Military Hegemony: Security-Seeking Behavior Among Indo-Pacific States

YCAPS is delighted to announce the next event in the Community Conversations seminar series in the Fussa community! This event will feature Lieutenant Colonel John Wright.

Russia's military invasion of Ukraine in 2022 took a great many observers and specialists by surprise. Though Russia's actions may have been unexpected, its behavior was nothing new. Conquest, the taking of another's territory and possessions, has been a foreign policy option for millennia and continues to be one, despite what modern international relations thinking often teaches. Moreover, how states look at territory and boundaries is not uniform, and these differences in perspective often complicate our attempts to analyze or predict state behavior. For example, China views maritime territory completely differently than the West, which changes the state's calculus and complicates diplomacy between China and others.

This talk will examine conquest and its implications on international relations today, with an eye on reminding the specialist and the geopolitical enthusiast that conquest has not gone away, nor will it fall out of style any time soon

All are welcome. Refreshments will be provided.

There will also be an opportunity to purchase Lieutenant Colonel Wright's book: Military Hegemony: The Search for Security Through Conquest at the event.

Registration is optional (but helpful) via this form

Schedule:

• 18:15-19:00 - Welcome reception with refreshments. Feel free to show up at anytime during the reception.
• 19:00-20:15 - Seminar and Q&A
• 20:15-20:45 - Optional casual networking and chatting/wrap up

Location:

Fussa Shimin Kaiken (Fussa Citizen's Hall) -3rd Floor

2f 〒197-0011 Tokyo, Fussa, 2455−2455 福生市民会館

Google Maps: Here 

Speaker: 

Lieutenant Colonel John Wright is a US Air Force Foreign Area Officer assigned to Fifth Air Forces, headquartered in Japan. He has previously served as a Mike and Maureen Mansfield Fellow, and interned with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Defense, and the National Diet, including an internship with the current Minister of Defense. Lieutenant Colonel Wright is a pilot and has flown multiple combat missions all over the world, including campaigns in Iraq and Afghanistan. He is the author of the recent work 'Military Hegemony: The Search for Security Through Conquest.' His views during this discussion are solely his own, and not those of the US government or any other government.

Event Cost: Free of charge

Registration: Optional but helpful via this link

Format: This event will be off-the-record

Moderator: Jeff Mazziotta