2011–2012 | 2010–2011 | 2009–2010 | 2008–2009 | 2007–2008 | 2006–2007 | 2005–2006 | 2004–2005 | 2003–2004 | 2002–2003 | 2000–2001 | 2001–2002 | 1999–2000 | 1998–1999 | 1997–1998
Sean P. Connell
Occupation: Director for Japan and Korea, U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Topic: “Japan’s Innovation and Growth Policies: Opportunities for the U.S.-Japan Economic Relationship”
Alexandra E. Harney
Occupation: Visiting Scholar, Center of Asian Studies, University of Hong Kong
Topic: “Lessons from Japan: Foreign Policy Implications of Japan’s New Politics”
Vance F. Serchuk
Occupation: Senior Advisor for Foreign Policy and National Security, U.S. Senate
Topic: “Going Global? The Prospects for Greater U.S.-Japan Strategic Cooperation Beyond the Asia-Pacific”
M. Hanscom Smith
Occupation: Team Leader, U.S. Provincial Reconstruction Team, Muthanna Province, Iraq, U.S. Department of State
Topic: “Strengthening the U.S.-Japan Alliance by Enhancing Japan’s Soft Power”
Laura Winthrop
Occupation: Professional Staff Member, U.S. Senate
Topic: “Beyond Operation Tomodachi: Creating Public-Private Partnerships for Revitalization of the Tohoku Region Following Japan’s Triple Disaster”
C. Spencer Abbot
Occupation: Interagency Liaison, U.S. Southern Command, U.S. Navy
Topic: “Assessing U.S.-Japan Security Cooperation Vis-à-vis a Rising China”
David S. Abraham
Occupation: Director, ClearWater Initiative
Topic: “Opportunities to Enhance U.S. and Japanese National Energy Security: Aligning Foreign Policy with Foreign Assistance and Mobilizing Private Sector”
Peter M. Beck
Occupation: Pantech Research Fellow, Asia-Pacific Research Center, Stanford University
Topic: “Forging a Common Approach Toward North Korean Human Rights”
Mark E. Manyin
Occupation: Specialist in Asian Affairs, Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress
Topic: “Japan-South Korea Relations: A Window into Japanese Foreign Policy”
Tericke Blanchard
Occupation: Health Policy Manager, Wyeth Pharmaceuticals
Topic: “Analysis of Japan's Efforts to Improve Competitive Environment for Pharmaceuticals”
Jared I. Braiterman
Occupation: Design Anthropologist
Topic: “Tokyo Green Space”
Host: Tokyo University of Agriculture
Carolyn M. Leddy
Occupation: International Consulting
Topic: “U.S. Nuclear Naiveté: Miscalculating Japan's Nuclear Requirement?”
Host: National Institute for Defense Studies
Julia Nesheiwat
Occupation: Senior Advisor, Economic Bureau, U.S. Department of State
Topic: “U.S.-Japan Strategic Partnership on Energy Security and Climate Change: Can China Be Brought Into the Fold?”
Lieutenant Colonel Jeffrey Oppenheim
Occupation: Foreign Area Officer, U.S. Army
Topic: “Russia in the Asian Pacific Region: Resurgent or Receding? Security Implications for Japan, the U.S., and their Allies”
Brian P. Klein
Occupation: Foreign Service Officer, U.S. Department of State
Topic: “Is China Asia's New Engine of Growth? Implications for Japanese Competitiveness and Regional Stability”
Host: Nippon Keidanren (Japan Business Federation)
Stephen D. Bloom
Occupation: Executive Director, Japanese Garden Society of Oregon
Topic: “Grass Roots Foreign Relations: Advancing Foreign Relations with Japan Through Sister City and Friendship Japanese Gardens, and the Diplomatic, Cultural, and Artistic Exchange that Flows Through Them.”
Host: Tokyo University of Agriculture
David A. Nakamura
Occupation: Staff Writer, Washington Post
Topic: “Ageless Wonders: How Will Japan Deal With Its Elderly”
Host: Keizai Koho Center
Weston S. Konishi
Occupation: Director of Programs, Maureen and Mike Mansfield Foundation
Topic: “Japan’s Values-Oriented Diplomacy: Can Tokyo Lead Asia by Example?”
Host: Institute for International Policy Studies and National Institute for Defense Studies
David S. Law
Occupation: Professor, Department of Law and Political Science, Washington University in St. Louis
Topic: “Decision-Making in a Democracy: The Japanese Supreme Court as a National Policymaker?”
Host: Keio University
Mala N. Htun
Occupation: Professor of Political Science, New School for Social Research
Topic: “Gender Equality and the State in Japan”
Host: Institute of Social Science, University of Tokyo
Frank Jannuzi
Occupation: East Asia Specialist, Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
Topic: “Honor, Fear, and Interest: Avoiding a Zero-sum Game in Sino-Japanese Relations”
Host: Institute for International Policy Studies and Keio University
A. Maria Toyoda
Occupation: Assistant Professor, Villanova University
Topic: “Are Development Banks Still Relevant in an Era of Global Capital?: Lessons from Japan”
Host: Japan Bank for International Cooperation
Douglas W. Turner
Occupation: Founder & CEO, DW Turner, Inc.
