Past Events at the Centre for the Study of Global Japan
October 2020
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Thursday, October 8th "The Iconoclast: Shinzo Abe and the New Japan” - Book Talk by Tobias S. Harris
Date Time Location Thursday, October 8, 2020 9:00AM - 10:00AM Online Event, Online Event + Register for this Event Print this Event Bookmark this Event
Description
The Centre for the Study of Global Japan was joined by Adam Liff, Director of the 21st Century Japan Politics & Society Initiative at Indiana University’s Hamilton Lugar School, and invited Tobias S. Harris to introduce his new book, ‘The Iconoclast: Shinzo Abe and the New Japan.’
Book Description: Shinzō Abe entered politics burdened by high expectations: that he would change Japan. In 2007, seemingly overwhelmed, he resigned after only a year as prime minister. Yet, following five years of reinvention, he masterfully regained the premiership in 2012, and for almost eight years dominated Japanese democracy as no leader has done before. Abe inspired fierce loyalty among his followers, sidelining rivals with his ambitious economic programme and support for the security and armed forces. He staked a leadership role for Japan in a region being rapidly transformed by the rise of China and India, while carefully preserving an ironclad relationship with Trump’s America. ‘The Iconoclast’ tells the story of Abe’s meteoric rise and stunning fall, his remarkable comeback, and his unlikely emergence as a global statesman laying the groundwork for Japan’s survival in a turbulent century.
Speaker Bio: Tobias Harris is an expert on Japanese politics, and the author of "The Iconoclast: Shinzo Abe and the New Japan," the first English-language biography of Japan’s longest-serving prime minister. From 2006-2007 Tobias worked on the staff of Keiichiro Asao, at that time a member of the upper house of the Japanese Diet and shadow foreign minister for the Democratic Party of Japan, for whom he conducted research on foreign policy and Japan’s relations with the United States. He earned an MPhil in International Relations from the University of Cambridge and a bachelor’s degree in Politics and History from Brandeis University. Tobias has also conducted graduate research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and, from 2011-2012, at the Institute for Social Science at the University of Tokyo as a Fulbright scholar. Tobias has written about Japanese politics for publications including the Financial Times, Wall Street Journal, and Foreign Affairs and regularly provides on-air analysis for CNBC, Bloomberg, and other networks. He was the Fellow for Economy, Trade, and Business at Sasakawa Peace Foundation USA from 2014-2020.
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Wednesday, October 21st Japan and EU - Stepping Up Cooperation to save the Liberal World Order
Date Time Location Wednesday, October 21, 2020 10:00AM - 11:00AM Online Event, + Register for this Event Print this Event Bookmark this Event
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The rise of a more assertive China is causing concerns. So is Donald Trump’s policy of “America first” which puts further questions to the liberal world order. The US’s two main liberal partners have been made aware of the fact that multilateralism is no longer a priority for the US that has broken the Iran nuclear deal as well as the Paris climate agreement. Under these circumstances, Japan and EU got their act together and signed several agreements to step up strategic cooperation. This seminar gave a historic perspective on Japan-EU relations and followed the development until today. It also reflected on the role of Canada in connection with this.
Marie Söderberg is the Director of the European Institute of Japanese Studies and an adjunct professor of Stockholm School of Economics. She has a Ph.D. from Stockholm University in 1986. She has published on Europe-Japan relations, Japanese Influences in Asia, Japan-China, Japan-North Korea and Japan South Korea relations. A central focus of her research is Japanese foreign aid policy. She is the senior editor of the European Institute of Japanese Studies, East Asian Economics and Business Studies, a book series published by Routledge. She is also the Chairperson of EJARN’s (European Japan Advanced Research Network) executive committee.
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