SSJ Friends,

   YCAPS is pleased to invite you to our next  Community Conversations seminar. Thiis will be an in-person event in Fussa, Tokyo.

Community Conversations Seminar Series
"Alliance Politics in an Age of Great Power Rivalry: Implications for the U.S.-Japan Alliance"
May 18, 2023
https://www.ycaps.org/spf-fussa-may-2023

The Yokosuka Council on Asia-Pacific Studies (YCAPS) and the Sasakawa Peace Foundation (SPF) are thrilled to announce our next event in Fussa. This event will feature Dr. Takuya Matsuda, who will lead us in a discussion about Alliance Politics in an Age of Great Power Rivalry. We will also be joined by Mr. James Angelus of ISIC Japan who has kindly offered to give several remarks after Dr. Matsuda's presentation.

From Europe to East Asia, the U.S. alliance system has been going through major transformation in the past few years. In order to reconcile the challenges for great power rivalry and eroding military dominance, the creation of military power and strategy has increasingly become the central concern in alliance politics. The U.S.-Japan alliance is no exception. Japan unveiled three new security documents in December 2022, including the nation's first National Defense Strategy that defines Tokyo's security policy for the coming decade. The seminar will unpack the new documents to illustrate how they focus on enhancing the overall military effectiveness of the alliance by pursuing an integrated and resilient force structure between the two nations. Moreover, it illuminates how Japan's updated security policy has broader implications on debates over the role of alliances in U.S. grand strategy while also touching upon some of the potential challenges in its implementation.

*Please kindly note that this is an in-person event taking place in Fussa, Tokyo. It will not be streamed online.

[Date & Time]
Thursday, May 18, 2023, 17:30-20:00 (JST)

[Venue]
Fussa Citizen's Hall, Room 2F (Fussa 2455, Fussa-shi, Tokyo 197-0011)

*Please kindly note that this is an in-person event taking place in Fussa, Tokyo. It will not be streamed online.

[Co-hosts]
Sasakawa Peace Foundation (SPF), Yokosuka Council on Asia-Pacific Studies (YCAPS)

[Speakers]
Speaker
 Takuya Matsuda (YCAPS Grand Strategy in Asia Fellow)

Discussant
 James Angelus (International Security Industry Council Japan)

[Program] *All times are in JST
17:30
Welcome Reception (Food & Drinks)
*Open to all attendees

18:15
Seminar
Discussion and Q&A session

20:00

*This seminar is an in-person event (free of charge). Please register in advance from the event listing below.

*All attendees are welcome to attend the reception before the seminar.