Dear SSJ Forum members,

You are invited to the following international symposium:

What is Japan's Place in a Changing Global Order? <https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ssri-igc-symposium-what-is-japans-place-in-a-changing-global-order-tickets-52861668674?ref=enivte001&utm_source=eb_email&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=invitemodernv2&utm_term=eventpage>

Friday, December 14, 2018 from 1:15 PM to 6:30 PM (JST)

International Christian University, Dialogue House, Conference Hall
Osawa 3-10-2
Mitaka-shi 181-0015
Japan


View Map <http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Osawa+3-10-2,+Mitaka-shi,+Tokyo+181-0015+Japan&hl=en>


Please register here:

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ssri-igc-symposium-what-is-japans-place-in-a-changing-global-order-tickets-52861668674?ref=enivte001&utm_source=eb_email&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=invitemodernv2&ref=enivte001&utm_term=attend




In the last decade, the global order has been begun to change quite significantly, and Japan has to redefine its role in this order.



Program:


13:15 Opening Remarks
Prof. Wilhelm Vosse (SSRI Director)
Prof. Mark Williams (Vice President of ICU)


13:25 Symposium Introduction
Prof. Wilhelm Vosse


14:15 The Future of the Alliance
Prof. Misato Matsuoka (Teikyo University)
Prof. Takako Hikotani (Columbia University, USA)
Prof. Yoichiro Sato (Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University)


15:00 Roundtable Discussion (Q&A)


15:30 Coffee Break


15:45 Liberal World Order and Europe
Prof. Paul Bacon (Waseda University)
Prof. Garren Mulloy (Daito Bunka University)
Dr. Seiichiro Taguchi (Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan)
Dr. Ana-Isabel Sanchez Ruiz (Delegation of the EU in Japan)


16:30 Roundtable Discussion (Q&A)


17:00 Cyberspace and World Order
Prof. Motohiro Tsuchiya (Keio University)
Prof. Thomas Renard (Royal Institute of International Relations, Belgium)
Prof. Wilhelm Vosse (ICU)


17:45 Roundtable: Japan's Future Role


18:30 Concluding Remarks
Prof. Nanako Inaba (Sophia University)



We hope you can make it!

Best regards,
ICU Social Science Research Institute