The Global ThinkNet Tokyo Conference, held in February 1998, is the second in a series of Global ThinkNet conferences, which are a centerpiece of the Global ThinkNet project and designed in part to give voice to and facilitate discussion on the findings of various research activities under the project. This report of the conference—which over two days addressed issues related to globalizations impact on governance as well as the growing role of civil society organizations in improving the governance of domestic societies and the international community—includes a summary of presentations and discussions; sixteen background papers and presentations by intellectual leaders from policy research institutions, foundations, academic institutions, and the spheres of politics and business; and keynote speeches by H.E. Anwar Ibrahim, deputy prime minister of Malaysia, and Koichi Kato, secretary-general of the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan.

Chapters

Keynote Speeches

H. E. Anwar Ibrahim

Koichi Kato

Summary of Presentations and Discussions

Asian Values: Assets or Liability?

Han Sung-Joo, Director, Ilmin International Relations Institute, Korea University

Domestic Adjustments to Globalization

Charles E. Morrison, Chair, U.S. Consortium of APEC Study Centers

Globalization and Domestic Governance

Shen Mingming, Director, Research Center for Contemporary China, Peking University

Globalization and Governance in Japanese Society

Atsushi Shimokobe, Chairman, Tokio Marine Research Institute

Globalization's Consequences and Challenges for Governance

Richard N. Haass, Director for Foreign Policy Studies, Brookings Institution

A Global Agenda for International Governance

V. A. Pai Panandiker, Director, Centre for Policy Research

Globalization's Challenge to Bad Governance

Gebhard L. Schweigler, Senior Fellow, Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik

Globalization and Governance of International Society

Shinji Fukukawa, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Dentsu Institute for Human Studies

The New Security Agenda

Paul B. Stares, Senior Research Fellow, Japan Institute of International Affairs

The Economic Crisis in East Asia and the Nonprofit Sector

Jung Ku-Hyun, Director, Seoul Forum for International Affairs

Rethinking the Public Interest in Japan

Shin'ichi Yoshida, Columnist, Asahi Shimbun

Civil Society as the Cornerstone of a New Global Community

Andrei V. Kortunov, President, Moscow Public Science Foundation

Civil Society and Domestic Governance

Carolina G. Hernandez, President, Institute for Strategic and Development Studies

The Impact of Transnational Civil Society

Ann M. Florini, Resident Associate, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

History as a Bridge to a New Vision of International Society

Akira Iriye, Professor of History, Harvard University

Globalization, Civil Society, and International Governance

John W. Sewell, President, Overseas Development Council