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Upcoming Events
Position of Taiwan in U.S., Japan and China Relations
Taiwan: Japan and U.S. Relations After Ukraine. Join Japanese and American professors on March 23 as they analyze the impact of the invasion of Ukraine on the policies of the Indo-Pacific and especially what it means for Taiwan.
Japanese and American professors analyzed the impact of the invasion of Ukraine on the policies of the Indo-Pacific and especially what it means for Taiwan. Panel moderated by Floyd Ciruli, Director of the Crossley Center. Participants: Koji Murata, Professor, Doshisha University, Kyoto and Suisheng Zhao, Professor, Korbel School Director of the Center for China-U.S. Cooperation
Japanese and American professors discussed the tensions and challenges arising in the Indo-Pacific region, focused on South Korea and its new conservative government and the nuclear ambition of North Korea. Panel moderated by Floyd Ciruli, Director of the Crossley Center. Participants: Nobukatsu Kanehara, Senior Advisor to the Asia Group, Tokyo; Assistant Chief Cabinet Secretary to Prime Minister Abe; Deputy Secretary-General of the National Security Secretariat; Junya Nishino, Professor, Director of Center for Contemporary Korean Studies, Keio University; and Christopher Hill, newly confirmed ambassador to Serbia, former ambassador to Korea, head of U.S. Delegation to Six-Party Talks
Japanese and American professors examined the tensions and challenges arising in the Indo-Pacific region, including the China-Russia entente and the impact of the Ukraine crisis. The panel was moderated by Floyd Ciruli, Director of the Crossley Center. Participants: Akiko Fukushima, Senior Fellow of Tokyo Foundation for Policy Research; Tsuneo Watanabe, Senior Fellow of Sasakawa Peace Foundation; and Suisheng Zhao, Professor, Director of the Center for China-U.S. Cooperation
What do our European allies think of America today – and did the 2020 election change their views? For better or for worse? Some allies have openly worried whether they could trust a country that elected Trump in 2016, even if he left office. Experts present a first review of international public opinion before and after the 2020 election and discuss the implications for American foreign policy in the future.
From the East China Sea to the South China Sea, including Hong Kong and Taiwan, the risk of conflict has increased in recent years. Leading foreign policy experts Tsuneo “Nabe” Watanabe, Senior fellow of the Sasakawa Peace Foundation; Dina Smeltz, Chicago Council on Global Affairs; and Professor Lewis Griffith, director of the International Security and Homeland Security Programs at the Korbel School, discuss the threats and options for the U.S.-Japan alliance. The panel was moderated by Floyd Ciruli, director of the Crossley Center.
The program is supported by the Crossley Center for Public Opinion Research, the Josef Korbel School of International Studies and the Consulate-General of Japan in Denver.
Can the Quad shift from a concept to reality? Experts from the U.S. and Japan discuss the potential for a joint strategy and unified actions on important issues in the Indo-Pacific region. Can Japan, the U.S., Australia and India be a defender of the rule of law and democratic values?
The program is supported by the Crossley Center for Public Opinion Research, the Josef Korbel School of International Studies and the Consulate-General of Japan in Denver.
A free and open Indo-Pacific from the Northern Pacific to India is a diplomatic, economic and national security goal of the U.S., Japan, and their friends and allies around the world. Experts Professor Koji Murata of Doshisha University in Kyoto, Japan, and Suisheng “Sam” Zhao of the Korbel School Center for China-US Cooperation discuss the challenges it faces from China’s broad claims of sovereignty and hostile behavior and aggressive rhetoric witnessed in Hong Kong, Taiwan, the South China Sea and elsewhere.
The program is supported by the Crossley Center for Public Opinion Research, the Josef Korbel School of International Studies and the Consulate-General of Japan in Denver.
Nations fight to host an Olympics and Japan’s intent on its delayed event being a success. Professor Koji Murata of Kyoto, Japan, and Professor Tim Sisk of the Josef Korbel School of International Studies discuss what the Olympic Games mean for countries, athletes and the world.
The program is supported by the Crossley Center for Public Opinion Research, the Josef Korbel School of International Studies and the Consulate-General of Japan in Denver.
President Joe Biden inherited a formidable set of challenges, from a pandemic still spreading, a crippled economy, a social justice crisis, an injured political system and a weakened position in a threatening world. Former Ambassador Christopher Hill, now at Columbia University; Colorado College professor (retired) and Presidential Scholar Tom Cronin; and Crossley Center Director Floyd Ciruli provide perspectives on the transitions, the inaugurals, and President Trump’s and President Biden’s first weeks in office.
The United Nations was sidelined for the U.S. the last four years by the America First policy. Professor Tim Sisk of the Josef Korbel School of International Studies and director of the Institute of Comparative and Regional Studies and Professor Akiko Fukushima, a Senior Fellow of the Tokyo Foundation for Policy Research discuss their latest work as it relates to the UN’s potential contribution to addressing a host of global problems. Professor Floyd Ciruli moderated the discussion.
The program is supported by the Crossley Center for Public Opinion Research, the Josef Korbel School of International Studies and the Consulate-General of Japan in Denver.
Japan’s leading political analyst and television commentator, Professor Toshihiro Nakayama, describes the U.S. election night results from Japan’s perspective. He was joined in the conversation on the election’s impact on U.S.’s and Japan’s foreign policy by former Ambassador Christopher Hill.
The program was sponsored by the Crossley Center for Public Opinion Research, the Josef Korbel School of International Studies and the Scrivner Institute of Public Policy.
A panel of top political, policy and media experts discussed the competitive races in Colorado: presidential, senate and congressional, legislature and ballot issues. The panel:
Dick Wadhams, former Republican Chair, consultant, CBS4 commentator and Denver Post columnist
Sheila MacDonald, veteran consultant to leading Democratic campaigns and numerous local and statewide ballot issues
Joey Bunch, editor, senior writer, columnist for Colorado Politics and the new Denver Gazette
Jessica Taylor, an editor of the Cook Political Report, one of the most followed forecasting publications, described the Cook Political Report’s latest presidential and U.S. Senate predictions, including Colorado.
Join Professor Floyd Ciruli in a pre-Labor Day review of the major issues, such as the pandemic, race relations and the economy, and the position of the campaigns and the major questions related to polls and forecasts.
For those of you who want to know more about what happened with the 2016 presidential polls and if it could happen again, tune into a DU RadioEd podcast on the subject.
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