International Symposium on Security Affairs

NIDS holds an open symposium annually, inviting Japanese and overseas experts on international security. This symposium aims at contributing to security dialogues, as well as encouraging public discussion on security issues.

• The Thirteenth Symposium, December 2, 2010
• The Twelfth Symposium, November 18, 2009
• The Eleventh Symposium, February 3, 2009
• The Tenth Symposium, December 13, 2007
• The Ninth Symposium, February 1, 2007
• The Eighth Symposium, February 1, 2006
• The Seventh Symposium, February 2-3, 2005
• The Sixth Symposium, January 20-21, 2004
• The fifth symposium of fiscal 2002, January 21-22, 2003
• The fourth symposium of fiscal 2001, January 15-16, 2002
• The third symposium of fiscal 2000, January 24-25, 2001
• The second symposium of fiscal 1999, October 7-8, 1999
• The first symposium of fiscal 1998, January 13-14, 1999

• Speakers

• Rhee Sang-Woo, President, New Asia Research Institute
• Larry Niksch, Senior Associate, CSIS
• Hideshi Takesada, Executive Fellow, NIDS
• Scott Snyder, Director, Center for U.S.-Korea Policy, the Asia Foundation
• Shen Dingli, Executive Dean of Institute of International Studies, and Director of Center for American Studies, Fudan University
• Andrei Lankov, Associate Professor at Kookmin University in Seoul
• Takashi Kawakami, Professor, Takushoku University
• Chung Min Lee, Dean of the Graduate School of International Studies at Yonsei University
• Yukio Okamoto, a former Special Advisor to the Prime Minister
• Satoshi Morimoto, Professor, the Graduate School of Takushoku University
• Fumio Ota, Professor, National Defense Academy
• Tetsuo Murooka, Senior Fellow, NIDS

• Chairpersons

• Yuzuru Kaneko, Director, Research Department, NIDS
• Hideshi Takesada, Executive Fellow, NIDS

• The report of the symposium ( Japanese / English )

• Speakers

• Morton Halperin
  Senior Advisor, Open Society Institute, USA
• Yukio Satoh
  Vice-Chair, Japan Institute of International Affairs, Japan
• Elaine Bunn
  U.S. National Defense University, USA
• Yuri Fedorov
  Royal Institute of International Affairs, UK
• Liping Xia
  Tongji University, China
• Rajesh Rajagopalan
  Jawaharlal Nehru University, India
• John Simpson
  University of Southampton, UK
• Bruno Tertrais
  Foundation for Strategic Research, France

• Chairpersons

• Yuzuru Kaneko
  NIDS, Japan
• Yoshiaki Sakaguchi
  NIDS, Japan
• Eiichi Katahara
  NIDS, Japan

• The report of the symposium ( Japanese / English )

• Speakers

• Michael Clarke
  Director, Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies (RUSI), UK
• Hans Binnendijk
  Vice President for Research, National Defense University, USA
• Jonathan Eyal
  Director, International Security Studies, RUSI, UK
• James Cotton
  Professor, The University of New South Wales at the Australian Defense Force Academy
• Noboru Yamaguchi
  Former Commandant, Ground Research & Development Command, JGSDF
• Peter Schmidt
  German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP), Germany Etienne de Durand: Institut Francais des Relations Internationales (IFRI), France
• Tomonori Yoshizaki
  Chief, Fifth Research Office, Research Dept., NIDS

• Co-Chairs

• Tomonori Yoshizaki
  Chief, Fifth Research Office, Research Dept., NIDS
• Keishi Ono
  Chief, Third Research Office, Research Dept., NIDS

• The report of the symposium ( Japanese / English )

• Speakers(in the presentation order)

