6th Russia-Japan Policy Dialogue

June 28–29, 2004
Moscow, Russia

The 6th Russia-Japan Policy Dialogue was held in Moscow, Russia, on June 28-29, 2004, to discuss the prospects for bilateral cooperation in the changing Asian context. Participants discussed issues such as the challenges involved in the post-conflict peace building process in Afghanistan and Central Asia and nuclear non-proliferation with special reference to new members of nuclear club such as India.

Monday, June 28

Session I: “Multilateralism or Unilateralism—Future Direction of the International Community” (Economic Dimension and Political/Security Dimension)
Speakers: Hiroshi Nakanishi, Professor, Graduate School of Law, Kyoto University
Fedor Lukyanov, Editor-in-Chief, Russia in Global Affairs

Session II: “Challenges of the Post-Conflict Peace Building Process—Cases of Afghanistan and Central Asia”
Speakers: Kenji Isezaki, Professor, Graduate School of Social Design Studies, Rikkyo University
Andrei Fedorov, Political Projects Director, Council on Foreign and Defense Policy in Russia (CFDP)

Tuesday, June 29

Session III: “The Relevance of Nuclear Arms in the Current International Relations—Challenges of Achieving Nuclear Non-proliferation with special reference to new members of nuclear club such as India”
Speakers: Masayuki Tadokoro, Professor, Keio University
Vladimir Dvorkin, Head for Research, Center for Strategic Nuclear Forces

Mihail DELYAGIN

Chairman of the Board, Institute For Globalization Problems, former economic adviser to the Prime-Minister

Vladimir DVORKIN

Chairman, Center for Strategic Nuclear Forces, Military Science Academy, Major-general (ret.)

Andrei FEDOROV

Political Projects Director, Council on Foreign and Defense Policy in Russia (CFDP)

Leonid GRIGORIEV

Deputy Director, Expert Institute, RSPP

Youri KOBALADZE

Managing Director, Renaissance-Capital Investment bank, Major-general (ret.)

Georgy KUNADZE

Deputy Chief of Staff, Ombudsman for Russian Federation

Alexander KUZNETSOV

Deputy Director, Fund for Political Research and Consulting

Fedor LUKYANOV

Editor-in-Chief, Russia in Global Affairs

Sergei OZNOBISHEV

Director, Institute for Strategic Assessments

Alexey PODBEREZKIN

First Deputy Head, System Research Institute, Account Chamber

Vitaly SHLYKOV

CFDP member, Major-general (ret.)

Dmitri SUSLOV

Political research coordinator, CFDP

Sergei VYHUHOLEV

Deputy General Director, RIA-Novosti Information Agency

Sergei YASENEV

First Secretary, Second Asian Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Sergey ZVEREV

Chairman of the Board, Committee on the Development of Public Relations

Akira IRIYAMA

President, The Sasakawa Peace Foundation

Kenji ISEZAKI

Professor, Graduate School of Social Design Studies, Rikkyo University

Akira KOJIMA

Special Editorial Advisor, Nihon Keizai Simbun; Chairman of Japan Center for Economic Research (JCER)

Kyoji KOMACHI

Executive Secretary, International Peace Cooperation Headquarters, Cabinet Office

Hiroshi NAKANISHI

Professor, Graduate School of Law, Kyoto University

Yukio OKADA

Executive Director, Member of the Board (Oil & Gas / Upstream Investment), Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation

Masayuki TADOKORO

Professor, Keio University

Koji WATANABE

Senior Fellow, Japan Center for International Exchange; Former Ambassador to Russia

Tadashi YAMAMOTO

President, Japan Center for International Exchange

[Japanese Embassy]

Jun YANAGI

Counsellor

[The Sasakawa Peace Foundation]

Kaori KOBAYASHI

Associate Program Officer, The Sasakawa Peace Foundation

[Japan Center for International Exchange]

Kyoko YAMAKAWA

Program Officer, Japan Center for International Exchange