Managing China-Japan-US Relations and Strengthening Trilateral Cooperation
In 2007, JCIE launched a study and dialogue project aimed at developing a deeper understanding of the complex dynamics of the China-Japan-US trilateral relationship, identifying the issues central to managing stable and cooperative relations, and examining ways of promoting more meaningful cooperation on key challenges. This project brings together a multi-country team of leading experts to undertake a systematic, in-depth analysis of the dynamics of the trilateral relationship. This will be designed to encourage top policymakers in all three countries to gain a deeper understanding of this key relationship and a greater commitment to trilateral cooperation, and it will culminate in the publication of a substantive analysis of the trilateral relationship.
One senior participant and three emerging intellectual leaders have been selected from each country and the team members are analyzing a wide range of topics—including the emergence of regional community, financial cooperation, and tensions in the Taiwan Straits—in
the context of the trilateral relationship. The project leaders held a series
of planning meetings throughout the spring of 2007, and the first paper writers
workshop was convened in Tokyo on October 14–16, 2007. A second workshop took place in Beijing on June 29 and 30, 2008. The participants met for a third and final workshop in Honolulu on March 12–13, 2009. The findings from the project will be compiled
as an edited volume in 2009.
Project Participant Website (password accessible only)
Tokyo Workshop Agenda: October 14–16, 2007
Beijing Workshop Agenda: June 29–30, 2008
Honolulu Workshop Agenda: March 12–13, 2009
Project Leaders:
China: Wang Jisi, Dean, School of International Studies, Peking University
Japan: Ryosei Kokubun, Director, Institute of East Asian Studies, Keio University
United States: Gerald Curtis, Burgess Professor of Political Science, Columbia University
Project Participants:
China:
Dai Jinping, Professor, Nankai University
Fan Shiming, Associate Professor, Peking University
Gui Yongtao, Assistant Professor, Peking University
Zhang Haibin, Associate Professor, Peking University
Japan:
Aoyama Rumi, Professor, Waseda University
Matsuda Yasuhiro, Senior Fellow, National Institute of Defense Studies
Sasuga Katsuhiro, Associate Professor, Tokai University
United States:
M. Taylor Fravel, Assistant Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Andrew Oros, Assistant Professor, Washington College
Saadia Pekkanen, Professor, University of Washington