Japan and Germany in Global Governance: Security Policy Challenges in the 21st Century
December 3 Thursday
Date/time
December 3, 2009, 09:45-18:00
Loc.
Tokyo
With
inter alia Lieutenant General Dr. Klaus Olshausen, Colonel Ralph Thiele, Dr. Peter Roell, in cooperation with The Japan Institute of International Affairs JIIA
Type
Seminar
3rd KAS-JIIA Seminar
Also available in Deutsch
The seminar is the third event jointly organized by KAS and JIIA and aims at promoting intellectual exchange and dialogue between academics and politicians from Japan and Germany on a range of topical foreign policy and security policy issues.
Prgram
09:45
Registration
10:00
Opening Remarks
- Amb.Yoshiji Nogami (President, The Japan Institute of International Affairs)
- Dr. Colin Dürkop (Regional Representative KAS Seoul)
- H.E. Dr. Volker Stanzel (Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to Japan)
10:15 – 12:00
Session I: Japan and Germany in Global Governance Next Stage for Global Security Issues
Moderator
- Dr. Peter Roell (Institute for Strategic-Political-Security and Economic Consultancy Germany)
Presenter
- Mr. Michito Tsuruoka (National Institute for Defense Studies)
The EU and NATO as a Security Partner: A View from Japan
- Colonel Ralph Thiele (Chairman, Political-Military Association Germany)
Europe's Security Policy in the next 15 years
Discussion
12:00
Lunch hosted by JIIA
13:30 – 15:15
Session II: Role of Global and Regional Institutions in International Cooperation as Enhancing Security
Moderator
- Ms. Naoko Saiki (Deputy Director-General, Japan Institute of International Affairs)
Presenter
- Dr. Ryo Sahashi (Tokyo University, Japan)
- Dr. Axel Berkofsky (University of Pavia, Italy)
Security Institutions and For a in Asia - Limits, Impact and EU Role
Discussant
- Dr. Narayanan Ganesan (Hiroshima Peace Institute)
15:15 – 15:30
Coffee/Tea Break
15:30 – 17:00
Session III: Challenges in Afghanistan
Moderator
- Lt. Gen. (ret) Dr. Klaus Olshausen (President, Clausewitz Association, Germany)
Presenter
- Dr. Thomas Prinz (Councellor, Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany, Tokyo)
Afghanistan Quo Vadis? Perspectives after the recent Presidential Elections
- Prof. Yoko Iwama (National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS), Japan)
Japanese Perspective on Afghan issues
Discussion
17:00
Closing Remarks
- Ms. Naoko Saiki (Deputy Director-General, Japan Institute of International Affairs)
- Dr. Akio Konuma (Secretary General Konrad Adenauer Stiftung Tomo-no-Kai, Tokyo/Japan)
18:00
Dinner hosted by
- Dr. Anna Prinz (Minister and Deputy Head of Mission, German Embassy)
Contact person
Dr. Colin Dürkop
Head of the KAS office in Turkey
