tsutsui (Professor, Stanford University)
Korea-Japan Economic Security, Science and Technology Workshop
Science and Technology seminar
Japan-Korea Dialogue
Other Events
(Closed) A workshop with the Centre for Contemporary China Studies (CCCS) in India
(Closed) Book launch event with Stephen Brooks
(Closed) Opinion exchange meeting with Dr.“Cyrus” Xiaoye Ma
(Closed) 2024 International Conference on Japan-Korea Exchange
(Closed) International Conference on Japan-Korea Exchange
(Closed) Opinion exchange meeting with Market Intelligence & Consulting Institute (MIC)
(Closed) Round table meeting held with Stanford University
(Closed) Opinion exchange meeting with Taiwan Japan Academy
Presentations
Kazuto Suzuki, Major Country Policies in the Changing Environment, The 25th International Symposium on Security Affairs (December 11th, 2024)
Kazuto Suzuki, Japan and US: new administration, new world order?, Japan-Korea Future Dialogue (Korea National Assembly Futures Institute・KEIO Center for Contemporary Korean Studies) (December 10th, 2024)
Kazuto Suzuki, Japan’s Economic Security Policy and the Implication to Southeast Asia, Industrial Security Conference 2024. (Nov. 26th, 2024)
Kazuto Suzuki, Japan’s SSA/SDA Policy and International Cooperation in the New National Security Environment, The 75th International Astronautical Congress in Milan, Italy. (Oct.17th, 2024)
Kazuto Suzuki, The age of geoeconomics and importance of technology, DSET Office Inauguration Forum in Taiwan. (Oct. 8th, 2024)
Articles and Papers
Elvis, Martin, Moriba Jah, Erika Nesvold and Kazuto Suzuki (2024). Shaping the ethical, sustainable and policy-driven future of space exploration, Nature reviews materials, vol.9, pp.769-772.
Suzuki, Kazuto (2024). Semiconductor Agreement at Japan-US Summit: The two countries move forward with cooperation, despite some diverging interests, The Diplomat.
Working papers
Economic Coercion or Economic Sanction? China’s Attitude Toward Economic Sanctions
Hotaka Machida (Panasonic Research Institute)
There are growing concerns about China’s economic coercions; yet, within China, the perception is that Western economic sanctions constitute the actual economic coercion, and debate has continued over whether China should develop its own system of economic sanctions as a countermeasure. In recent years, China has indeed been advancing such tools, including the establishment of an ‘Unreliable Entity List’ and the enactment of the Export Control Law and its related regulations. This study examines the development and implementation of China’s economic sanctions framework to illuminate its approach to economic sanctions and to identify necessary policy responses for Japan.
The full text can be read below.
International comparison of pandemic policies in the United States and Japan
Hisahito Ito・Shingo Kano (The university of Tokyo）
The full text can be read below (Japanese site).
EU’s AI Regulation and International Economic Law: The Complex Impact of the EU AI Act on Global Economic Governance
Takemasa Sekine (Yokohama National University)
This paper analyses how the EU’s new Artificial Intelligence (AI) Act impacts global economic governance. A prominent feature of the Act is that it is grounded in hard law-style regulation, with an emphasis on a risk-based approach. However, this unilateral measure is difficult to evaluate in the context of current World Trade Organization (WTO) agreements, as the WTO rules are not suited to governing this new emerging technology. In addition, the EU does not promote AI governance in its free trade agreements (FTAs) or its digital economy agreements (DEAs), although other countries are starting to expand the rules related to AI. Despite its reluctance to incorporate AI issues in its FTAs/DEAs, facets of the EU AI Regulation may permeate other countries via the so-called ‘Brussels Effect’. It remains to be seen whether this phenomenon happens; if not, global AI governance will continue to be fragmented. Existing AI governance frameworks seem to be too large to come to a consensus on detailed rules regarding AI regulation. Moreover, a coordination mechanism across frameworks is lacking. In this situation, bilateral or plurilateral frameworks, such as FTAs and DEAs, have advantages in that they can encompass detailed discussions and mutual understanding among the participating countries, hopefully with the realisation of sufficiently flexible rules and mechanisms to address rapidly developing technologies. Countries, including those in the EU, are encouraged to promote the incorporation of AI regulation and cooperation within the scope of FTAs/DEAs.
The full text can be read below.
Solving What Principal-Agent Problem? Reassessing Military Reforms and Party-Military Relations in China
Jaehwan Lim (Aoyama Gakuin University)
This study examines the military reforms implemented under Xi Jinping’s leadership and their impact on the relationship between the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and the People’s Liberation Army (PLA). By applying key insights from principal-agent theory to the Chinese context, this study seeks to shed new light on the motivations, processes, and outcomes of these reforms. It argues that two institutional problems in China’s party-military relations had persisted and motivated successive reform efforts: excessive delegation of authority and insufficient oversight. Xi’s recent reforms have primarily addressed the issue of excessive delegation, driving massive organizational restructuring intended to enhance military effectiveness. However, progress has been limited in strengthening the Party’s oversight of the military. This study posits that these uneven reform outcomes stem from Xi’s desire to exert more personalized control over the military. The growing personalization of party-military relations is likely to have signicant implications for the PLA’s combat readiness and Chinese elite politics.
The full text can be read below.
Security Exceptions Clauses under Free Trade Agreements
Takemasa Sekine (Yokohama National University)
Trade restrictive measures for the sake of a country’s own national security are, as it appears, contrary to the spirit of free trade. Making exceptions to such measures requires a reason. Article XXI of GATT plays a central role in this regard. However, there is a strong critical view of this provision (and its interpretation), and there are moves to establish different rules. A typical example is the security exception clause in US FTAs. This paper discusses how the security exception clause is developed in the WTO and FTAs, and how its development in FTAs affects Article XXI of GATT.
The full text can be read below.
China’s Changing Concept of Economic Security and Its implication to Japan
Hotaka Machida（Panasonic research institute）
The full text can be read below.(Japanese site)