About the Series
The Indo-Pacific Policy Dialogue program is designed to address advanced-level policy-oriented interests for academics, experts, and other specialists. These interactive online sessions facilitate dialogue among security experts, policy analysts, and senior academics in an effort to examine a wide-range of issues affecting the Indo-Pacific region. The Indo-Pacific Policy Dialogue webinar series is delivered in full partnership between YCAPS and the Japan International Christian University Foundation(JICUF.)
Indo-Pacific Policy Dialogue (via Zoom)
24 May 2023 - 19:00 (Japan)
Academics and policy makers across the globe who have an eye on US-China relations express worry over the inevitability of conflict, of the Thucydides’ Trap. The Thucydides’ Trap is a deadly pattern of structural stress that results when a rising power challenges a ruling one. Over the past 500 years, the conditions required to meet the Thucydides Trap have occurred sixteen times, and the result was war in twelve of them. In today’s context, as an unstoppable China meets an immovable America, are we spiraling towards an inevitable conflict between these two great powers, or is there a way to avoid it?
With this question in mind, YCAPS’ Indo-Pacific Policy Dialogue will host Dr. Ji Miao, a Senior Research Fellow at the Trilateral Cooperation Studies Center’s Institute of Asian Studies, at the China Foreign Affairs University to speak on the current state of US-China Relations from the Chinese perspective and if it is possible to avoid the Thucydides Trap or if we are indeed doomed to repeat history..
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Indo-Pacific Policy Dialogue (via Zoom)
14 March 2023 - 18:30 (Japan)
YCAPS’ Indo-Pacific Policy Dialogue will host Susannah Patton, Director of the Southeast Asia Program at the Lowy Institute and the Project Lead for the Asia Power Index to explore the newly published Asia Power Index 2023 and its implications for the Indo-Pacific region to better understand the most comprehensive assessment of the changing distribution of power in Asia so far.
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Indo-Pacific Policy Dialogue (In-Person Tokyo)
In order to better understand the invasion of Ukraine and its implications for the Indo-Pacific and beyond, this Indo-Pacific Policy Dialogue in-person event is co-sponsored by JICUF and Ritsumeikan Asia-Pacific University (APU) to invite Sergiy Korsunsky, Ukrainian Ambassador to Japan to share his views. Participants will gain a better understanding of the invasion of Ukraine and its implications for the Indo-Pacific and beyond.
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YCAPS’ Indo-Pacific Policy Dialogue will host Michał Bogusz, and Witold Rodkiewicz --- Authors of “The Beijing-Moscow axis, the foundations of an asymmetric Alliance” and senior fellows of the Centre for Eastern Studies(OSW) to speak about the Russo-China alignment, explore opportunities and challenges between two authoritarian states, and what it means for the Indo-Pacific region.
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Canada's Indo-Pacific Strategy and implications for the Indo-Pacific
Indo-Pacific Policy Dialogue (via Zoom)
13 December 2022 - 20:30 (Japan)
YCAPS’ Indo-Pacific Policy Dialogue will host Jonathan Berkshire Miller, Director of the Indo-Pacific Program and Senior Fellow at the MacDonald Laurier Institute to explore Canada’s newly published Indo-Pacific strategy, its implications for Canada and the Indo-Pacific region.
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YCAPS’ Indo-Pacific Policy Dialogue will host Dr. WANG Yi and Richard McGregor to 20th Party Congress Readout and implications for Indo-Pacific region. This webinar will explore the 20th Party Congress results and implications for the Indo-Pacific and China.
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The Invasion of Ukraine: Implications for the Indo-Pacific
YCAPS’ Indo-Pacific Policy Dialogue will host Sergiy Korsunsky, Ukraine Ambassador, and Colonel Andriil Bilenkyi, Ukraine Defense Attache to participate in a discussion moderated by John Bradford to explore "How the Invasion of Ukraine Matters for the Indo-Pacific."
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The 15th Anniversary of the Free and Open Indo-Pacific Vision and Abe Shinzo's Foreign Policy Legacy
YCAPS’ Indo-Pacific Policy Dialogue will host Dr. Tomohiko Taniguchi, the former Special Adviser to Prime Minister Abe Shinzō’s Cabinet to participate in a discussion moderated by Stephen NAGY, YCAP’s Director of Policy Studies to explore FOIP’s purpose, it’s evolution and Abe’s role of promotion.
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YCAP's Indo-Pacific Policy Dialogue will host Dr. Charles Edel, Charles Edel is the inaugural Australia Chair and a senior adviser at the Center for Strategic and International Studies to participate in a discussion moderated by Stephen NAGY, YCAP’s Director of Policy Studies to develop a better understanding of Australia’s relationship with the U.S. and other partners in the Indo-Pacific region.
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YCAPS’ Indo-Pacific Policy Dialogue will host a panel of experts to discuss the May 2022 Tokyo Quad Summit to foster a better understanding of the Quad’s evolution from a multinational perspective and what it means for the Indo-Pacific region.
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