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
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
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.
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)
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
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)
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.
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
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
Young Economists Washington Seminar
Washington, D.C.
June 21-27, 2009
“Forging New U.S.-ROK Political Relationships”
This program, which consists of a series of retreats for likely leaders in post-Bush and post-Roh administrations, will consider key issues in the U.S.-ROK alliance and seek to forge deep political-level relationships among participants.
The Maureen and Mike Mansfield Foundation 25th Anniversary Conference on U.S.-Japan Relations in East Asia
Tokyo, Japan
April 15, 2009
Japan's Role in the International Financial Crisis
Speaker: Robert Dujarric, director, Institute of Contemporary
Japanese Studies, Temple University Japan Campus, Tokyo
Moderator: Weston Konishi, Adjunct Fellow, The Maureen and Mike Mansfield Foundation
Mansfield Foundation Roundtable Discussion Series, Washington, D.C.
March 27, 2009
U.S.-Korea-Japan Approaches to the Financial Crisis
Speakers: Subir Lall, Chief, Korea Division, Asia and Pacific Department, International Monetary Fund; Tom Oku, Chief Representative-Washington, Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ; and Amy Searight, Vice President, Stonebridge International
Co-sponsored with CSIS and KEI. Washington, D.C.
March 24, 2009
The Obama Administration's Likely Approach to Trade: The Next Phase of Trade Agreements and Implications for Asia
Speaker: Michael Panzera, Mansfield Fellow, Trial Attorney, Civil Division, Commercial Litigation (International Trade), U.S. Department of Justice
Moderator: James R. Rhodes, Professor, The National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies
All China Youth Federation Leadership Group Visits
Washington, D.C., New York, and Montana
February 14-22, 2009
U.S.-Japan Healthcare and Medical Devices Exchange
Washington, D.C.
January 24-31, 2009
2008
U.S.-Korea-Japan Relations: The Way Forward
Speaker: Youngshik Bong, Assistant Professor, School of International Service, American University; Hidenaka Kato, Visiting Fellow, Japan Chair, Center for Strategic and International Studies; John Park, Senior Research Associate, United States Institute of Peace
Moderator: Greg Scarlatoiu, Director, Public Affairs & Business Issues, Korea
Economic Institute
Co-sponsored with CSIS and KEI. Washington, D.C.
December 4, 2008
"The Future of Work" Current Trends Affecting Work Styles and Work Spaces
Speaker: Anthony Waller, Mansfield Fellow, Tenant Representative, Office of the Chief Architect, Public Buildings Service, U.S. General Services Administration
Moderator: Daisuke Abe, Research Associate, The National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies
An Insider View on U.S. and Japanese Policy towards the Asia Pacific
Speaker: William R. Golike, Mansfield Fellow, International Trade Specialist, Office of the Pacific Basin, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce and Dawn N. Kawasaki, Mansfield Fellow, International Trade Specialist, Manufacturing and Services/Office of Materials and Machinery, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce
Moderator: Izumi Ohno, Professor, The National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies
FDA: Meeting the Challenges of a Rapidly Changing World
Speaker: Sema Hashemi, Mansfield Fellow, International Policy Analyst, Office of Commissioner/Office of International Programs, U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Moderator: Atsushi Sunami, Association Professor, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies
Populism to Prudence? The State of Sino-Japanese Relations
Speaker: Kiichi Fujiwara, Professor of International Politics, Faculty of Law at the University of Tokyo and Edward Lincoln, Director of the Center for Japan-U.S. Business and Economic Studies and Professor of Economics at New York University’s Stern School of Business. U.S. Capitol, Toshiba Japan Discussion Series
May 13, 2008
Japan’s Financial Diplomacy and Its Implication for the United States
Speaker: R. Logan Sturm, International Economist, U.S. Department of the Treasury
Wednesday, April 16, 2008, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies, Tokyo, Japan
An Insider’s Perspective on Health Policy and Tobacco Control in Japan and the United States
