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February 23, 2026
[Online seminar on March 6]"International Collaboration in Aviation and Aerospace Modernization" (Mar.6)
From: Naomi Ando <ando@mansfieldfdn.org>
Date: 2026/02/13
GRIPS-Mansfield Foundation Joint Seminar (Online)
GRIPS and the Mansfield Foundation are pleased to host an online joint seminar on Friday, March 6, as detailed below.
We would be honored by your participation.
This will be the forth GRIPS-Mansfield Foundation Joint Seminar of the 2025-2026 academic year.
GRIPS and the Mansfield Foundation are pleased to host an online joint seminar on Friday, March 6, as detailed below.
We would be honored by your participation.
This will be the forth GRIPS-Mansfield Foundation Joint Seminar of the 2025-2026 academic year.
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Title: The U.S. Coast Guard as a Tool of Diplomacy
Date/Time: 12:10-13:10, Friday, March 6, 2026
Venue: Online (Zoom Webinar)
Title: The U.S. Coast Guard as a Tool of Diplomacy
Date/Time: 12:10-13:10, Friday, March 6, 2026
Venue: Online (Zoom Webinar)
Speaker: Mark Jamias
International Affairs Advisor, Pacific Area, U.S. Coast Guard
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Moderator: Yusuke Takagi, Associate Professor
National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS)Language: English
Admission: Free
Admission: Free
To join the seminar, please register at the Registration Form below
by 17:00 (Japan Time) Wednesday, March 4, 2026.
You will receive an invitation e-mail from the Zoom online system.
https://grips-ac-jp.zoom.us/
by 17:00 (Japan Time) Wednesday, March 4, 2026.
You will receive an invitation e-mail from the Zoom online system.
https://grips-ac-jp.zoom.us/
[Description]
Coast guards play a unique, and increasingly important, role in ensuring maritime safety, security, and prosperity. Key bodies of water, like the Arctic Ocean, the Gulf of Guinea and the South China Sea, are becoming global hotspots for strategic competition. To avoid conflict, coast guards play a vital role in enforcing laws and regulations agreed upon by the international community.
This lecture will explore the unique value proposition that coast guards offer in global safety, security, and prosperity. To do so, this lecture draws examples from both the U.S. Coast Guard and coast guards from around the world, observing how these entities are instrumental to achieving broader foreign policy goals. Coast guard activities like port visits, personnel exchanges, and combined patrols, among others, strengthens partnerships with others around the world. In particular, the U.S. Coast Guard uniquely wields both law enforcement and military authorities and effectively uses them as the mission requires. This makes the U.S. Coast Guard a unique tool of American diplomacy and a special organization dedicated to protecting a safe, secure, and prosperous ocean.
[Speaker's Profile]
Mark Jamias is a Mansfield Fellow from the United States Coast Guard, currently based in Tokyo, Japan. For over seven years, he has advised Coast Guard leaders, cutters, and units on foreign affairs to inform the Service's policy and operations around the globe. At the Pacific Area command, Mr. Jamias was also responsible for executing programs supporting the SAPPHIRE Agreement, a renewed effort to deepen the partnership between the Japan and U.S. Coast Guards. Prior to that, Mr. Jamias advised on maritime challenges in Africa and the Arctic and Polar regions. Mr. Jamias was a Presidential Management Fellow and, prior to the Coast Guard, served in various roles at the U.S. Department of State. Mr. Jamias completed his Bachelor's and Master of International Affairs degrees at Columbia University.
[Moderator's Profile]
Yusuke Takagi is an Associate Professor at the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS). He received the Doctor of the Science of Law from Keio University. Before joining GRIPS, he worked at De La Salle University - Manila and the Embassy of Japan in the Philippines. His latest publications include: Y. Takagi, "Philippine-Japan Maritime Cooperation in the Quest for a Rules-based International Order," In Trinidad, D., and K. Cheng Chua, eds. Philippines-Japan relations in the twenty-first century: change and direction (Routledge 2025), Y. Takagi "The Philippines in the Indo-Pacific: Emergence of a De Facto Indo-Pacific Strategy of a Middle Power" Asia-Pacific Review 31(3) pp. 42-62, 2025
For registration and inquiries, please contact grips-pr03@grips.ac.jp (Mr. Asahi / Ms. Sawanaka)
*This seminar will be off the record.
GRIPS degree programs are designed to attract outstanding students and thoroughly prepare them for distinguished careers in policy setting. After a period of thorough preparation since its foundation in 1997, GRIPS welcomed its first domestic students in April 2000, followed six months later by its first international students. About two-thirds of the student-intake of GRIPS consist of international students coming from over sixty countries in Asia, Africa, and Eastern Europe. Students normally have three to five years working experience for governments, central banks, custom offices or other relevant organizations. The International Programs at GRIPS are conducted solely in English, while Domestic Programs are taught in Japanese.
GRIPS aims to be the center of a consortium, consisting of industry, government, and academia, for the exchange of information, ideas, and personnel among graduate schools, government-related institutes, and private research institutes in Japan. In addition, through its international faculty, student body, and alumni, and by promoting international exchange of policy research and information, GRIPS aims to establish an international network among academics and government officials in the field of policy studies, contributing to the promotion of a better understanding among peoples around the world in an age of globalization.
The Mansfield Fellowship Program - named after Mike Mansfield, former U.S. ambassador to Japan, U.S. Senate majority leader, and U.S. congressman from Montana - is a first-of-its-kind program for the United States and Japan. The U.S. Congress created the Mansfield Fellowships in 1994 to build a corps of U.S. federal government employees with proficiency in the Japanese language and practical, firsthand knowledge about Japan and its government. During a one-year program in Japan, Fellows develop an in-depth understanding of Japan's government and policymaking process and establish relationships with their counterparts in the government of Japan and the business, professional, and academic communities. The Mansfield Fellowships are administered by the Maureen and Mike Mansfield Foundation, with the United States Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs as grantor.
