25 February 2025 at 18:30 (ends 20:00) at Temple University Japan Room 611

Indo-Pacific Security in 2025

Speaker: John Wright

Moderator: Robert Dujarric, Temple U. Japan

Contact/RSVP : robert.dujarric@tuj.temple.edu 

Temple University Japan room 611

1-14-29 Taishido, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo

東京都世田谷区太子堂1-14-29

As 2025 begins, the arrival of a new US administration has brought the spotlight back on Indo-Pacific security. Despite the clear strategic imperatives which continue to drive increasing cooperation between the US and Japan, somehow doubt continues to linger about the future of US-Japan military cooperation and the direction of the US-Japan Alliance. Will the promised Japanese defense budget increases materialize? Should we expect major military threats in the region this year? How will the war in Ukraine affect the security situation in the Indo-Pacific? And what of the planned US command and control changes for its forces in Japan? A professional military officer and US-Japan Alliance manager will share his perspective on these critical Indo-Pacific security matters, and more.

Copies of the author's most recent book, Military Hegemony: the Search for Security Through Conquest will be available for sale by the author.

 Speaker: 

Lieutenant Colonel John Wright, USAF is the Chief of Bilateral Exercises, Fifth Air Forces, Japan. He is responsible for preparing and mustering forces for major Indo-Pacific exercises involving the United States and Japan. He is a pilot, former commander, Mike & Maureen Mansfield Fellow, and Foreign Area Officer with expertise in the Indo-Pacific, Japanese culture, language, and history. He is the author of the book "Military Hegemony: the Search for Security through Conquest." He will be speaking in his personal capacity, not on behalf of the United States Air Force or the Department of Defense.

 

Contact/RSVP : robert.dujarric@tuj.temple.edu