Symposium on the U.S.-Japan Partnership: Session Three: Ensuring Stability in Northeast Asia
Session III of a Council on Foreign Relations Symposium on the U.S.-Japan Partnership: An Agenda for Change.
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Speakers: Elizabeth C. Economy, C.V. Starr Senior Fellow and Director for Asia Studies, Council on Foreign Relations
Sheila A. Smith, Senior Fellow for Japan Studies, Council on Foreign Relations
Gary Samore, Vice President, Director of Studies, and Maurice R. Greenberg Chair, Council on Foreign Relations
Hitoshi Tanaka, Senior Fellow, Japan Center for International Exchange
Presider: Evans J.R. Revere, President, Korea Society
December 1, 2008
This session was part of the CFR Symposium on the U.S.-Japan Partnership: An Agenda for Change, cosponsored with the Asahi Shimbun.
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