SSJ Friends,

The Yokosuka Council on Asia-Pacific Studies (YCAPS) invites you to join our next seminar in Yokosuka. On 4 Sept, Dean Sato Yoichiro will speak on the topic of, "The U.S., Freedom of Navigation and Maritime Security Cooperation in the Indo-Pacific." You can find more details below or at www.YCAPS.org <http://www.YCAPS.org>


Best regards,

John Bradford

President, YCAPS



*The United States, Freedom of Navigation and *

*Maritime Security Cooperation in the Indo-Pacific*


*Date:*

Tuesday, September 4, 2018

*Time:*

6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. (casual reception 5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.)

*Venue:*

Sogo Fukushi Kaikan Hall
〒238-0041 2-1, Honcho, Yokosuka City
神奈川横須賀市本町２−１

*Speaker:*

Dean Yoichiro Sato is Professor in the College of Asia Pacific Studies and the Dean of International Cooperation and Research at Asia-Pacific University.

*Admission:*

Free. Open to the public.

*Language:*

English

*Co-Sponsor:*

Japan-US Military Program, Institute of Contemporary Asian Studies

*Access:*
*RSVP:*

5 min walk from Shiori Station (Keikyu line), 11min walk from Yokosuka-chuo station (Keikyu line), 12 min walk from Yokosuka station (JR Yokosuka line), 2 min walk from the U.S. Navy Yokosuka Base Main Gate.Free parking on the west side of the venue.

info@ycaps.org <mailto:info@ycaps.org>
* If you RSVP you are automatically registered. If possible, we ask you to RSVP but we always welcome participants even you do not RSVP.


The Indo-Pacific maritime space is increasingly the domain of both security competitions and cooperation.Among the participants, the United States is a major player, whose policy has great implications on the policy of other stakeholders. China's growing assertiveness in the South China Sea has caused closer discussions among both the littoral states and other concerned parties, including Japan, Australia, and India. As the former U.S. Pacific Command did include both the Western Pacific and the Indian Ocean Region as its "Area of Responsibility," what the new "Indo-Pacific" emphasis will spell out as a policy waits for more detailed pronouncements. What is clear, however, is that the so-called Japan-India-Australia-United States Quad cooperation and involvement of additional players in South China Sea Freedom of Navigation Operations will highlight prospects and possible limitations to maritime security cooperation in the broader Indo-Pacific region.

*Speaker:*

Dean Yoichiro Sato is Professor in the College of Asia Pacific Studies and the Dean of International Cooperation and Research at APU. Previously, he taught at the U.S. Department of Defense's Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies, Auckland University in New Zealand, the Colorado School of Mines, Kansai Gaidai Hawaii College, and the University of Hawaii.


He has published ten academic books, the most recent being /Re-rising Japan: Its Strategic Power in International Relations/ (co-edited with Hidekazu Sakai, Peter Lang, 2017).Other include /The Rise of China and International Security/ (co-edited with Kevin Cooney, Routledge, 2008), The U.S.-Japan Security Alliance (co-edited with Takashi Inoguchi and G. John Ikenberry, Palgrave, 2011), /U.S. Engagement in the Asia Pacific/ (co-edited with See Seng Tang, Cambria, 2015). He has appeared in various international media, including Time, Newsweek, USA Today, National Public Radio, Voice of America, Agence France-Presse, Al Jazeera, Radio Australia, Bloomberg, MSNBC, and TVNZ.


Dean Sato holds a B.A. in Law from Keio University, an M.A. in International Studies from the University of South Carolina, and a PhD in Political Science from the University of Hawaii.


Learn more about YCAPS at www.YCAPS.org <http://www.YCAPS.org>, JUMP at https://www.jumprogram.org/and ICAS at https://www.tuj.ac.jp/icas/.