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October 17, 2017

[SSJ: 9969] [Temple ICAS Event] Gregg Rubinstein: Arming the Alliance: US-Japan Cooperation in Defense Acquisitions

From: ICAS
Date: 2017/10/17

Dear SSJ Forum,

Institute of Contemporary Asian Studies (ICAS) at Temple University
Japan Campus cordially invites you to a lecture below.
ICAS lectures are open to the public, admission free and no
per-registration necessary unless otherwise stated.

Date: Tuesday, November 14, 2017

Time: 7:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. (doors open at 7:00 p.m.)

Venue: Temple University, Japan Campus, Azabu Hall 1F, Parliament
Lounge (access: http://www.tuj.ac.jp/maps/tokyo.html)

Speaker: Gregg Rubinstein, U.S. National Defense Industry Association
International Committee

Moderator: Robert Dujarric, ICAS Director

Admission: Free. Open to the public.

Language: English

Co-Sponsors: Yokosuka Council on Asia-Pacific Studies (YCAPS)

RSVP: icas@tuj.temple.edu
* RSVP not required, but encouraged.

Overview:

Gregg Rubinstein will lead a discussion of armaments cooperation in
US-Japan security relations. For many years US-Japan interaction on
defense acquisition programs developed with little reference to
capability requirements or acquisition planning – let alone broader
policy dialogue. Consultations under the “2+2” framework seldom
considered acquisition matters, while dialogue intended to bridge the
policy-acquisition gap was largely confined to oversight of R&D
projects.

Recent developments have encouraged efforts to address this
long-standing policy-acquisition disconnect. Policy-focused Roles,
Missions and Capabilities (RMC) dialogue has evolved toward closer
examination of defense capability needs – a process accelerated by
adoption of Revised Guidelines for US-Japan Defense Cooperation.
Amended Japanese government policies on defense acquisition and
exports have in principle opened the way to closer interaction on
defense programs between Japan and the US as well as third country
partners. In practice, all this remains a work in progress –
dependent on resolution of institutional challenges and more flexible
attitudes among bureaucratic and industry stakeholders.


Speaker:

Gregg Rubinstein’s involvement with defense and aerospace programs in
the Asia-Pacific Region is based on lengthy experience as a planner,
negotiator, and manager. During twelve years as a Foreign Service
Officer he worked on US-Japan defense and trade issues in the US
Embassy, Tokyo and the State Department's Office of Japanese Affairs.
At the Department of Defense (DoD) he served in the Defense Security
Assistance Agency and Tokyo the US Embassy’s Mutual Defense Assistance
Office. After leaving government service he worked in industry and
then as a consultant on security policy and defense industrial
programs in the Asia-Pacific region; he continues to work with DoD an
advisor on Japan programs

Gregg Rubinstein was educated at the University of Chicago, Columbia
University's School of International and Public Affairs, and Sophia
University. He has written numerous articles on US-Japan security
relations as well as studies for DoD on armaments cooperation with
Japan. As a member of the National Defense Industry Association’s
International Committee, he contributes to government-industry
projects on defense acquisition, foreign military sales, and export
control.

Approved by ssjmod at 01:42 PM