Transnational Civil Society and International Governance

This project is designed to analyze and clarify transnational civl society’s possible contributions and limitations. Workshops were held in December 1998 in Hawaii and in March 1999 in Paris to review the group’s findings, and the research was published in 2000.
US-Japan Dialogue on Asia

In May 1999, a small meeting of 18 top opinion leaders from Japan and the United States was convened in Tarrytown, New York, by former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger and former Secretary-General of the Liberal Democratic Party Koichi Kato. The goal of the meeting was to discuss future US-Japan cooperation in Asia.
JCIE Publications | The Asian Crisis and Human Security

This publication provides the speeches, background papers, and synopses of presentations and discussions from a dialogue carried out in response to Japan’s then-foreign minister Obuchi Keizo’s suggestion for “an intellectual dialogue on building Asia’s tomorrow.”
JCIE Publications | Japan-US Women Leaders Dialogue: Community Development and the Role of Women

A delegation of six women leaders from various regions of the United States traveled to Japan in January–February 1993, and six Japanese women leaders visited the United States in June of the same year. This publication is a report on their findings.
JCIE Publications | The New Security Agenda: A Global Survey

This book analyzes how attitudes toward the meaning of security are changing around the world in the wake of the cold war, and in particular how the principal “new” security issues are perceived in key countries and regions.
Dialogue and Research Monitor

This multi-volume publication monitored policy-relevant dialogue and research throughout East Asia for more than a decade with the goal of understanding the ongoing efforts by policy research institutions, policy thinkers, and public intellectuals to strengthen the emerging regional community.
JCIE Publications | Deciding the Public Good

This book provides a comprehensive perspective on the changing nature of governance and the evolution of the role of civil society in Japan, a country where bureaucracy has traditionally monopolized the determination of the public interest.
JCIE Publications | Sustainable Development and Human Security

This report provides a detailed synopsis of the presentations, discussion, and principal points from a two-day conference of leading intellectuals considering the underlying human security requirements for generating sustainable development in Asia Pacific.
Insights | The Nightmare of a Chain-Reaction Collapse and the Importance of Japan-South Korea Cooperation

This translation is an addition to JCIE’s Global Thinknet Insights, in which Keio University Professor Masao Okonogi outlines the significance of Japan-South Korea cooperation with regards to the rising threat of North Korea.
Insights| Strengthening the Triangle: China-Japan-US Rapprochement

In this translation, included in JCIE’s Global Thinknet Insights, University of Tokyo professor Akihiko Tanaka discusses the importance and status of China-Japan-US trilateral relations, and how to best strengthen these ties.