The Foundation has offices in Washington, DC, Tokyo, and Missoula, Montana.
Coast guards play a unique, and increasingly important, role in ensuring maritime safety, security, and prosperity. Key bodies of water, like the Arctic Ocean, the Gulf of Guinea and the South China Sea, are becoming global hotspots for strategic competition. To avoid conflict, coast guards play a vital role in enforcing laws and regulations agreed upon by the international community.
This lecture will explore the unique value proposition that coast guards offer in global safety, security, and prosperity. To do so, this lecture draws examples from both the U.S. Coast Guard and coast guards from around the world, observing how these entities are instrumental to achieving broader foreign policy goals. Coast guard activities like port visits, personnel exchanges, and combined patrols, among others, strengthens partnerships with others around the world. In particular, the U.S. Coast Guard uniquely wields both law enforcement and military authorities and effectively uses them as the mission requires. This makes the U.S. Coast Guard a unique tool of American diplomacy and a special organization dedicated to protecting a safe, secure, and prosperous ocean.
[Speaker's Profile]
Mark Jamias is a Mansfield Fellow from the United States Coast Guard, currently based in Tokyo, Japan. For over seven years, he has advised Coast Guard leaders, cutters, and units on foreign affairs to inform the Service's policy and operations around the globe. At the Pacific Area command, Mr. Jamias was also responsible for executing programs supporting the SAPPHIRE Agreement, a renewed effort to deepen the partnership between the Japan and U.S. Coast Guards. Prior to that, Mr. Jamias advised on maritime challenges in Africa and the Arctic and Polar regions. Mr. Jamias was a Presidential Management Fellow and, prior to the Coast Guard, served in various roles at the U.S. Department of State. Mr. Jamias completed his Bachelor's and Master of International Affairs degrees at Columbia University.
[Moderator's Profile]
Yusuke Takagi is an Associate Professor at the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS). He received the Doctor of the Science of Law from Keio University. Before joining GRIPS, he worked at De La Salle University - Manila and the Embassy of Japan in the Philippines. His latest publications include: Y. Takagi, "Philippine-Japan Maritime Cooperation in the Quest for a Rules-based International Order," In Trinidad, D., and K. Cheng Chua, eds. Philippines-Japan relations in the twenty-first century: change and direction (Routledge 2025), Y. Takagi "The Philippines in the Indo-Pacific: Emergence of a De Facto Indo-Pacific Strategy of a Middle Power" Asia-Pacific Review 31(3) pp. 42-62, 2025
For registration and inquiries, please contact grips-pr03@grips.ac.jp (Mr. Asahi / Ms. Sawanaka)
*This seminar will be off the record.
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GRIPS was established in October 1997, superseding the Graduate School of Policy Science (GSPS) at Saitama University, which was the first graduate school for Policy Studies in Japan. GRIPS is a government-sponsored graduate school and research institute which has been restructured into an entirely new and unique entity. GRIPS aims to be an international center of excellence for the education of future leaders in the policy arena, for the advancement of policy research, and for the systematic collection and dissemination of policy-related information. In order to accomplish these aims, a Graduate School, a Policy Research Center and a Policy Information Center have been established. GRIPS is the first graduate school without facilities for undergraduates in Japan in the wider disciplines of social science. GRIPS is located in Roppongi, Tokyo, with easy access to the political and business headquarters of Japan.GRIPS degree programs are designed to attract outstanding students and thoroughly prepare them for distinguished careers in policy setting. After a period of thorough preparation since its foundation in 1997, GRIPS welcomed its first domestic students in April 2000, followed six months later by its first international students. About two-thirds of the student-intake of GRIPS consist of international students coming from over sixty countries in Asia, Africa, and Eastern Europe. Students normally have three to five years working experience for governments, central banks, custom offices or other relevant organizations. The International Programs at GRIPS are conducted solely in English, while Domestic Programs are taught in Japanese.
GRIPS aims to be the center of a consortium, consisting of industry, government, and academia, for the exchange of information, ideas, and personnel among graduate schools, government-related institutes, and private research institutes in Japan. In addition, through its international faculty, student body, and alumni, and by promoting international exchange of policy research and information, GRIPS aims to establish an international network among academics and government officials in the field of policy studies, contributing to the promotion of a better understanding among peoples around the world in an age of globalization.
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The Maureen and Mike Mansfield Foundation was created in 1983 to advance Maureen and Mike Mansfield's life-long efforts to promote understanding and cooperation among the nations and peoples of Asia and the United States. The Foundation sponsors exchanges, dialogues, and publications that create networks among U.S. and Asian leaders, explore the underlying issues influencing public policies, and increase awareness about the nations and peoples of Asia. The Foundation receives support from individuals, corporations, and philanthropic organizations. It also provides support to The Maureen and Mike Mansfield Center at the University of Montana.The Mansfield Fellowship Program - named after Mike Mansfield, former U.S. ambassador to Japan, U.S. Senate majority leader, and U.S. congressman from Montana - is a first-of-its-kind program for the United States and Japan. The U.S. Congress created the Mansfield Fellowships in 1994 to build a corps of U.S. federal government employees with proficiency in the Japanese language and practical, firsthand knowledge about Japan and its government. During a one-year program in Japan, Fellows develop an in-depth understanding of Japan's government and policymaking process and establish relationships with their counterparts in the government of Japan and the business, professional, and academic communities. The Mansfield Fellowships are administered by the Maureen and Mike Mansfield Foundation, with the United States Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs as grantor.
The Foundation has offices in Washington, DC, Tokyo, and Missoula, Montana.
Approved by ssjmod at 03:05 PM