This expert panel will reflect on the NATO Summit and assess its implications for the evolving relationship between NATO and its Indo-Pacific partners. What insights does the summit provide on the outlook for a NATO role in the Indo-Pacific? What are the drivers and opportunities for expanding cooperation? What factors might constrain further alignment or partnership?
Join us for a panel discussion by Stimson experts, followed by a special guest appearance by Honorable Nobukatsu Kanehara, former Assistant Chief Cabinet Secretary of National Security Secretariat during the Abe administration, to discuss Japan’s deepening relationship with NATO.
Featured Speakers
Nobukatsu Kanehara, Executive Director, Sasakawa Peace Foundation
Kanehara is Executive Director of Sasakawa Peace Foundation in Tokyo. He concurrently serves as Professor of the Faculty of Law at Doshisha University in Kyoto. He served as Assistant Chief Cabinet Secretary to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe from 2012 to 2019. In 2013, he became the inaugural Deputy Secretary-General of the National Security Secretariat, a role he held until retiring from government service in 2019. He also served as Deputy Director of the Cabinet Intelligence and Research Office.
Jenny Town, Senior Fellow and Director, 38 North and Korea Program, Stimson Center
Kelly A. Grieco, Senior Fellow, Reimagining US Grand Strategy Program, Stimson Center
Yuki Tatsumi, Senior Fellow and Director, Japan Program, Stimson Center (Moderator)
