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Bill Brooks: The US and Asia after the Presidential Elections & Leadership Changes in Asia

Date: Monday, November 12, 2012
Time: 7:00p.m. (Talk will start at 7:30p.m.) Venue:Temple University, Japan Campus, Mita 5F
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Speaker: Bill Brooks, Adjunct professor at Johns Hopkins University
Moderator: Robert Dujarric, ICAS Director
Admission: Free (Open to general public)
Language: English
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Overview
Following the US elections, the changes in the leadership of China's Communist Party, the continued evolution of Japan's political change, Bill Brooks will discuss the outlook for trans-Pacific relations in the security and economic field.

Speaker

Dr. Brooks is currently an adjunct professor at Johns Hopkins University after retiring from the U.S.
Department of State in the fall of 2009. For 15 years, he served as head of Embassy Tokyo's media analysis and translation unit, responsible for keeping the ambassador, his staff, and Washington well-informed on Japanese press coverage of matters of U.S. policy interest, following media trends, and analyzing their impact on U.S. interests. In two earlier postings to Embassy Tokyo's economic section, he covered Japan's trade, aid, and investment issues, and later provided trade-policy advice and analysis in support of bilateral negotiations (SII talks). As senior researcher for Japan at the State Department's Bureau of Intelligence and Research, he provided the Secretary of State and Washington with policy analysis on Japan.
A trained historian with a doctorate from Columbia University, foreign study in Japan, and fluency in Japanese and Chinese languages, Dr. Brooks taught at the university level for several years before entering government service. Most recent monographs: The politics of the Futenma base issue in Okinawa:
Relocation negotiations in 1995-97, 2005-2006 (SAIS, 2010), and Cracks in the Alliance (fall 2011).
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Robert Dujarric
Director
Kyle Cleveland
Associate Director
Eriko Kawaguchi
Coordinator
Institute of Contemporary Asian Studies
Temple University, Japan Campus
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