2017.3.30

CGP/Abe Fellowship Program 25th Anniversary Symposium: Emerging Futures in a Changing World

On November 15, 2016, the Japan Foundation Center for Global Partnership (CGP) and the Abe Fellowship Program commemorated its 25th anniversary with a special symposium on the challenges and issues currently facing Japan and the United States--and the role that the intellectual communities in both countries play in navigating the world's ever-changing dynamics. The gathering brought together a distinguished group of experts from a wide variety of fields to discuss the U.S.-Japan partnership, a topic that had taken on a decidedly new tone and significance with Donald Trump's victory in the presidential election just a week prior to the event. After keynote addresses by Yukio Okamoto and Gerald Curtis, the symposium then featured a dialogue between leading authorities in international relations. The recent election, the uncertainty surrounding America's new president, and the implications of America's changing political landscape proved popular talking points throughout, with each speaker weighing in on what the transformations might mean for Japan, the U.S., and Asia.