Okinawa in the US-Japan Alliance in the 21st Century
In the history of the US-Japan alliance, Okinawa has always loomed large as a challenge for both US and Japanese alliance managers. At this all-day conference, a group of up-and-coming US Asian security policy experts and Japanese scholars examined the role that Okinawa has played in the US-Japan alliance in the context of US global strategy, East Asia, and the US-Japan bilateral security relationship. Dr. Kurt M. Campbell, co-founder and CEO of the Center for New American Security, gave the keynote address.
Speakers included (in order of appearance):
Yuki Tatsumi, The Henry L. Stimson Center
Derek Mitchell, CSIS
Tsuneo Watanabe, Mitsui Global Strategic Studies Institute
Robert Eldridge, Osaka University
Eric Heginbotham, RAND Corporation
L. Gordon Flake, The Maureen and Mike Mansfield Foundation
Koji Murata, Doshisha University
Sugio Takahashi, National Institute of Defense Studies
Yuji Uesugi, Okinawa Peace Assistance Center
Pictures:
Panel number one (Robert Eldridge, Tsuneo Watanabe, Derek Mitchell, and Yuki Tatsumi)
Panel number two (Koji Murata, L. Gordon Flake, Eric Heginbotham, and Derek Mitchell)
Yuji Uesugi giving his closing remarks (with Sugio Takahashi and Eric Heginbotham of panel number three sitting at the table)
When: Tuesday, June 26, 2007
Where: The Henry L. Stimson Center
