The Strategic Assistance Project is a collaborative research project of the National Bureau of Asian Research (NBR) and the Japan Center for International Exchange (JCIE) that seeks to develop an alliance-based approach to humanitarian assistance and disaster relief (HA/DR) operations in South and Southeast Asia by engaging and incorporating military, government, and NGO leadership from the United States and Japan.
The third workshop provided the project research team the opportunity to engage with key constituencies within the US, Japanese, and international HA/DR communities, present tentative recommendations designed to enhance US-Japan cooperation and coordination on HA/DR, and move toward operationalizing the Strategic Assistance concept.
September 11, 2014
PANEL 1: The Strategic Assistance Concept
PANEL 2: Improving NGO-Government Engagement
September 12, 2014
PANEL 3: Enhancing Private Sector Engagement
Speakers
IRENE HIRANO INOUYE, US-Japan Council
Vice Admiral ROBERT L. THOMAS, Jr., Commander, 7th Fleet, US Navy
PANEL 4: International Coordination
CLOSING DISCUSSION
JUNICHI CHANO, Japan Foundation Center for Global Partnership
JUNKO CHANO, Sasakawa Peace Foundation
ABRAHAM M. DENMARK, National Bureau of Asian Research
Adm. THOMAS B. FARGO, USN (Ret.), National Bureau of Asian Research
IRENE HIRANO INOUYE, US-Japan Council
KATSUJI IMATA, CSO Network Japan; Japan NPO Center (JNPOC)
KOICHI KANEDA, Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited
SETSUKO KAWAHARA, Hitotsubashi University
Commander GURPREET KHURANA, National Maritime Foundation
KEI KOGA, Nanyang Technological University
NAOKI KOKAWA, Japanese Red Cross Society
SAMUEL KIDDER, American Chamber of Commerce in Japan
MIHO KISHITANI, Formerly WHO Centre for Health Development
RICHARD A. LOVE, National Defense University
RANDY MARTIN, Mercy Corps
YUKIE OSA, Rikkyo University; Association for Aid and Relief
HITOSHI OTOMO, Japan International Cooperation Agency
RYO SAHASHI, Kanagawa University/Japan Center for International Exchange
NYUNT MAUNG SHEIN, Myanmar Institute of Strategic & International Studies
YUKIO TADA, Keizai Doyukai, Sojitz Research Institute
Vice Admiral ROBERT L. THOMAS, Jr., Commander, 7th Fleet, United States Navy
MASAKI WATABE, UNOCHA Japan
SHANE WRIGHT, Asian Disaster Preparedness Center
TAIZO YAKUSHIJI, Institute for International Policy Studies
Amb. SHINGO YAMAGAMI, Deputy Director-General, Foreign Policy Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Lt. General NOBORU YAMAGUCHI, JGSDF (Ret.), National Defense Academy of Japan
Colonel NOZOMU YOSHITOMI, Japan Ground Self-Defense Force
