The 6th Tokyo Global Dialogue

Theme: A Quest for Global Resilience

January 29th (Wed)- 30th (Thu), 2025

@ The Okura Tokyo (in person: by invitation only)
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Theme: A Quest for Global Resilience

The year 2024 saw national elections held in dozens of democracies, including Japan and the United States, with confusion marking some of these elections. Given the prospect that 2025 will be even more eventful than 2024, it is tempting to ask the following questions: How will the international community react to the advent of the second Trump administration in the United States? Is the war in Ukraine drawing to a close? Will Europe, shaken by the rise of populism, be able to exercise global leadership? And will the confrontation between the U.S. and China intensify over issues such as the Taiwan Strait and economic security? In these times of turmoil, all the issues confronting world leaders are not uniform in nature.

At the 6th Tokyo Global Dialogue (TGD6), leading experts from Japan and abroad will review the present international situation plagued by frequent conflicts and discuss a way forward in light of the current trends. Under the title “A Quest for Global Resilience,” we will also consider what roles Japan and other major players should fulfill in restoring resilience to the international community.

　*This Dialogue is supported by Japan Foundation “Japan-U.S. Global Partnership Program”.
　*Program is subject to change.

Venue: The Okura Tokyo (in-person: by invitation only)
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Program
Short Biographies (Coming Soon)

1/29 Wed

13:00-13:10	Opening Remarks by JIIA President Kenichiro SasaeDetail Kenichiro Sasae President, JIIA / Former Ambassador of Japan to the U.S.

13:10-14:45	The New US Administration and International OrderDetail 【Speakers】 Randall Schriver Partner, Pacific Solution / Chairman of the Board, The Project 2049 Institute Long Ke Senior Fellow, The Tokyo Foundation for Policy Research Patrick M. Cronin Asia-Pacific Security Chair, The Hudson Institute / Scholar in Residence, Carnegie Mellon University Kenichiro Sasae President, JIIA / Former Ambassador of Japan to the U.S. 【Moderator】 Takako Hikotani Professor, Gakushuin University International Centre

13:10-14:45

The New US Administration and International OrderDetail

【Speakers】

Randall Schriver Partner, Pacific Solution / Chairman of the Board, The Project 2049 Institute

Long Ke Senior Fellow, The Tokyo Foundation for Policy Research

Patrick M. Cronin Asia-Pacific Security Chair, The Hudson Institute / Scholar in Residence, Carnegie Mellon University

Kenichiro Sasae President, JIIA / Former Ambassador of Japan to the U.S.

【Moderator】

Takako Hikotani Professor, Gakushuin University International Centre

14:45-16:15	Lessons from the History of the Twentieth Century: The Era of the Two World Wars and the Cold WarDetail 【Speakers】 Barak Kushner Professor of East Asian History, University of Cambridge Hiroshi Nakanishi Professor, Kyoto University Naoko Shimazu Professor, The University of Tokyo 【Moderator】 Yuichi Hosoya Professor, Keio University

16:30-18:00	Europeʼs Security and Its Implications to the Indo-PaciﬁcDetail 【Speakers】 H. E. Mr. Hanno Pevkur (TBD) Minister of Defence of the Republic of Estonia Federica Mogherini Rector, The College of Europe / Former High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Bill Emmott Chairman, The Institute for International Strategic Studies (IISS) Marie-Doha Besancenot Assistant Secretary General for Public Diplomacy Division, NATO 【Moderator】 Noah Sneider East Asia Bureau Chief, The Economist

16:30-18:00

Europeʼs Security and Its Implications to the Indo-PaciﬁcDetail

【Speakers】

H. E. Mr. Hanno Pevkur (TBD) Minister of Defence of the Republic of Estonia

Federica Mogherini Rector, The College of Europe / Former High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy

Bill Emmott Chairman, The Institute for International Strategic Studies (IISS)

Marie-Doha Besancenot Assistant Secretary General for Public Diplomacy Division, NATO

【Moderator】

Noah Sneider East Asia Bureau Chief, The Economist

18:45-	【Remarks】H.E. Mr. ISHIBA Shigeru, Prime Minister of Japan (TBD)Detail

1/30 Thu

9:30-10:45	Artiﬁcial Intelligence and International Peace and SecurityDetail 【Speakers】 Izumi Nakamitsu Under-Secretary-General and High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs Vipin Narang Frank Stanton Professor of Nuclear Security, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Ren Ito The Co-Founder and COO, Sakana AI 【Moderator】 Nobumasa Akiyama Director, Center for Disarmament, Science and Technology, JIIA

9:30-10:45

Artiﬁcial Intelligence and International Peace and SecurityDetail

【Speakers】

Izumi Nakamitsu Under-Secretary-General and High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs

Vipin Narang Frank Stanton Professor of Nuclear Security, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Ren Ito The Co-Founder and COO, Sakana AI

【Moderator】

Nobumasa Akiyama Director, Center for Disarmament, Science and Technology, JIIA

10:45-12:00	Chokepoints in the Indo-Paciﬁc: The Taiwan Straits, East and South China Seas, and the Korean PeninsulaDetail 【Speakers】 Junhua Wu Senior Research Counselor, The Japan Research Institute Ltd. Victor Cha President of the Geopolitics and Foreign Policy Department and Korea Chair, CSIS / Distinguished University Professor, Georgetown University H.E. Mr. Justin Hayhurst Australia’s Ambassador to Japan H.E. Mr. Cheol-hee Park South Korea’s Ambassador to Japan 【Moderator】 Joshua W. Walker President & CEO, Japan Society

10:45-12:00

Chokepoints in the Indo-Paciﬁc: The Taiwan Straits, East and South China Seas, and the Korean PeninsulaDetail

【Speakers】

Junhua Wu Senior Research Counselor, The Japan Research Institute Ltd.