• Zhu Feng
  Professor, Peking University, China
• Chung-In Moon
  Professor, Yonsei University, ROK
• Andrei Lankov
  Professor, Australian National University/Kookmin University, ROK
• Victor Cha
  Professor, Georgetown University, USA
• Tetsuo Murooka
  Senior Research Fellow, NIDS, Japan
• Charles Pritchard
  President, Korea Economic Institute, USA
• Han Yong-Sup
  Professor, Korea National Defense University, ROK
• Hideshi Takesada
  Executive Director, NIDS, Japan
• Satoshi Morimoto
  Professor, Takushoku University, Japan

• The report of the symposium ( Japanese / English )

• Speakers(in presentation order)

• Kwan Chi Hung
  Senior Fellow, Nomura Institute of Capital Markets Research, Japan.
• Yasuhiro Matsuda
  Senior Research Fellow, NIDS, Japan.
• Bernard D. Cole
  Professor, National War College, USA.
• M. Taylor Fravel
  Assistant Professor, MIT, USA.
• Aaron L. Friedberg
  Professor, Princeton University, USA.

• Chairperson

• Shinichi Ogawa
  Director, Research Department, NIDS,Japan.
• Yuzuru Kaneko
  Deputy Director, Research Department, NIDS, Japan.

• The report of the symposium ( Japanese / English )

• Keynote Speaker

• Larry Welch
  Former President, Institute for Defense Analyses, USA.

• Speakers(in presentation order)

• Michael O’Hanlon
  Senior Fellow, The Brookings Institution, USA.
• Bernard Loo Fook Weng
  Assistant Professor, Institute of Defence and Strategic Studies, Singapore.
• Nam Chang-Hee
  Professor, Inha University, ROK.
• Chris Donnelly
  Senior Fellow, UK Defence Academy in Shrivenham, Englans, UK.

• Chairperson

• Noboru Yamaguchi
  Vice President, NIDS,Japan.
• Shigekatsu Kondo
  Executive Director, NIDS, Japan.

• The report of the symposium ( Japanese / English )

• Keynote Speaker

• Patrick Cronin
  CSIS Senior Vice President and Derector of Studies.

• Special Speaker

• Akio Watanabe
  President,Research Institute for Peace and Security(RIPS),Japan.

• Speakers(in presentation order)

• Michael Brown
  Director of the Security Studies Program and Center for Peace and Security Studies at the Edmund A.Walsh School of Foreign Service,Georgetown University,U.S.A.
• Alexander Pikayev
  Director,Department of Disarmament and Conflict Resolusion,Institute of World Economy and International Relations(IMEMO),Rissia.
• Hyun In-teak
  Professor,Korea University,Republic of Korea.
• Heigo Sato
  Senior Raserch Fellow,fifth Research Office,Research Department,NIDS.
• Michael Richardson
  Senior Visiting Research Fellow,Institute of Southeast Asian Studies(ISEAS),Singapore.
• Jolyon Howorth
  Visiting Professor of Political Science at Yale University,U.S.A.

• Chairperson

• Sigekatsu Kondo
  Executive Director,NIDS,Japan.

• The report of the symposium ( Japanese / English )

• Panelists

• Chu Shulong
  Professor, Tsinghua University, China
• Paul Dibb
  Professor, Chairman of the Strategic and Defense Studies Centre,The Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, The Australian National University, Australia
• Yves Boyer
  Assistant Director, The Foundation of Strategic Research, France Alexander G. Savelyev, Head, Department of Strategic Studies, Institute of World Economy and International Relations, Russia
• Yoshiaki Sakaguchi
  Chief, 2nd Research Office, 2nd Research Department, NIDS, Japan
• Patrick M. Cronin
  Senior Vice President and Director of Studies, Center for Strategic and International Studies, United States

• Discussants

• Jun’ichi Abe
  Senior Research Fellow, Kazankai Foundation, Japan
• Yuzuru Kaneko
  Chief, First Research Office, Second Research Department, NIDS, Japan
• Noboru Yamaguchi
  Major General, Director for Research, Ground Research and Development Command, JGSDF

• Chairperson

• Shigekatsu Kondo
  Director, 1st Research Department, NIDS, Japan

※The keynote speech scheduled to be given by General (ret.) Michael P.C. Carns, Senior Advisor to the Defense Science Study Group and former Vice Chief of Staff, USAF, was cancelled at the request of General Carns for personal reasons.

