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SSU published essays and working papers as the midterm outcome of MOFA Grant Research Project “US-China Competition and Securitization of Critical and Emerging Technologies: Evaluating Policy-making Process and Impacts on Globalized Economy”

The Security Studies Unit (SSU) of the Institute for Future Initiatives (IFI) was delighted to host a research seminar entitled “Japan-US-China Triangle Relations after the 2020 Presidential Election from the perspective of Science & Technology, Economy and Security”.

Date: 2021.01.15(Fri.)
Time: 09:30-11:30
Venue: Online Webinar (ZOOM)

Panel1: “The US New Administration’s Policies on China/Asia and Its Implication to Japan”
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Sheila Smith, Senior Fellow for Japan Studies, Council on Foreign Relations(CFR)
Moderator and Discussant: Kiichi Fujiwara, Director, Institute for Future Initiatives, UTokyo

Panel2: “Science&Technology, Economics and Security: US/China policy trends and the role of policies”
Speaker1: Dr. Kazuto Suzuki (Graduate School of Public Policy, University of Tokyo) (US policy expert)
Speaker2: Dr. Asei Ito (Institute of Social Science, University of Tokyo) (Chinese policy expert)
Moderator and Discussant: Dr. Ryo Sahashi (Institute of Advanced Studies on Asia, University of Tokyo)

※This forum was organized by subsidies from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Through December 11th-12th, 2020, the 12th annual conference “Five University Conference” was held online.

Theme”Five-University Collaboration on East Asia Conflict and Cooperation”
Date: 2020.12.11(Fri.)-2020.12.12(Sat.)
Time: 09:30-12:30
Venue: Online (Zoom)
Host: Princeton University

Session1: The State of the World
Session2: November 3, 2020-Now What?
Session3: The Geopolitical Moment and the State of the Global Economy
Session4: Visions of the Next World Order

※This forum was organized by subsidies from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

On November 7, 2020, this year’s “Japan Korea Dialogue” was held online.
“9th Korea-Japan Dialogue on East Asian Security (2020)”

Date: 2020.11.07(Sat.)
Time: 14:00-17:20
Venue: Online (WebEx)
Hosts: Program on US-China Relations(PUCR), Seoul National University
Institute for Future Initiatives (IFI), University of Tokyo
Session1: the Presidential Election and US-China Relations
Sesson2: Japan’s and Korea’s Responses to FOIP,
Trade/Technological Competition, INF, and Hong Kong/Xinjiang

※This forum was organized by subsidies from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The Security Studies Unit (SSU) of the Institute for Future Initiatives (IFI), in collaboration with the Graduate School of Public Policy (GraSPP) and the University of Cambridge, was delighted to host a research seminar entitled “ Global Risks and Public Policy”.

Date: 2020.11.30 (Mon.)
Time: 17:00-19:00(JST)
Venue: Online Seminar(ZOOM)
Subject: ” Global Risks and Public Policy”
Speaker1: Dr.Clarissa RIOS ROJAS (Research Associate, the Center for the Study of Existential Risk(CSER), the University of Cambridge)
Speaker2: Dr. Yee-Kuang HENG (Professor, Graduate School of Public Policy, the University of Tokyo)
Moderator/Commentator: Pro. Hideaki SHIROYAMA (Professor, Graduate School of Public Policy and Graduate Schools for Law and Politics, the University of Tokyo)

※This forum was organized by subsidies from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The Security Studies Unit (SSU) of the Institute for Future Initiatives (IFI), in collaboration with the Graduate School of Public Policy (GraSPP) and the University of Cambridge, was delighted to host a research seminar entitled “East Asia at Risk: Regional Insecurity and the Future of Alliances”.

Date: 2020.11.19(Thr.)
Time: 17:00-19:00(JST)
Venue: Online Seminar(ZOOM)
Subject: “East Asia at Risk: Regional Insecurity and the Future of Alliances”
Speaker1: Dr.John NILSSON-WRIGHT (Senior University Lecturer, Cambridge University)
Speaker2: Pro. Kiichi FUJIWARA (Professor, the Graduate Schools of Law and Politics, University of Tokyo)
Moderator/Commentator: Dr. Yee-Kuang HENG (Professor, Graduate School of Public Policy, the University of Tokyo)

※This forum was organized by subsidies from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Date: 2020.10.30 (Fri.)
Time: 12:00-13:30(JST)
Venue: Online Seminar (ZOOM)
Guest Speaker: Chris Hung (Market Intelligence & Consulting Institute)

※This meeting was organized by subsidies from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Date: 2020.10.12 (Mon.)
Time: 13:30-15:00
Venue: Online Seminar (ZOOM)
Guest Speaker: Takashi Yunogami(Director, Bisaikakokenkyujyo (the Research Institute for Microfabrication))

※This meeting was organized by subsidies from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Date: 2020.07.30 (Thu.)
Time: 15:00-16:30
Venue: Online Seminar (ZOOM)
Guest Speaker: Momoko Kawakami (Area Studies Center Director-General, IDE-JETRO)

※This meeting was organized by subsidies from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.