Dear SSJ Forum Members,

You are invited to the Keynote Speakers Online Session, which is being held as part of the European Japan Advanced Research Network (EJARN)'s 2025 meeting. It will feature keynote addresses by EU Ambassador Jean-Eric Paquet, and former Japanese Environment Minister Shintaro Ito. This session will be held on Saturday June 14th from 16:20 to 18:45 Japan time.

16:20-16:30: Greeting by Meiji Gakuin University President Makoto Imao

 

16:30-17:00: European Keynote (Hybrid, online)

Jean-Eric Paquet, European Union Ambassador

17:00-17:30: Q&A        Moderator: Wilhelm Vosse

 

17:00-18:00: Japanese Keynote (Hybrid, online)

Shintaro Ito, Former Minister of the Environment

18:00-18:30: Q&A         Moderator:  Paul Midford

 

In order to join the online session please email NanHee Lee to register at: NanHee.Lee@hhs.se

 

 

Paul Midford

Professor of Political Science

Department of Global and Transcultural Studies

Meiji Gakuin University

1518 Kamikurata-cho

Totsuka-ku Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa-ken  244-8539

Japan

 

Office Tel.:  +81-(0) 45-863-2252

Fax:              +81-(0)45-863-2265

Mobil:          +81-(0) 90-8516-0472

Email:              paulmid@k.meijigakuin.ac.jp

 

 

Author of:

1. The Senkaku Islands Confrontation and the Transformation of Japan's Defense (Palgrave Macmillan, 2025): https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-77727-1
2. Overcoming Isolationism: Japan's Leadership in East Asian Security Multilateralism (Stanford University Press, 2020): https://www.sup.org/books/title/?id=31294
3. Rethinking Japanese Public Opinion and Security: From Pacifism to Realism? (Stanford University Press, 2011): https://www.sup.org/books/title/?id=17539