US-Japan Young Political Leaders Exchange
In 1973, JCIE and the American Council of Young Political Leaders (ACYPL) jointly launched the US-Japan Young Political Leaders Exchange Program, an annual bilateral exchange program designed to expose young leaders of each country to the politics and policymaking processes of the other country and to enhance their understanding of US-Japan relations.
International Comparative Study on Governance and Civil Society
An international team of researchers was assembled to compare the diverse dimensions of the intricate relationship between civil society and governance in eight countries around the world, with the goal of futher stimulating debate in Japan and in other countries on the changing role of civil society.
Prime Minister’s Commission on Japan’s Goals in the 21st Century
In 1999, JCIE served as the secretariat for the Prime Minister’s Commission on Japan’s Goals in the 21st Century. As secretariat, JCIE organized a consultation visit to Washington DC in 1999 for a small group of Commission members and arranged meetings with foreign policy experts, government officials, scholars, and journalists to discuss domestic trends and policy issues in the United States.
An Intellectual Dialogue on Building Asia’s Tomorrow
In a May 1998 speech, the late Keizo Obuchi expressed his concern for the human toll that economic crisis was taking in East Asia, calling for the mobilization of intellectual resources to respond to these consequences. His initiative resulted in the creation of An Intellectual Dialogue on Building Asia’s Tomorrow, launched by JCIE in collaboration with the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS).
ASEAN-Japan Dialogue
In 1977, JCIE initiated the ASEAN-Japan Dialogue to address salient issues in the ASEAN-Japan bilateral relationship. The project was organized in six phases over the period of fifteen years, and the subjects under study included the roles of trade and investment in the development of ASEAN countries, ASEAN-Japan mutual perceptions, and the concept of a Pacific community.
The New Security Agenda
In 1996 JCIE commissioned 12 scholars to survey and assess current thinking, policy, and research concerning security issues including international terrorism, ethnic strife, and overpopulation in 11 key countries and regions. The resulting report represents the first global survey of its kind covering the new security challenges.
Values, Governance, and International Relations
In April 1997, as part of the Asia Pacific Agenda Project (APAP), JCIE launched a multinational research project on the topic of “Values, Governance, and International Relations”, which aimed to examine the interrelations of changing political values and domestic governance with the foreign policy behavior and international relations of countries in the Asia Pacific region.
Asia Pacific Agenda Project (APAP) Forums
The Asia Pacific Agenda Project (APAP) was launched as a celebration of JCIE’s 25th anniversary with three major goals in mind: to allow key personnel of independent policy-oriented research institutions to compare views, to assist in the institutional development of such research bodies, and to aid the development of a strong network among independent institutions.
China-Japan-US Research and Dialogue Project
Based on the premise that the security and prosperity of Asia Pacific is largely contingent upon cooperation among China, Japan, and the United States, JCIE launched a long-term policy research and dialogue project to explore the challenges that lie ahead. The project combines workshops involving experts with study groups of emerging intellectual leaders from the three countries.
Domestic Adjustments in the Face of Globalization
Under the guidance of Dr. Charles Morrison of the APEC Study Center, Hawaii, and Dr. M. Hadi Soesastro of the Centre for Strategic and International Studies, Jakarta, a multilateral team of 11 scholars identified and explored the policy issues created or substantially affected by the effects of globalization on their respective countries and regions. The results of the survey were published in 1998.