To compete and thrive in the 21st century, democracies, and the United States in particular, must develop new national security and economic strategies that address the geopolitics of information. In the 20th century, market capitalist democracies geared infrastructure, energy, trade, and even social policy to protect and advance that era’s key source of power—manufacturing. In this century, democracies must better account for information geopolitics across all dimensions of domestic policy and national strategy.
Speaker: Shinsuke Sugiyama, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Japan to the United States of America
Moderator: Christina L. Davis, Director, Program on U.S.-Japan Relations; Professor of Government; Susan S. and Kenneth L. Wallach Professor, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University
Drawing on his distinguished service as Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs (Japan's highest diplomatic position), Director-General of the Asian and Oceanic Affairs Bureau, and Director of the Treaties Division, Ambassador Sugiyama will discuss the U.S.-Japan security cooperation as the two countries mark the 60th anniversary of their security treaty in 2020. He will also explore possible future trajectories of the bilateral alliance in changing regional and global security environment.
Co-sponsored by the International Security Program
For more information, email the Program on U.S.-Japan Relations Program Staff Assistant at eduncan@wcfia.harvard.edu