The Impact of Trump Administration on the Security Environment in the Asia-Pacific: Japan's View
Friday, March 10, 2017
12:00-1:30 PM
International Affairs Building 918
Speaker: Yoichi Kato, Senior Research Fellow, Rebuild Japan Initiative Foundation
Moderator: Takako Hikotani, Gerald L. Curtis Visiting Associate Professor of Modern Japanese Politics and Foreign Policy, Columbia University
The strategic environment in the Asia-Pacific region has been going through a tectonic shift over the past two decades, with the historic rise of China. The presence and the role of the United States in the Asia-Pacific have been the main source of stability and reassurance for many regional states. However, with the emergence of the Trump Administration, this strategic balance may change. Japan's strategic dependence on the United States makes it uniquely vulnerable at this time of great uncertainty.
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Co-Sponsored by the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, The Arnold A. Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies, and the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs.