In 2007, JCIE launched a study and dialogue project aimed at developing a deeper understanding of the complex dynamics of the China-Japan-US trilateral relationship, identifying the issues central to managing stable and cooperative relations, and examining ways of promoting more meaningful cooperation on key challenges. The project brought together a multi-country team of leading experts to undertake a systematic, in-depth analysis of the dynamics of the trilateral relationship. It was designed to encourage top policymakers in all three countries to gain a deeper understanding of this key relationship and a greater commitment to trilateral cooperation.
The project leaders held a series of planning meetings throughout the spring of 2007, and the first paper writers workshop was convened in Tokyo on October 14–16, 2007. A second workshop took place in Beijing on June 29 and 30, 2008. The participants met for the third and final workshop in Honolulu on March 12–13, 2009. The findings from the project were published in 2010 in English and Japanese as Getting the Triangle Straight: Managing China-Japan-US Relations.
March 12
Opening Session
Yamamoto Tadashi, President, Japan Center for International Exchange
Gerald Curtis, Burgess Professor of Political Science, Columbia University
Kokubun Ryosei, Dean, Faculty of Law, Keio University
Wang Jisi, Dean, School of International Studies, Peking University
Session I: Regional Challenges
Evolving Security Architecture in Northeast Asia
Gui Yongtao, Assistant Professor, Peking University
Taiwan in the Japan-China-US Triangle
Matsuda Yasuhiro, Associate Professor, University of TokyoTerritorial Disputes in the Trilateral Relationship: Challenges and Opportunities in the Senkaku/Diaoyu Conflict
M. Taylor Fravel, Associate Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Session II: Energy
Addressing Climate Change: Why Sino-US Cooperation Lags Behind Sino-Japanese Cooperation?
Zhang Haibin, Associate Professor, Peking University
March 13
Session III: Economic Issues
Asianism Rising: Assessing CJU Dynamics in Regional Trade and Investment Realities
Saadia Pekkanen, Professor, University of Washington
Trilateral Financial Cooperation among the United States, Japan, and China
Dai Jinping, Associate Professor, Nankai University
Emerging Trilateral Architecture: Cooperation and Competition in the Chinese Automobile Industry
Sasuga Katsuhiro, Associate Professor, Tokai University
Session IV: Mutual Perceptions
Japanese Perceptions of China and the United States
Aoyama Rumi, Professor, Waseda University
Chinese Public Perceptions of Japan and the United States in the Post Cold War Era
Fan Shiming, Associate Professor, Peking University
Luncheon Roundtable
Speaker: Charles Morrison, President, East-West Center
Session V: Project Leader Presentations
Wang Jisi, Dean, School of International Studies, Peking University
Kokubun Ryosei, Dean, Faculty of Law, Keio University
Gerald Curtis, Burgess Professor of Political Science, Columbia University
Session VI: Wrap-up
