Peace and Security in Northeast Asia

A discussion with Akio Takahara and Toda’s Kevin Clements and Hugh Miall. They discuss Prof. Takahara’s lifelong interest in the political economy of China and Chinese foreign policy. He reviews the present state of China–Japan relations and comments on possible solutions to the territorial dispute over the Senkaku Islands in the broader security context of Northeast Asia.

A discussion with Masakatsu Ota and Toda’s Kevin Clements and Hugh Miall. They discuss the status of Japan’s commitment to the three non-nuclear principles, alternative approaches to upholding the peace constitution and geopolitical relationships within Northeast Asia. Has anything changed with a new Japanese Prime Minister at the helm and what are polls of public opinion revealing about the mood of the Japanese population particularly in the light of heightened nuclear rhetoric since the Russian invasion of Ukraine?

A discussion with Ambassador Joseph Yun and Frank Aum of the U.S. Institute of Peace (USIP), and Toda’s Kevin Clements and Hugh Miall. They discuss the ways that East Asia order might be structured, and the impact of recent developments in the region. Speakers: Ambassador Joseph Yun: Senior advisor to the Asia program at the U.S. Institute of Peace. Frank Aum: Senior expert on Northeast Asia at the U.S. Institute of Peace Kevin Clements: Director of the Toda Peace Institute. The Foundation Chair of Peace and Conflict Studies and Foundation Director of the National Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies (NCPACS) at the University of Otago, New Zealand Hugh Miall: Senior Research Fellow of the Toda Peace Institute, Emeritus Professor of International Relations at the University of Kent, and Chair of the Conflict Research Society.