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Navigating in a World of Uncertainty: Challenges for Japan and Europe

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The Keio Center for Strategy (KCS) at Keio University, the Centre for Security, Diplomacy and Strategy (CSDS) at the Brussels School of Governance, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) and the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) Japan Office hosted a public symposium titled “Navigating in a World of Uncertainty: Challenges for Japan and Europe”.

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As Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine continues and the world enters into an ever more uncharted period, Europe and Japan – or more broadly Europe and the Indo-Pacific region – face increasingly connected challenges. The symposium explored two of the key tasks for Japan and Europe, namely the need to enhance deterrence and to address the China challenges, while awaiting the US elections. 
 

Agenda: 

14:15 – 14:45 Registration

​​​​​​14:45 – 14:55 Opening remarks 

  • Michito Tsuruoka, Deputy Director, KCS / Associate Professor, Keio University 

  • Luis Simon, Director, CSDS 
     

14:55 – 15:05 Keynote address  

  • Petra Sigmund, Ambassador-Designate of Germany to Japan 
     

15:05 – 15:15 Keynote address 

  • Katsuro Kitagawa, Director-General / Assistant Minister, European Affairs Bureau, MOFA 
     

15:20 – 16:20 Session 1: “Enhancing deterrence” 

Speakers: 

  • Luis Simon, Director, CSDS 

  • Satoru Mori, Deputy Director, KCS / Professor, Keio University 

  • Moderator: Michito Tsuruoka, Deputy Director, KCS / Associate Professor, Keio University 
     

16:25 – 17:25 Session 2: “Addressing China Challenges” 

Speakers: 

  • Eva Pejsova, Japan Chair, CSDS 

  • Shinji Yamaguchi, Senior Research Fellow, National Institute for Defense Studies (NIDS) 

  • Marcin Jerzewski, Head of Taiwan Office, European Values Center for Security Policy (EVC) / Marcin Król Fellow, Visegrad Insight 

  • Moderator: Giulia Tercovich, Assistant Director, CSDS 
     

Closing remarks: Naoki Takiguchi, Senior Program Manager, KAS Japan 

 

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Venue

North Building Hall (1F), Mita Campus, Keio University (2-15-45, Mita, Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-0073)

Contact

Kikyo Taguchi

Kikyo Taguchi

Programme Officer, Country Programme Japan

kikyo.taguchi@kas.de +81 3 6426 5059

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