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Mike Mansfield Fellowship Program

This exchange program allows a select group of U.S. federal employees to develop an in-depth understanding of Japan, learn how its government works, and establish relationships with their counterparts in the government of Japan as well as in the business, professional and academic communities. more

 

Five federal employees awarded Mansfield Fellowships

 

Download our 2010/2011 Fellowship Brochure

 

Capitol Hill Area Policy Dialogues

The CAP program gives a group of world-class corporations top access to policymakers and Asia experts as well as vital information on contemporary economic security and trade issues. more

“Moving U.S.-China Relations to a New Stage through Cooperation on Climate Change ”

On March 11, 2009, the Mansfield Foundation hosted a discussion with the authors of “Overcoming Obstacles to U.S.-China Cooperation on Climate Change.”  China and climate change experts Kenneth Lieberthal (University of Michigan professor, Brookings Institution Visiting Fellow) and David Sandalow (Brookings Institution Senior Fellow) discussed their recommendations for U.S.-China cooperation on climate change with congressional staff, business leaders, and policy experts.

 

CAP Membership

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Mansfield Internships

The Mansfield Foundation is now seeking a Social Media Intern. Learn more about our internships.

 

Mansfield Foundation Visiting Fellows

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Five Federal Employees Awarded Mansfield Fellowships

 

The Maureen and Mike Mansfield Foundation today announced the sixteenth group of U.S. federal government officials to have been awarded Mike Mansfield Fellowships.  The Mike Mansfield Fellowship Program, the first of its kind for the United States and Japan, is a two-year, government-to-government exchange established by Congress in 1994 to build a corps of U.S. government officials with substantial Japan expertise.  The program provides a select group of federal employees an opportunity to gain proficiency in the Japanese language and practical experience working in the Japanese government.  The Japanese language skills, government experience and contacts Mansfield Fellows acquire during the program make them a unique and valuable resource to their agencies when they return to U.S. federal government service. 

 

This year the following five U.S. government officials were selected by a bi-national committee:

 

Amanda J. Eichelkraut, Program Analyst, U.S. Agency for International Development                 

 

Monterey R. Gardiner, Physical Scientist, Technology Development Manager, U.S. Department of Energy                     

 

Melissa Muhammad, Competent Authority/Tax Treaty Analyst, Internal Revenue Service, U.S. Department of Treasury                     

 

Andrew L. Winternitz, Deputy Director for Japan Policy, Office of the Secretary of Defense, U.S. Department of Defense

 

Tad Woolfe, Deputy Chief, Wing Current Operations, United States Air Force       

 

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Mansfield Foundation Congratulates “U.S.-Japan Network for the Future” Participants

 

The Maureen and Mike Mansfield Foundation welcomed fifteen emerging Japan specialists in Washington January 6-8 for the first meeting of the “U.S.-Japan Network for the Future.”  This new program, launched in collaboration with the Japan Foundation Center for Global Partnership, is aimed at identifying and supporting the next generation of American public policy intellectuals interested in Japan. 

 

For the list of scholars selected to participate in the program, click here.

 

Mansfield Asian Opinion Poll Database

 

Our new web-based resource contains English translations of opinion polls from Japan, Korea and China, enabling visitors to our website to monitor key public opinion trends in Northeast Asia. Enter

 

 

New Polls:

Asahi Shimbun August 2010 Regular Public Opinion Poll (10-26)

 

New Commentary:

 

Japan’s Defense Establishment in a Post July 11 World: Looking Ahead

Commentary by Arthur Lord, Adjunct Fellow, Edwin O. Reischauer Center for East Asian Studies
July 19, 2010

 

News

 

Executive Director L. Gordon Flake featured in the Wall Street Journal

 

Five Federal Employees Awarded Mansfield Fellowships

 

Weston Konishi, adjunct fellow and former director of programs at the Mansfield Foundation, has recently joined the Institute for Foreign Policy Analysis (IFPA) in Cambridge, Massachusetts as associate director of Asia-Pacific studies.  Weston will specialize in Japan and Asia policy issues at IFPA, a research organization associated with the Fletcher School, Tufts University.

 

U.S. Commercial Service Publishes Mansfield Fellow's Reports on Japan's Medical Device and Pharmaceutical Regulatory and Reimbursement Policies

 

Han Seung-Soo, former prime minister of the Republic of Korea, joins Mansfield Foundation Board

 

China Specialist Joins Mansfield Foundation Staff

 

The Mansfield Foundation and the Japan Foundation Center for Global Partnership Announce "U.S.-Japan Network for the Future" Program

 

Five Federal Employees Awarded Mansfield Fellowship as Program Celebrates its Fifteenth Year

 

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Commentary

 

"Symbolic Gestures: Lessons for East Asia from a Compromise on History in America," Article by Jennifer Lind, Assistant Professor at Dartmouth College and U.S.-Japan Network for the Future Fellow, published in Global Asia, Summer 2010

 

"U.S. Nuclear Renaissance or Still Muddling Through?" Article by Daniel P. Aldrich, Assistant Professor of Political Science at Purdue University and U.S.-Japan Network for the Future Fellow, published in the Asahi Shimbun, June 2, 2010.