Victor Cha President of the Geopolitics and Foreign Policy Department and Korea Chair, CSIS / Distinguished University Professor, Georgetown University

H.E. Mr. Justin Hayhurst Australia’s Ambassador to Japan

H.E. Mr. Cheol-hee Park South Korea’s Ambassador to Japan

【Moderator】

Joshua W. Walker President & CEO, Japan Society

14:00-15:15	Re-constructing Global ArchitectureDetail 【Speakers】 Hemant Krishan Singh Director General, The Delhi Policy Group (DPG) / Former Ambassador of India to Japan Bilahari Kausikan Honorary Fellow, The Middle East Institute, National University of Singapore Bill Emmott Chairman, The Institute for International Strategic Studies (IISS) Joshua W. Walker President & CEO, Japan Society 【Moderator】 Kenichiro Sasae President, JIIA / Former Ambassador of Japan to the U.S.

14:00-15:15

Re-constructing Global ArchitectureDetail

【Speakers】

Hemant Krishan Singh Director General, The Delhi Policy Group (DPG) / Former Ambassador of India to Japan

Bilahari Kausikan Honorary Fellow, The Middle East Institute, National University of Singapore

Bill Emmott Chairman, The Institute for International Strategic Studies (IISS)

Joshua W. Walker President & CEO, Japan Society

【Moderator】

Kenichiro Sasae President, JIIA / Former Ambassador of Japan to the U.S.

15:15-15:30	Closing Remarks by JIIA President Kenichiro SasaeDetail Kenichiro Sasae President, JIIA / Former Ambassador of Japan to the U.S.

Breakout Session

The breakout sessions will not be livestreamed.
Participation in each breakout session is by invitation only.
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Breakout Session

1/29(Wed)

19:30-21:30	Economic Security: Towards Building Resilient EconomyDetail 【Keynote Address】 H.E. Mr. KIUCHI Minoru Minister in Charge of Economic Security 【Speakers】 Navin Girishankar President, Economic Security and Technology Department, CSIS Victor Cha President of the Geopolitics and Foreign Policy Department and Korea Chair, CSIS / Distinguished University Professor, Georgetown University Shigeru Kitamura Former Secretary-General, National Security Secretariat Kaname Miki Executive Partner, Deloitte Tohmatsu Financial Advisory 【Moderator】 Shin Oya Chief Analyst, Sojitz Research Institute

19:30-21:30

Economic Security: Towards Building Resilient EconomyDetail

【Keynote Address】

H.E. Mr. KIUCHI Minoru Minister in Charge of Economic Security

【Speakers】

Navin Girishankar President, Economic Security and Technology Department, CSIS

Victor Cha President of the Geopolitics and Foreign Policy Department and Korea Chair, CSIS / Distinguished University Professor, Georgetown University

Shigeru Kitamura Former Secretary-General, National Security Secretariat

Kaname Miki Executive Partner, Deloitte Tohmatsu Financial Advisory

【Moderator】

Shin Oya Chief Analyst, Sojitz Research Institute

1/29(Wed)

19:30-21:30	Disinformation and National Security: Debunking vs PrebunkingDetail 【Speakers】 Jean-Christophe Boucher Associate Professor, University of Calgary Ofer Fridman Senior Lecturer in War Studies, King's College London 【Moderator】 Kyoko Kuwahara Research Fellow, JIIA

Breakout Session

1/30(Thu)

12:15-13:45	Nuclear Strategy and Asia’s SecurityDetail 【Speakers】 Patrick M. Cronin Asia-Pacific Security Chair, The Hudson Institute / Scholar in Residence, Carnegie Mellon University Tomasz Lukaszuk Former Ambassador and lecturer/PhD at the Warsaw University Hideya Kurata Professor, National Defense Academy of Japan / Adjunct Fellow, JIIA 【Moderator】 Nobumasa Akiyama Director, Center for Disarmament, Science and Technology, JIIA

12:15-13:45

Nuclear Strategy and Asia’s SecurityDetail

【Speakers】

Patrick M. Cronin Asia-Pacific Security Chair, The Hudson Institute / Scholar in Residence, Carnegie Mellon University

Tomasz Lukaszuk Former Ambassador and lecturer/PhD at the Warsaw University

Hideya Kurata Professor, National Defense Academy of Japan / Adjunct Fellow, JIIA

【Moderator】

Nobumasa Akiyama Director, Center for Disarmament, Science and Technology, JIIA

1/30(Thu)

12:15-13:45	Emerging Technologies and Modern WarfareDetail 【Speakers】 Brendan Groves The Chief Legal Officer at Skydio / Former Associate Deputy Attorney General, US DOJ Jakub Jakóbowski Deputy Director, Centre for Eastern Studies (OSW) Kazuhiro Horie Vice-Commissioner & Chief Technology Officer, Acquisition, Technology & Logistics Agency (ATLA) 【Moderator】 Ken Jimbo Professor, Keio University

12:15-13:45