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. This second workshop took place in Beijing in 2008. The participants met for a 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.
AGENDA
June 28
Welcome Dinner
June 29
Welcome Remarks and Program Overview
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
Yamamoto Tadashi, President, Japan Center for International Exchange
Session I: Economic Aspects of Trilateral Relations
Assessing China-Japan-US Dynamics in Regional Trade and Investment Realities
Saadia Pekkanen, Professor, University of Washington
The Emergence of East Asia Community and Trilateral Relations
Sasuga Katsuhiro, Associate Profesor, Tokai University
Financial Architecture and Cooperation
Dai Jinping, Associate Professor, Nankai University
Session II: Taiwan and Trilateral Relations
Japanese Perceptions of China and the United States
Aoyama Rumi, Professor, Waseda University
Chinese Perceptions of Japan and the United States
Fan Shiming, Associate Professor, Peking University
Session III. Security Issues in the Trilateral Relationship (pt. 1)
ChangingTrilateral Military Relations
Andrew Oros, Assistant Professor, Washington College
Project Leader Presentation and Comments
Wang Jisi, Dean, School of International Studies, Peking University
Comments
Gerald Curtis, Burgess Professor of Political Science, Columbia University
Kokubun Ryosei, Dean, Faculty of Law, Keio University
Yamamoto Tadashi, President, Japan Center for International Exchange
June 30
Session III: Security Issues in the Trilateral Relationship (pt. 2)
New Security Architecture in Northeast Asia
Gui Yongtao, Assistant Professor, Peking University
Session IV: Trilateral Relations, Sovereignty, and Cross-border Issues
Territorial Disputes in the Trilateral Relationship
Taylor Fravel,Asst. Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Taiwan and Trilateral Relations
Matsuda Yashiro, Senior Fellow, National Institute of Defense Studies
Energy and Trilateral Relations
Zhang Haibin, Associate Professor, Peking University
Session V: Project Leader Presentations and Comments