 

"Political Turmoil in Japan," Commentary by Nicholas Szechenyi, Deputy Director and Fellow, Office of the Japan Chair at the Center for Strategic and International Studies and U.S.-Japan Network for the Future Fellow, published online at CSIS, June 2, 2010

 

"U.S.-Japan: A Step Closer to Resolving the Impasse over Futenma," Commentary by Nicholas Szechenyi, Deputy Director and Fellow, Office of the Japan Chair at the Center for Strategic and International Studies and U.S.-Japan Network for the Future Fellow, published online at CSIS, May 25, 2010

 

"Virginia's Lessons for East Asia's 'History Problems,'" Article by Jennifer Lind, Assistant Professor at Dartmouth College and U.S.-Japan Network for the Future Fellow, published in the Asahi Shimbun, May 6, 2010

 

“A New Era of Japanese Foreign Policy,” Article by Mary Alice Haddad, Assistant Professor of Government at Wesleyan University and U.S.-Japan Network for the Future Fellow, published in the Asahi Shimbun, March 30, 2010

 

“The F-22 and the Japan-U.S. Alliance,” Article by Weston Konishi, Adjunct Fellow, The Maureen and Mike Mansfield Foundation; and Robert Dujarric, Director, Institute of Contemporary Japanese Studies at Temple University, Japan Campus, published in PacNet Newsletter, July 1, 2009

 

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Previous Programs / Events

U.S.-Japan Security Relations: Enduring Ties, Recent Developments

Speaker: Michael Schiffer, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Asian & Pacific Security Affairs, East Asia, Department of Defense

Asia Policy Dialogue Series, Washington, D.C

August 6, 2010

Transportation Strategies for an Aging Population: Approaches In the United States and Japan

Speaker: Elizabeth Machek , Mansfield Fellow, Community Planner, Volpe National Transportation Systems Center, Research and Innovatiove Technology Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation

Moderator: Naohiko Hibino, Associate Professor, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS)

June 30 , 2010, The National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS),

Tokyo, Japan

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U.S.-Korea-Japan Relations: Korea Takes Up the Mantle of Leadership

Speaker: Michael Auslin, Resident Scholar, American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research

Hosted by the Japan Chair at CSIS, the Korea Economic Institute (KEI), and the Maureen and MIke Mansfield Foundation

Washington, D.C.

May 28, 2010

Flirting with Disaster: The Hatoyama Administration and Japanese Politics

Speaker: Kiichi Fujiwara, Professor, University of Tokyo

Asia Policy Dialogue Series, Washington, D.C.

May 19, 2010

U.S.-Japan Cooperation on Integrated Approach to Transportation: Improving Efficiency and Reducing Emissions from Passenger Vehicles

Washington, D.C.

April 26, 2010

Seizing the Moment: APEC 2010 and 2011

A public forum hosted by the Peterson Institute for International Economics, the U.S. National Center for APEC, The Australian National University, and the Maureen and Mike Mansfield Foundation

Peterson Institute for International Economics, Washington, D.C.

April 16, 2010

China-Iran Energy Relations: Beyond the Headlines

Speaker: Erica Downs, China Energy Fellow, John L. Thornton China Center, The Brookings Institution

Capitol Hill, Capitol Hill Asia Policy Dialogue

March 26, 2010

Opcon Transfer and Its Implications for the U.S.-ROK Alliance

Keynote Speaker: Gen. John H. Tilelli, Jr., Cypress International, Former Commander-in-Chief, UN Command, Combined Forces Command, U.S. Forces Korea

Keynote Address: Hon. Jin Ha Hwang, Korean National Assemblyman

Panel Presenters: Bruce Bechtol, U.S. Marine Corps Command and Staff College; Patrick Cronin, Center for New American Security; Sung-han Kim, Korea University; Michael O'Hanlon, The Brookings Institution

Moderator: L. Gordon Flake, The Maureen and MIke Mansfield Foundation

Keynote Address: Adm. Michael McDevitt, Center for Naval Analyses

Co-hosted with The Center for U.S.-Korea Policy

March 25, 2010

Washington, D.C.

Click here for a transcript of the conference.

