Past Events
Past Events 2017
SSU Forum with Professor Seyom Brown
| [Date] | Tuesday, November 28 2017, 10:30-12:00 |
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| [Venue] | Seminar Room, 3rd Floor, Ito International Research Center |
| [Subject] | "The New US Debate over Nuclear Weapons" |
| [Lecture] | Seyom Brown, Professor, Brandeis University |
| [Language] | English |
| [Hosted by] | Security Studies Unit, Policy Alternatives Research Institute, the University of Tokyo |
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SSU Forum with Professor David Held
| [Date] | Tuesday, October 24 2017, 10:30-12:00 |
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| [Venue] | Seminar Room, 3rd Floor, Ito International Research Center |
| [Subject] | "Elements of a Theory of Global Politics: From the Holocaust to the Present Day" |
| [Lecture] | David Held, Professor, Durham University |
| [Language] | English |
| [Hosted by] | Security Studies Unit, Policy Alternatives Research Institute, the University of Tokyo |
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SSU Forum with Associate Professor Andrew Norris
| [Date] | Thursday, September 28, 16:30-18:00 |
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| [Venue] | Conference Room, 3rd Floor, Ito International Research Center |
| [Subject] | "Being Realistic About Neoliberalism" |
| [Lecture] | Andrew Norris, Associate Professor, University of California, Santa Barbara |
| [Language] | English |
| [Hosted by] | Security Studies Unit, Policy Alternatives Research Institute, the University of Tokyo |
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Economic Seminar Series 7: Japan - Making the Most of Current Tailwinds
| [Date] | Friday, September 22, 14:00-16:00 [Doors open at 13:30] |
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| [Venue] | FUKUTAKE Learning Theater Map |
| [Co-organized by] | Policy Alternatives Research Institute, the University of Tokyo (PARI) the IMF Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific (OAP) |
| [Language] | English / Japanese simultaneous interpretation |
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SSU Forum with with Professor Christina Davis
| [Date] | Wednesday, July 12, 10:30-12:00 |
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| [Venue] | Conference Room, 3rd Floor, Ito International Research Center |
| [Subject] | "International Organizations and Foreign Policy: The Case of Japan" |
| [Lecture] | Christina Davis, Professor, Princeton University |
| [Hosted by] | Security Studies Unit, Policy Alternatives Research Institute, the University of Tokyo |
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SSU Forum with Dr. Sheila Smith
| [Date] | Friday, June 23 2017, 10:30-12:00 |
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| [Venue] | Seminar Room, 3rd Floor, Ito International Research Center |
| [Subject] | “The U.S-Japan relations in the age of the Trump administration” |
| [Lecture] | Dr. Sheila Smith, Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations |
| [Hosted by] | Security Studies Unit, Policy Alternatives Research Institute, the University of Tokyo |
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Economic Seminar Series 6: Election Time(s) in Europe
- Challenges on the way to economic recovery
| [Date] | Tuesday, May 23, 14:30-16:30 (Doors open at 14:00) |
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| [Venue] | FUKUTAKE Learning Theater Map |
| [Co-organized by] | Policy Alternatives Research Institute, the University of Tokyo (PARI) Deutsche Bundesbank |
| [Supported by] | Deutsch-Japanischer-Wirtschaftskreis |
| [Language] | English/Japanese simultaneous interpretation |
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SSU Forum / The 9th Yamakawa Kenjiro Memorial Lecture with Professor Steven Wilkinson
| [Date] | Friday, May 19, 11:00-12:30 |
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| [Venue] | Seminar Room, 3rd Floor, Ito International Research Center |
| [Subject] | “War and Political Change” |
| [Lecture] | Steven Wilkinson, Professor and Chair, Department of Political Science, Yale University |
| [Comment] | Professor Ken Ishida (Chiba University) |
| [Hosted by] | Security Studies Unit, Policy Alternatives Research Institute, the University of Tokyo The Whitney and Betty MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies at Yale FUTI (Friends of UTokyo, Inc.) |
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Roundtable for Energy Strategies for Peace building and Conflict Resolution in Myanmar
| [Date] | Thursday, May 18 |
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| [Venue] | Royal Rose Thiri Hall, Yangon, Myanmar |
| [Hosted by] | Policy Alternatives Research Institute (PARI, The University of Tokyo), Renewable & Appropriate Energy Laboratory (RAEL, UC Berkeley), and National League for Democracy (NLD) |
| [Supported by] | Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA) |
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SSU Forum with Associate Professor Todd H. Hall
| [Date] | Thursday, May 11, 10:30-12:00 |
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| [Venue] | Conference Room, 3rd Floor, Ito International Research Center |
| [Subject] | “Studying Emotional Politics in International Relations.” |
