Japanese-German Forum | 32nd Forum
At the 32nd Japanese-German Forum, held in Tokyo, Japanese and German politicians, policy experts, business leaders, and journalists discussed key bilateral topics including demographic changes, the impact of AI, and the upcoming US election.
Growing Asia-Pacific Regionalism and New Opportunities to Advance Non-traditional Security Cooperation
The overall objective of this research project was to examine intraregional cooperation and the supraregional contributions of that cooperation. The research team was comprised of younger and mid-level researchers with expertise in each of the research areas.
Asia Pacific Security Outlook (APSO)
From 1997 to 2005, JCIE sponsored the Asia Pacific Security Outlook (APSO), an annual research project on regional security issues that produced a publication of the same name. The APSO project monitored changing perceptions of countries in the region in regard to their security environment, national defense issues, and contributions to regional and global security.
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.
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.
Asia Pacific and the Global Order After September 11
Under the guidance of former Korean Foreign Minister Han Sung-Joo, a multilateral team of six younger scholars explored the issue of regional and global order in the wake of the 9-11 terrorist attacks in the United States.
Energy and Security in East Asia
This multinational study aimed to assess how East Asian countries in general and China in particular will satisfy their enormous appetites for energy and energy-related security concerns. A second objective was to bring a range of Asian perspectives to the debate, which has in general been dominated by American experts. The group met in Tokyo for two workshops, resulting in a published volume.
Global ThinkNet Fellows | New Approaches to Preventive Diplomacy
Five Global ThinkNet Fellows undertook a study project on preventive diplomacy under the direction of Dr. Hideo Sato, senior advisor to the rector of United Nations University. In October 1999, these researchers began examining such topics as UN peacekeeping activities; the peace-building process in Croatia; the international commitment to solve refugee problems; reconceptualizing the concept of state-nation relationship in Asia; and a new approach to the democratization process in Belarus.
Global ThinkNet Fellows | Japan’s Foreign and Security Policy Options
This project was launched in June 1996 as the first of the study groups organized to promote policy-related contributions from Japanese researchers under the Global ThinkNet Fellows Program. Under the guidance of Professor Masashi Nishihara, six young and promising political scientists examined Japan’s foreign and security policy options for the 21st century.
Global ThinkNet Fellows | The Japan-US Alliance: New Challenges in the 21st Century
A group of six young scholars examined the elements that might affect the Japan-US alliance in coming decades, including domestic public opinion and politics, tensions between other countries, and cultural outlook. Their final papers were published by JCIE as an edited volume, Japan-US Alliance: New Challenges for the 21st Century.