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On November 16, 2019, this year’s “Japan Korea Dialogue” was held at the SMBC Academia Hall of the Graduate School of Public Policy, the University of Tokyo.

Date: 2019.11.16(Sat.)
Time: 09:45-17:40
Venue: SMBC Academia Hall, 4F International Academic Research Building, the University of Tokyo
Subject: “U.S. – China Competition: Securitization of Technology and Its Implications for the International Relations in Northeast Asia”

The Security Studies Unit of the Institute for Future Initiatives (IFI), in collaboration with the Graduate School of Public Policy, was delighted to host a talk with Assistant Professor Alex Lanoszka (the University of Waterloo) on Atomic Assurance (Cornell University Press).

Date: 2019.11.18(Mon.)
Time: 10:30-12:00
Venue: SMBC Academia Hall, 4F International Academic Research Building, the University of Tokyo
Subject: “Atomic Assurance: The Alliance Politics of Nuclear Proliferation”
Speaker: Alexander Lanoszka (Assistant Professor, International Relations, University of Waterloo)
Discussant: Wakana MUKAI (Assistant Professor, International Relations, Asia University)

The Security Studies Unit of the Institute for Future Initiatives (IFI), in collaboration with the Graduate School of Public Policy, was delighted to host a talk with two very distinguished speakers, namely: Mr. Atul Khare, Under-Secretary-General for Operational Support, Department of Operational Support of the United Nations, and Mr. Fumio Iwai, currently Director-General of the Secretariat for International Peace Cooperation Headquarters of the Cabinet Office of the Government of Japan.

Date: 2019.10.16(Wed.)
Time: 10:30-12:00
Venue: SMBC Academia Hall, 4F International Academic Research Building, the University of Tokyo
Subject: “UN Peace Operations: Today and Tomorrow”
Speaker: Mr. Atul Khare, Under-Secretary-General of the UN Department of Operational Support
Mr. Fumio Iwai, Director-General of the International Peace Cooperation Headquarters, Cabinet Office, Government of Japan

The Security Studies Unit (SSU) of the Institute for Future Initiatives (IFI) was delighted to host a talk delivered by Professor Ulf Sverdrup, Director of the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI), and Ms. Wrenn Yennie Lindgren, Research Fellow at NUPI.

Date: 2019.05.28 (Tue.)
Time: 10:30-12:00
Venue: SMBC Academia Hall, 4F International Academic Research Building, the University of Tokyo
Subject: “European Responses to China – Integration of Fragmentation?”
Speaker: Ulf Sverdrup, Professor and Director of the Norwegian Institute of International
Affairs (NUPI)
Wrenn Yennie Lindgren, Research fellow at Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI)

The Security Studies Unit of the Institute for Future Initiatives (IFI) in cooperation with the Graduate School of Public Policy was delighted to host a talk delivered by David Leheny, Professor in the Graduate School of Asia-Pacific Studies at Waseda University.

Date: 2019.05.10 (Fri.)
Time: 10:30-12:00
Venue: SMBC Academia Hall, 4F International Academic Research Building, the University of Tokyo
Subject:”Empire of Hope: The Sentimental Politics of Japanese Decline”
Speaker: Professor David Leheny, Graduate School of Asia-Pacific Studies, Waseda University

Date: 2019.05.27 (Mon.)
Time: 10:00-12:00
Venue: Conference Room, 3th Floor, Ito International Research Center, the University of Tokyo
Attendee: Fujiwara, Sahashi, Hanai, Ema, Ito (A), Wei (The University of Tokyo), Ito(S)(IIES), Nakajima (Weseda University), Mori (Hosei University), Lim (Aoyama Gakuin University), Miyaji (The Asahi Shimbun Company) , Kawanose (Expert)