| [Lecture] | Todd H. Hall, Associate Professor, University of Oxford, Department of Politics and International Relations |
| [Hosted by] | Security Studies Unit, Policy Alternatives Research Institute, the University of Tokyo |
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Stakeholders’ Consultation for Integrating Water Resources Management, Sustainable Economic Development Goal
| [Date] | Thursday, March 23 |
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| [Venue] | Royal Rose Thiri Hall, Yangon, Myanmar |
| [Language] | English |
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Policy Alternatives Research Institute (PARI, The University of Tokyo) Renewable & Appropriate Energy Laboratory (RAEL, UC Berkeley) National League for Democracy (NLD) |
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SSU Forum with Dr. Fumihiko Yoshida and Mr. Bill Emmott
| [Date] | Tuesday, February 28, 10:30-12:00 |
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| [Venue] | SConference Room, 3rd Floor, Ito International Research Center |
| [Subject] | New Security Challenges under Emerging Technologies--Implications to Deterrence and Strategic Stability |
| [Lecture] | Dr. Fumihiko Yoshida (Vice Director, RECNA) |
| [Hosted by] | Security Studies Unit, Policy Alternatives Research Institute, the University of Tokyo |
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SSU Forum with Dr. Cedric de Coning and Professor Chiyuki Aoi
| [Date] | Friday, February 24, 17:30-19:00 |
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| [Venue] | Seminar Room, 3rd Floor, Ito International Research Center |
| [Subject] | Is UN peacekeeping still relevant in a time of increasingly violent conflict? - A critical reflection on UN Peacekeeping Doctrine in a New Era |
| [Lecture] | Dr. Cedric de Coning, Senior Research Fellow, the Peace and Conflict Research Group, the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs(NUPI) Professor Chiyuki Aoi, Graduate School of Public Policy, the University of Tokyo |
| [Hosted by] | Security Studies Unit, Policy Alternatives Research Institute, the University of Tokyo Graduate School of Public Policy, the University of Tokyo |
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SSU Forum with Professor Tai Ming Cheung
| [Date] | Wednesday, February 15, 10:30-12:00 |
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| [Venue] | Seminar Room, 3rd Floor, Ito International Research Center |
| [Subject] | Understanding China’s Military Technological Rise and the Global Implications |
| [Lecture] | Professor Tai Ming Cheung, University of California, San Diego |
| [Hosted by] | Security Studies Unit, Policy Alternatives Research Institute, the University of Tokyo |
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Economic Seminar Series 5: Key Economic Challenges in Asia
| [Date] | Friday, February 3, 14:30-17:30 (Doors open at 14:00) |
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| [Venue] | Iino Hall & Conference Center Room A Map |
| [Co-organized by] | Policy Alternatives Research Institute, The University of Tokyo (PARI) / the IMF Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific (OAP) |
| [Language] | English/Japanese simultaneous interpretation |
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Public Session：International Security in Times of Uncertainty
| [Date] | Wednesday, February 1, 14:30-17:30 |
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| [Venue] | B1F [ Crystal Room ] Hyatt Regency Tokyo |
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Session 1 [ Populist Nationalism and its Challenge to International Security ] G. John Ikenberry (Princeton University) Zhu Feng (Nanjing University) Keisuke Iida (University of Tokyo) Kiichi Fujiwara (University of Tokyo) *Moderator Session 2 [ Interconnected Risks and the Challenges to International Security ] Jae-Seung Lee (Korea University) Yee Kuang Heng (University of Tokyo) Hideaki Shiroyama (University of Tokyo) *Moderator |
| [Language] | English/Japanese simultaneous interpretation |
| [Hosted by] | Security Studies Unit, Policy Alternatives Research Institute, the University of Tokyo |
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Distinguished Guest Seminar with Professor Ikenberry
| [Date] | Wednesday, February 1, 10:00-11:30 |
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| [Venue] | Law#4 building 8th floor, the University of Tokyo Hongo Campus |
| [Subject] | Cracks in the Liberal World Order: The Crisis of Democracy and Liberal Internationalism |
| [Language] | English |
| [Hosted by] | Security Studies Unit, Policy Alternatives Research Institute, the University of Tokyo |
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SSU Forum with Professor Mikkel Rasmussen
| [Date] | Tuesday, January 17, 10:30-12:00 |
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| [Venue] | Seminar Room, 3rd Floor, Ito International Research Center |
| [Subject] | Crisis and Cohesion：The Western Alliance and the End of European Integration |
| [Lecture] | Professor Mikkel Rasmussen, University of Copenhagen |
| [Hosted by] | Security Studies Unit, Policy Alternatives Research Institute, the University of Tokyo |
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