Change in Human Flows between the United States and Japan: Report and Policy Implications

Speakers: Mizuki Yamanaka, Visiting Fellow at the Maureen and Mike Mansfield Foundation and Consultant at the World Bank; and James Gannon, Executive Director of the Japan Center for International Exchange (JCIE/USA) and U.S.-Japan Network for the Future Fellow
March 4, 2010, The Maureen and Mike Mansfield Foundation
Washington, D.C.

To view Mr. Yamanaka's report, click here.

To view Mr. Yamanaka's PowerPoint presentation and additional graphs.

Pillars of a U.S. Strategy for ASEAN

Speaker: Ernest Bower, Senior Adviser & Director, Southeast Program, Center for Strategic & International Studies

Capitol Hill, Capitol Hill Asia Policy Dialogue

February 26, 2010

Experiences with Individual Transferable Quotas (ITQs) as a Fisheries Management Tool and the Potential for their Inclusion in Japan

Speaker: Michael Clark, Mansfield Fellow, Fishery Management Specialist, National Marine Fisheries Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

U.S. Department of Commerce

Moderator: Masayuki Komatsu, Professor, the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS)

January 29, 2010, The National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS),

Tokyo, Japan

PowerPoint Presentation in English

PowerPoint Presentation in Japanese

Sorry States: Apologies in International Politics

Speaker: Jennifer Lind, U.S.-Japan Network for the Future Fellow, Assistant Professor, Dartmouth College

Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.

January 21, 2010

Stability Operations and Requirements for a Transitioning Korea

Speaker: Jennifer Lind, U.S.-Japan Network for the Future Fellow, Assistant Professor, Dartmouth College

Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), Washington, D.C.

January 21, 2010,

U.S.-Japan Network for the Future

Washington, D.C.

January 6-8, 2010

APEC: Strengthening Strategic Ties between the U.S. and the Asia Pacific

Speaker: Kurt Tong, U.S. Senior Official for APEC, Bureau of East Asia and the Pacific, U.S. Department of State

Capitol Hill, Capitol Hill Asia Policy Dialogue

December 17, 2009

U.S. Government Trade Promotion Assistance for Small & Medium Sized Companies

Speaker: Douglas Jacobson, Mansfield Fellow, International Trade Specialist, U.S. Commercial Service, U.S. Department of Commerce

Moderator: Hideki Makihara, Former member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (LDP), Affiliated Fellow, the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS)

November 9, 2009, The National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS),

Tokyo, Japan

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Seizing the Moment: APEC 2010 and 2011

A public forum hosted by Keizai Doyukai, the Australian National University, and the Maureen and Mike Mansfield Foundation

Tokyo, Japan

October 1, 2009

The DPJ's Foreign Policy: Implications for U.S.-Japan Relations

Speakers: Masatoshi Honda, PhD, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies; and Weston Konishi, Analyst in Asian Affairs, Congressional Research Service, and Adjunct Fellow, The Maureen and Mike Mansfield Foundation

Mansfield Foundation Roundtable Discussion Series, Washington, D.C.

September 30, 2009

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Methuselah’s Challenge: Aging in Asia and America

The Maureen and Mike Mansfield Center at the University of Montana and The Maureen and Mike Mansfield Foundation Annual Conference

The University of Montana, Missoula, MT

September 23-25, 2009

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Benchmarking Development of the Rule of Law in Asia: 1999-2009

Taipei, Taiwan

September 9-13, 2009

North Korea: Challenges for the U.S., Japan and South Korea

Speakers: L. Gordon Flake, Executive Director, The Maureen and Mike Mansfield Foundation; Robert Carlin, Center for International Security and Cooperation, Stanford University; Evans J.R. Revere, President, The Korea Society

Moderator: Alicia Ogawa, Adjunct Associate Professor, Columbia University School of International Affairs; Senior Advisor, Center on Japanese Economy and Business, Columbia Business School

Japan Society, New York, NY

August 6, 2009

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The Promise and Peril of Northeast Asian Regional Integration

Speakers: L. Gordon Flake, Executive Director, The Maureen and Mike Mansfield Foundation; Peter Drysdale, Emeritus Professor of Economics and Visiting Fellow in Policy and Governance, Crawford School of Economics and Government, Australia National University; Zhang Yunling, Director of the Institute of Asia Pacific Studies, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences; Funabashi Yoichi, Editor-in-Chief, Asahi Shimbun; Alan Romberg, Distinguished Fellow, Henry L. Stimson Center; Lee Chung-Min, Dean and Professor of International Relations, Graduate School of International Studies, Yonsei University

Moderator: Paul Evans, Professor, The University of British Columbia

Ishikawa, Japan

July 24, 2009

Toward an Ideal Security State for Northeast Asia 2025: Kanazawa Conference

Kanazawa, Japan

July 22-24, 2009

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