Tuesday, May 11, 2012 | 12:30-2:00 p.m.
Yenching Auditorium
2 Divinity Avenue

Conference: Great Power Politics and the Future of Asian Regionalism

Keynote

Ichiro Fujisaki, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Japan to the United States of America

Ambassador Fujisaki has served as the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Japan to the U.S. since June 2008. Prior to his current appointment, he served as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent Representative of Japan to the International Organizations in Geneva (2005-08), where he was also Chairman of the Executive Committee of UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). During his distinguished career, he has also served as Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs (including Prime Minister's personal representative (Sherpa) to the G-8 summit); Director-General for the North American Affairs Bureau; Minister, Embassy of Japan in Washington, D.C.; and Deputy Director-General for Asian Affairs. He has also held diplomatic posts in Jakarta, Paris (OECD), and London. Ambassador Fujisaki has been a research associate at the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) in London and has taught international relations at Sophia University in Tokyo.

The Future of American Power in Asia

Joseph S. Nye, Jr., University Distinguished Service Professor, Harvard Kennedy School

Professor Nye is the world's leading expert on power in world politics, U.S. foreign policy, Asian security, and leadership. His recent publications include: The Paradox of American Power (Oxford, 2002), Soft Power: The Means to Success in World Politics (PublicAffairs, 2004); The Power Game: A Washington Novel (PublicAffairs, 2004), The Powers to Lead (Oxford, 2008), Understanding International Conflicts (Longman, 7th edition, 2008), Power and Interdependence (Longman, 4th edition, 2011); and most recently, The Future of Power (Public Affairs: 2011). Professor Nye has served as Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs (1994-95), Chairman of the National Intelligence Council (1993-94), and Deputy Under Secretary of State for Security Assistance, Science and Technology (1977-79). He was awarded Distinguished Service medals from all three agencies. At Harvard, Professor Nye has served as Director of the Center for International Affairs (CFIA) and Dean of the Harvard Kennedy School.

ASEAN and Asian Regionalism

Surin Pitsuwan, Secretary General, Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)

Dr. Pitsuwan received his Ph.D. in Middle Eastern Studies from Harvard University. Prior to his distinguished career in public service, he taught at the Faculty of Political Science at Thammasat University. In 1986, he was elected as a Member of the Parliament (MP) in Thailand's National Legislative Assembly. As an MP, Dr. Pitsuwan served as Minister of Foreign Affairs (1997-2001), and Chair of the ASEAN Ministerial Meeting, and the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) (1999-2000). During the 2000's, he served as a member of the Commission on Human Security of the UN; International Labor Organization's World Commission on the Social Dimension of Globalization; the "Wise Men Group" under the auspices of the Henri Dunant Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue (HDC) in Geneva; the Islamic Development Bank's 1440A.H. (2020) Vision Commission; and the National Reconciliation Commission (NRC), charged with bringing peace and security back to Thailand's deep south. Dr. Pitsuwan has also been a Deputy Leader of Thailand's Democrat Party.

EU and the Asia-Pacific Region: China and India as Strategic Partners?

May-Britt Stumbaum, Head, NFG Research Group on "Asian Perceptions of EU," Free University of Berlin

Dr. Stumbaum's research interests focus on EU-China relations, European security, and dual-use technology transfer. She is the author of NATO versus EU? Security Strategies for Europe (DGAP-Schriften zur Internationalen Politik, 2005), The European Union and China: Decision-Making in EU Foreign and Security Policy towards the People's Republic of China (DGAP Schriften zur Internationalen Politik, 2009), and co-editor of Security Challenges in Times of Change (DGAPBericht, 2007). Her articles have appeared in Policy Brief, Internationale Politik, The International Spectator, and in numerous edited volumes. During the 2008-09 academic year, Dr. Stumbaum was a Fritz Thyssen Fellow at the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs (WCFIA) at Harvard. She is a President and Co-founder of Women in International Security Deutschland (WIIS.de), a German chapter of a U.S.-based NGO.

The Emerging Dual Leadership Structure in the Asia-Pacific Region

Quansheng Zhao, Professor of International Relations and Director, Center for Asian Studies, School of International Service, American University

A specialist in international relations and comparative politics focusing on East Asia, Professor Zhao is the author of Interpreting Chinese Foreign Policy: The Micro-Macro Linkage Approach (Oxford, 1996; winner of the Best Academic Book Award by the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Korea), and Japanese Policymaking: The Politics behind Politics (Oxford, 1993; selected as an "Outstanding Academic Book" by Choice magazine), and co-editor of Managing the China Challenge: Perspectives from the Globe (Routledge, 2009). His articles have appeared in Asian Journal of Political Science, Asian Perspective, Journal of Strategic Studies, Pacific Focus, Pacific Review, and many other journals and edited volumes. Professor Zhao's books have been translated into Chinese, Japanese, and Korean. He has also testified on China's economic development at the U. S. Congress, and served as a consultant for the United Nations. In 2009, he received the First Prize of the Sumiya Mikio Awards of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, for best essays published in Japanese Studies.

Japan and the Great Power Politics of Asian Regionalism

Kumiko Haba, Academic Associate, Program on U.S.-Japan Relations, Harvard University, and Jean Monnet Chair of the European Union and Professor of International Politics, Aoyama Gakuin University

Professor Haba is Japan's leading scholar of the politics and history of Central Europe, European Union, and regional integration in Asia and Europe. She is the author, editor, and translator of forty-five books. Among her single-authored books are Kakudai yoroppa no chosen ? amerika ni narabu tagen¬teki pawa- to naru ka [The Challenge of Enlarged Europe: Does It Become a Multilateral Power beside the USA?] (Chuo Koron, 2nd ed., 2006), Tougou yoroppa no minzoku mondai [Nationality Questions in the Integrated Europe] (Kodansha Gendai Shinsho, 7th ed., 2005), and Globalizatoin to Oushu kakudai [Globalization and the Enlarged EU] (Ochanomizu Shobo, 2nd edition, 2004). Her recent co-edited books include The End of the Cold War and the Regional Integration in Europe and Asia (Aoyama Gakuin, 2010); and Asian Economic Development and Collaborative Relations among EU, Asia, and Japan (Aoyama Gakuin, 2012). She currently serves as Vice Chair of the Council of East Asian Community (CEAC) and Vice President of the International Society for Asian Community (ISAC).

Moderator: Susan J. Pharr, Edwin O. Reischauer Professor of Japanese Politics, and Director, WCFIA Program on U.S.-Japan Relations, Harvard University

Convener: Kumiko Haba, Academic Associate, Program on U.S.-Japan Relations, Harvard University, and Jean Monnet Chair and Professor of European International Politics, Aoyama Gakuin University, with funding from the Japan Ministry of Education, Sports, Science and Culture (MEXT) in Japan

Hosted by the Program on U.S.-Japan Relations, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs (WCFIA), in cooperation with the Harvard University Asia Center and the Edwin O. Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies