Russian invasion of Ukraine that began in February 2022 has brought a renewed sense of concerns about the threats posed by nuclear weapons to international security. Japan, as the only country to have ever suffered the horror of nuclear weapons in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, while also having to rely on U.S. extended nuclear deterrence as an integral part of its national security, has long been trying to grapple with the concept of “nuclear deterrence.” Please join Yuki Tatsumi, Director of Japan Program, for a conversation with Dr. Nobumasa Akiyama, Japan’s foremost experts on these critical issues.
Featured Speaker
Nobumasa Akiyama, Ph.D., Dean of the School of International Public Policy and Professor of the Graduate School of Law, Hitotsubashi University
Dr. Akiyama is the Dean of the School of International and Public Policy and Professor of International Relations at the Graduate School of Law at Hitotsubashi University. He is also an Adjunct Research Fellow at the Japan Institute of International Affairs. He previously served as Minister-Counsellor at the Permanent Mission of Japan to the International Organizations in Vienna and as Special Advisor to the Ambassador on Nuclear Security from April 2016 to March 2018.
Moderator
Yuki Tatsumi, Senior Fellow and Director, Japan Program, Stimson Center
Photo Credit: Prime Minister’s Office of Japan