In the last year, the United States and Japan have made great progress in transforming our alliance to address the challenges of a new century. However, there remain significant barriers to deeper security ties and strengthened interoperability.  To further the discussion of the promises and challenges of a transformed alliance with greater joint interoperability between the defense establishments of the United States and Japan and its implications for regional security, AEI will hold a conference on the U.S.-Japanese Alliance on October 25-26.

How can the United States and Japan institutionalize the upgraded strategic cooperation of recent years? To what degree will Japan’s self defense forces be able to achieve a greater level of jointness and increase its ability to cooperate with U.S. and other friendly forces? What level of defense-industrial cooperation between the United States and Japan will prove optimal and acceptable to both countries? How can U.S. and Japanese leaders work with their counterparts in other Asian countries to improve security in the region and the world?
       
These and other questions will be the subject of a two-day AEI conference.  

To RSVP, please contact Christopher Griffin (cgriffin@aei.org or 202.862.7176) or Rachel Hoff (rhoff@aei.org or 202.862.5932) or fax this form to 202.862.4877. Please specify which sessions you would like to attend.

Attendance at the conference is free. Travel and accommodations are at the attendees’ expense.

 

Tuesday, October 25, 2005
8:45am-9:00am (Silver Room)
Introductory Remarks
Speakers	Christopher DeMuth, AEI
	Joseph Donovan, U.S. Embassy in Japan
9:00am-9:30am (Silver Room)
Keynote Speech	Rep. Seiji Maehara, House of Representatives
9:30am-10:00am (Silver Room)
Keynote Speech	Richard Lawless, U.S. Department of Defense
10:10am-11:20am (Silver Room)
Panel I: The Emergence of a New Security Architecture in Asia?
Keynote Speaker	Rep. Akihisa Nagashima, House of Representatives
Panelists	Aaron Friedberg, Princeton University
	Robyn Lim, Nanzan University
Moderator	Danielle Pletka, AEI
11:30am-1:00pm (White Pearl Room)
Lunch and Keynote Speech	Rep. Fukushiro Nukaga, House of Representatives
1:15pm-3:15pm (Silver Room)
Panel II: Strategic Interoperability: Harmonizing National Strategies
Keynote Speaker	Rep. Shigeru Ishiba, House of Representatives
Panelists	John Hill, U.S. Department of Defense
	Koji Tsuruoka, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
	Adam Ward, International Institute for Strategic Studies
Moderator	Dan Blumenthal, AEI
3:30pm-5:30pm (Silver Room)
Panel III: Developing Joint Interoperability at the Operational Level
Panelists	Maj. Gen. Timothy R. Larsen, U.S. Forces Japan
	Vice Adm. (Ret.) Hideaki Kaneda, Okazaki Institute
	Lt. Col. Richard A. Weir, Joint Staff
	Maj. Gen. Noboru Yamaguchi, National Institute for  Defense Studies
Moderator	Thomas Donnelly, AEI
6:00pm-8:30pm
Dinner and Keynote Speech	Rep. Shinzo Abe, House of Representatives
Wednesday, October 26, 2005
9:00am-10:30am (Silver Room)
Panel IV: The Prospects for Enhanced Bilateral Defense-Industrial Cooperation
Panelists	Torkel Patterson, Raytheon International, Inc.
	Richard Samuels, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
	Tatsuo Sato, Mitsubishi Corporation
Moderator	Dan Blumenthal, AEI
10:40am-12:30pm (Silver Room)
Panel V: Lessons Learned: A Regional Perspective
Panelists	Naoyuki Agawa, Keio University
	Kent Calder, Johns Hopkins University, SAIS
	C. Raja Mohan, The Indian Express
	Bruce Miller, Embassy of Australia
Moderator	Nicholas Eberstadt, AEI
12:40pm-1:50pm (Bamboo Room)
Lunch and Keynote Speech	Rep. Fumio Kyuma, House of Representatives
1:50-pm-2:00pm (Bamboo Room)
Closing Remarks	Danielle Pletka, AEI