Okinawa in the US-Japan Alliance in the 21st Century
| Date | Tuesday, June 26, 2007 |
| Location | The Henry L. Stimson Center 1111 19th Street NW, 12th Floor, Washington, DC 20036 |
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