Topic: “Why Minority Parties in Japan Lose”
Host: Diet Office of Motohisha Furukawa
Fei-Ling Wang
Occupation: Associate Professor, Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, Georgia Institute of Technology
Topic: “An East Asian Community: How Unlikely Is It?”
Host: Institute of Oriental Culture, University of Tokyo
Jennifer A. Amyx
Occupation: Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Pennsylvania
Topic: “The Political Economy of Regional Financial and Energy Cooperation in East Asia”
Host: International Monetary Fund, Asia Regional Office
R. Michael Schiffer
Occupation: Legislative Director, Office of U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein
Topic: “Reexamining the Japanese Strategic Consensus”
Host: National Institute for Defense Studies
Paul R. Daniels
Occupation: Major, U.S. Army
Topic: “Japan’s Ascent to Independent Internationalism; Parallels with a Former WWII Ally”
Host: Institute for International Policy Studies
Robert Dujarric
Occupation: Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute
Topic: “The Future of American Forces in Japan after Korean Unification”
Host: RIETI, Research Institute Economy Trade and Industry
Nancy Yao
Occupation: Vice President, Goldman Sachs
Topic: “Tri-Market Cooperation: Japan-China Business Partnerships and their Impact on U.S.-China-Japan Relations”
Host: Nippon Keidanren (Japan Business Federation)
Daniel E. Bob
Occupation: Independent Consultant
Topic: “Japan’s Policymaking in Crisis: Forging a New Approach”
Host Organization: National Institute for Research Advancement (NIRA)
William E. Rapp
Occupation: Lieutenant Colonel, U.S. Army
Topic: “The U.S. and Japan Partnership- Formalizing Security Balancing in Northeast Asia”
Host Organization: Institute for International Policy Studies
M. Elizabeth Guran
Occupation: Senior Analyst, U.S. General Accounting Office
Topic: “Japan’s Role in an Asia-Pacific Security Community”
Host Organization: National Institute for Defense Studies
Xiabo Lu
Occupation: Assistant Professor, Columbia University
Topic: “Political Economy of Regulatory Reform in Japan”
Host Organization: Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry
Theodore Osius
Occupation: Senior Advisor for International Affairs, Office of the Vice President
Topic: “The Evolving US-Japan Security Alliance”
Host Organization: Japan Institute for International Affairs
Kimberly Marten Zisk
Occupation: Assistant Professor, Barnard College
Topic: “Japan’s United Nations Peacekeeping Dilemma”
Host Organization: Japanese Self Defense Agency and Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Michael R. Hickok
Occupation: Assistant Professor, Air War College
Topic: “The Caspian’s Future through Asian Eyes”
Host Organization: Institute of Energy Economics Japan
David R. Leheny
Occupation: Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin
Topic: “US-Japan Security Treaty and Japanese Politics”
Host Organization: National Graduate Research Institute for Policy Studies
Valerie Brey Sloan
Occupation: Major, U.S. Army
Topic: “Cultural Aspects of US-Japan Security Negotiations”
Host Organization: National Institute for Defense Studies; Japan Institute for International Affairs
Thomas A. Drohan
Occupation: Colonel, U.S. Air Force
Topic: “The US-Japan Defense Cooperation Guidelines: Issues and Options”
Host Organization: National Institute for Defense Studies; Institute for International Policy Studies
James Savage
Occupation: Associate Professor, University of Virginia
Topic: “Budgetary Reform in Japan”
Host Organization: Institute of Fiscal and Monetary Policy
David Wolff
Occupation: Senior Research Scholar, Woodrow Wilson Center
Topic: “Island of Discord: Okinawa in Japanese-American Relations”
Host Organization: Japan Institute for International Affairs
M. Diana Helweg
Occupation: Executive Assistant to the Deputy Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, The White House
Topic: “Engagement plus Sanctions: An Effective Equation?”
Host Organization: Japan Center for International Exchange
Lisa C. Ferrell
Occupation: Member, House of Representatives, State of Arkansas
Topic: “Worker Training and its Effects on Global Economic Competitiveness”
Host Organization: Japan Institute of Labour
C.S. Eliot Kang
Occupation: Assistant Professor, Northern Illinois University
Topic: “Problems and Prospects of US-Japan-ROK Security Cooperation”
Host Organization: Japan Institute for International Affairs
Lawrence W. Dwight
Occupation: International Economist, Department of the Treasury
Topic: “Japanese Investment in the Asia Pacific and its Impact on Regional Trade Flows”
Host Organization: Institute for International Monetary Affairs
William J. Long
Occupation: Professor, Georgia Institute of Technology
Topic: “Japan’s Use of ODA for Nonproliferation Purposes”
Host Organization: Japan Center for International Exchange
G. John Ikenberry
Occupation: Associate Professor, University of Pennsylvania
Topic: “Strategic Interdependence: Foreign Investment and Japanese Foreign Policy”
Host Organization: Institute for International Policy Studies
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