Speaker: Deirdre Lawrence, Ph.D., MPH, Epidemiologist, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Mansfield Fellow 2005-07. Seattle, Washington
April 22, 2008
Understanding New Political Realities in Korea: Views from Washington and Seoul
Speakers: L. Gordon Flake, Executive Director, The Maureen and Mike Mansfield
Foundation, and Dr. Geun Lee, Associate Professor, Seoul National University
Moderator: Takashi Osanai, Deputy Director-General, Japan Institute of
International Affairs
Commentator: Hideya Kurata, Professor,Kyorin University and Senior Adjunct
Fellow, Japan Institute of International Affairs
Co-sponsored with the Japan Institute of International Affairs
March 4, 2008 Tokyo, Japan
Stalemate in the Six-Party Talks: U.S. Perspectives on the North Korean Nuclear Crisis
Speaker: L. Gordon Flake, Executive Director, The Maureen and Mike Mansfield
Foundation; Moderator: Dr. Takashi Kawakami, Professor, Faculty of
International Studies, Takusyoku University
Co-sponsored with the Tokyo Foundation
March 3, 2008 Tokyo, Japan
“A New Dawn for the Korean Peninsula: Evaluating the Election of Lee Myung-bak and Its Implications for the U.S.-ROK Alliance and North Korea”
Speakers: Thomas J. Byrne, Moodys Financial Institutions and Sovereign Risk Group; L. Gordon Flake, Executive Director, The Maureen and Mike Mansfield Foundation; Scott Rembrandt, Korea Economic Insitute
Co-sponsored with KEI, Mansfield Center at the University of Montana, and Carroll College
Missoula, Montana, University Theater, The University of Montana
February 25, 2008
Japan’s New Role in Asia: Crafting Credibility in Relations with China and ASEAN”
GRIPS-Mansfield Foundation Joint Seminar
Speakers: James L. Hathaway, Mansfield Fellow and Leadership Exchange Specialist, East Asia, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, U.S. Department of State
Zhao Liqing, Professor, Institute of International Strategic Studies, Central Party School of China Communist Party
Tokyo, Japan, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS)
February 8, 2008
Korea Institute for National Unification (KINU) Workshop
Speakers: KINU President Bong-Jo Rhee; L. Gordon Flake, The Maureen and Mike Mansfield Foundation; Katy Oh, Institute for Defense Analysis; Derek Mitchell, CSIS
Co-sponsored with KINU
Washington, D.C., The Madison Hotel
January 31, 2008
“The Lee Myung-bak Administration and Korea-Japan Relations”
Korea-Japan Study Group
Speakers: Stephen Costell, President, Pro Global Consulting; Takashi Sakamoto, Senior Correspondent, The Yomiuri Shimbun; Scott Snyder, Senior Associate, International Relations, Asia Foundation
Moderator: Scott Rembrandt, Director, Research and Academic Affairs, Korea Economic Institute
Washington, D.C.
January 23, 2008
Understanding New Political Realities in Seoul: Working toward a Common Approach to Strengthen U.S.-Korea Relations
A series of five seminars
Washington, D.C.
January 10 & 16, 2008.
U.S.-Japan Finance and Economic Cooperation Exchange
Speaker: Weston S. Konishi, Adjunct Fellow, Mansfield Foundation, CFR/Hitachi
Fellow, Institute for International Policy
Washington, D.C., The Maureen and Mike Mansfield Foundation
January 4, 2008
2007
“China’s Quest for Energy Security in Asia: Addressing the Climate Change Challenge”
Speaker: Jean A. Garrison, Association Professor, University of Wyoming and Visiting Fellow at the Maureen and Mike Mansfield Foundation
Washington, D.C., The Maureen and Mike Mansfield Foundation
December 10, 2007
"After Abe: the U.S.-Japan Alliance Under Prime Minister Fukuda"
Speaker: Michael J. Green, Japan Chair, Center for Strategic and International Studies, associate professor, Georgetown University School of Foreign Service
Washington, D.C., U.S. Capitol
October 24, 2007
“The China Threat: Myth or Reality?”
The 23rd Mansfield Conference and Retreat
MIssoula, Montana
September 19-21, 2007
Global Carbon Reduction: Developing New Strategies and Deploying New Technologies in Japan and the United States
A symposium co-sponsored with the Japan Foundation Center for Global Partnership
Following in the Footsteps of Elvis: Prime Minister Abe’s Post-Koizumi Challenge
Speaker: Koji Murata, Professor, Doshisha University and Visiting Mansfield Research Fellow
Washington, D.C.
August 22, 2007
The Korea-U.S. Free Trade Agreement (KORUS FTA): Promise or Peril?
Panelists: Seok Young Choi, Minister, Embassy of the Republic of Korea; Laura Lane, Senior Vice President for Government Affairs, Citigroup; Douglas Meyer, Senior Economist, United Auto Workers; Jeffrey Schott, Senior Fellow, Peterson Institute of International Economics
Washington, D.C.
August 21, 2007
Beijing Municipal Government Training Program
Washington, D.C.
July 21-24, 2007
Young Japanese Economists Exchange
Washington, D.C.
