I would like to put your attention to a conference at Warwick University, UK on June 16-17 2016.
Title of the conference is “European-Japan Relations: Settled bilaterally or governed by influences
from US and China?” The conference is organized by European Japan Advanced Research Network (EJARN).
We invite European and Japanese scholars and authors to analyze European-Japan relations from a
number of different perspectives. Furthermore and further adding value and originality, we are also
planning to invite U.S. and Chinese scholars and analysts to present Chinese and U.S. views of EU-
Japan relations. What does increased collaboration and cooperation between the EU and Japan (as
envisioned in the EU-Japan Economic Partnership (EPA) and Strategic Partnership Agreement (SPA)
which is currently in the process of being negotiated) mean for policymakers in both Beijing and
Washington and what impact could increased EU-Japan cooperation in regional and international
politics and security have on Japan’s and the EU’s respective ties with the U.S. and China. Is the
expansion of EU-Japan cooperation in international politics and security as envisioned by the above
mentioned SPA relevant and significant enough to have an impact on Tokyo and Brussels’ political
and security relations with Washington and Beijing? Is the expansion of EU-Japan ties complementary
vis-a-vis what these two actors do with Washington and Beijing in terms of politics and security or
is the expansion of EU-Japan cooperation perceived as an obstacle to Japan-China, Japan-US, EU-US
and EU-China relations and cooperation?
These are some of the issues that we would like to tackle during this conference and which we would
like you to present papers on. The result of the conference should be an edited volume, a book from
an international publisher.

We would like to have an abstract of your proposed paper at the latest April 15 2016. Please send it
to Phillips, Jessica mailto:J.Phillips.2@warwick.ac.uk

The conference is organized by European Japan Advanced Research network (EJARN) a group of 24 senior
academic researchers that work on Japan. ( https://www.hhs.se/en/Research/Institutes/EIJS/ejarn )

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Marie Söderberg
Professor and Director
European Institute of Japanese Studies
Stockholm School of Economics
Phone +46-8-7369364 or +46-8-7369368 (direct) Fax +46-8-313017 Saltmätargatan 19C, Box 6501 SE-113
83 Stockholm, Sweden