July 8-13, 2007
“The Importance of Liquified Natural Gas”
GRIPS-Mansfield Joint Seminar
Speaker: Mansfield Fellow William G. Kaag, Logistics Manager, Office of Ship Operations, Maritime Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation
Tokyo, Japan, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS)
“Intelligent Intelligence: What Japan should learn from the U.S. (and what it should ignore)”
GRIPS-Mansfield Joint Seminar
Speaker: Mansfield Fellow L. William Heinrich, Foreign Affairs Analyst, Office of East Asia and Pacific Affairs, Northeast Asia Division, U.S. Department of State
Tokyo, Japan, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS)
May 30, 2007
“Mongolia: Celebrating 20 Years of U.S.-Mongolian Relations”
Speakers: Ambassador to the U.S. H. E. Ravdan Bold and U.S. Ambassador to Mongolia Mark C. Minton
Reception Celebrates Launch of Seoul-based Global Asia Quarterly
Washington, D.C., U.S. Capitol
April 23, 2007
"Buy Green! Learning from Japan’s Success"
Speaker: Mansfield Fellowship alumnus Christopher Kent, U.S. EPA
Minneapolis, Minnesota
March 27, 2007
"Legislation and Leadership in U.S.-Japan Relations"
Speakers: Mansfield Fellowship alumnus Robert Letteney, House Committee on Appropriations; Mansfield Fellowship alumnus James Miller, Federal Communications Commission; Mansfield Fellowship alumnus Jennifer Sklarew, U.S. Department of Commerce
Washington, D.C., U.S. Capitol
February 27, 2007
"What is Government's Role in Controlling Lifestyle-related
Diseases?"
GRIPS-Mansfield Joint Seminar
Speaker: Deirdre Lawrence, National Cancer Institutes, HHS and Mansfield Fellow
Tokyo, Japan, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS)
January 25, 2007
2006
"Life After Japan: Lessons Learned From Local and National
Government Exchanges "
Panelists: Susan Gundersen, Senior Program Officer, Institute of International
Education, Japan Fulbright Memorial Fund Teacher Program, JET
Programme; James Miller, Attorney-Advisor, Federal Communications Commission;
JET Programme & Mansfield Fellowship; Naveen Rao, Counselor to the Assistant Secretary of Transportation
for Aviation and International Affairs, U.S. Department of Transportation;
JET Programme & Mansfield Fellowship; Jennifer Thompson, Director, International Planning and Policy
at Oshkosh Truck Corporation; JET Programme
Moderator: Sonni Efron, Los Angeles Times Washington Bureau Editorial
Page
Washington, D.C., Japan Information and Culture Center
November 1, 2006
Japan Information and Culture Center
“Three Perspectives on Japan-ROK Relations” Korea-Japan
Study Group meeting.
Speakers: Hyeong Jung Park, Visiting Fellow, Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies, Brookings Institution; Yumi Tatsumi, Research Fellow, Henry L. Stimson Center; David Straub, Adjunct Professor, School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), Johns Hopkins University
Moderator: Nicholas Szechenyi, Fellow, Japan Chair, CSIS
Washington, D.C.
October 16, 2006
“Beyond the Nuclear Issue: Crisis on the Korean Peninsula”
Former
Vice President Walter Mondale lead a panel discussion, joined
by a panel of Asia experts.
Minneapolis, Minnesota, Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs
September 15, 2006
The Emergence of India: Implications for the Asia-Pacific Region
This daylong conference, open to the public, explored the strategic
implications of India’s rise as a key player in Asia. An
inter-disciplinary group of scholars, government officials, industry
and NGOs from India, Japan, China and the United States discussed
the emergence of India, Sino-Indian relations, the U.S.-India-China
strategic triangle, and the future of Asia-Pacific economic cooperation.
"Textbooks, Education and National Sentiment in Northeast Asia "
Speakers: Kirk Larsen, Assistant Professor, The George Washington University; Sam Shepherd, President, National Association of Japan-America Societies; Leonard Schoppa, Associate Professor, University of Virginia
Moderator: William T. Breer, Japan Chair, CSIS
Co-sponsored with The Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS), and
the Korea Economic Institute (KEI)
Washington, D.C.
Thursday, Nov. 3, 2005
"Political Reform and the Deepening of Democracy in Japan
and Korea"
Speakers: William T. Breer, Japan Chair, CSIS; Hong Juang, Professor, Chung-Ang University
Co-sponsored with The Center for Strategic & International
Studies (CSIS) and Korea Economic Institute (KEI)
Washington, D.C.
September 15, 2005
"The Upcoming Diet Elections and Implications for Japan's
Foreign and Defense Policies"
Speaker: Dr. Jimbo, Associate Professor, Keio University
Washington, D.C., The Maureen and Mike Mansfield Foundation
“An Eye on the North, A Hand Towards Seoul: The Korean
Peninsula Through Japanese Politics”
Roundtable Discussion with The Honorable Yutaka Kobayashi, Member of the House
of Councillors of Japan
Washington, D.C., The Maureen and Mike Mansfield Foundation
Friday, May 6, 2005
Popular Sentiment and Policymaking in Northeast Asia
Panelists: Robert Dujarric, Visiting Scholar, Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI); L. Gordon Flake, Executive Director, The Maureen and Mike Mansfield Foundation; Derek Mitchell, Senior Fellow, International Security Program, CSIS
Moderator: Devin Stewart, Fellow, Japan Studies, CSIS