• The report of the symposium ( Japanese / English )

• Keynote speaker

• His Excellency Fidel V. Ramos
  Philippines, Former President, Republic of the Philippines

• Guest Speaker

• Yoichi Funabashi
  Japan, Ph.D., Chief Diplomatic Correspondent and Columnist of the Asahi Shimbun

• Panelists

• Wang Yizhou
  China, Ph.D., Professor, Deputy Director, Institute of World Economics and Politics, Chinese Academy of Social Science
• Susumu Takai
  Japan, Director, Archives and Library, NIDS
• Takashi Watanabe
  Japan, Major General, GSDF, Chief, Logistics Management Division, Logistics Department, Ground Staff Office
• James Cotton
  Australia, Ph.D., Professor, Head of School of Politics, University of New South Wales, Australia
• Tan See Seng
  Singapore, Associate Professor, Institute of Defence and Strategic Studies, Nanyang Technological University
• Heigo Sato
  Japan, Ph.D., Senior Research Fellow, First Research Office, Second Research Department, NIDS

• Commentator

• Atsushi Kusano
  Japan, Professor, Keio University
• Matake Kamiya
  Japan, Associate Professsor, National Defense Academy

• Chairperson

• Seiichiro Takagi
  Japan, Ph.D., Director, Second Research Department. NIDS

• The report of the symposium ( Japanese / English )

• Keynote speaker

• William A.Owens
  United States, former Vice Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff

• Speakers

• Martin van Creveld
  Israel, Professor, Hebrew University
• Brian Bond
  United Kingdom, Professor Emeritus, King’s College, University of London
• Williamson Murray
  United States, Senior Fellow, Institute of Defense Analysis, Professor Emeritus, Ohio State University
• Richard Cobbold
  United Kingdom, Director, Royal United Services Institute for Defence Studies (RUSI)
• Chung Min Lee
  Republic of Korea, Associate Professor, Graduate School of International Studies, Yonsei University
• Shinichi Ogawa
  Japan, Senior Research Fellow and Deputy Director, Second Research Department, NIDS
• Yuichiro Nagao
  Japan, Chief, First Research Office, First Research Department, NIDS

• Discussants

• Eiichi Funada
  Japan, Chief, Organization Planning Section, Maritime Staff Office (MSO)
• Tetsuya Umemoto
  Japan, Professor, Shizuoka Kenritsu University
• Akira Kato, Japan
  Associate Professor, Obirin University

• Chairman

• Yoshinaga Hayashi
  Japan, Director, Military History Department, NIDS

• The report of the symposium ( Japanese / English )

• Speakers

• Carolina G. Hernandez
  Philippines, President, The Institute for Strategic and Development Studies, Inc. Professor, University of Philippines
• Wang Jisi
  China, Director, The Institute of American Studies at Chinese Academy of Social Science
• Kyongsoo Lho
  Republic of Korea, Associate Dean and Department Head, Seoul National University
• Gennady Chufrin
  Russia, Project Leader, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)
• Harry Harding
  United States, Dean, The Elliott School of International Affairs, The George Washington University
• Hideshi Takesada
  Japan, Chief, Third Research Office, Second Research Department, NIDS

• Commentators

• Yoshinobu Yamamoto
  Japan, Professor, University of Tokyo
• Yuji Suzuki
  Japan, Professor, Hosei University
• Akiko Fukushima
  Japan, Senior Researcher, National Institute for Research Advancement (NIRA)

• Chairman

• Seiichiro Takagi
  Japan, Director, Second Research Department, NIDS

• The report of the symposium ( Japanese / English )

• Speakers

• Robert O’Neill
  Australia, Professor, All Souls College, University of Oxford
• Edward Luttwak
  United States, Senior Fellow, Center for Strategic and International Studies
• Georgy Arbatov
  Russia, Director Emeritus, Institute of USA and Canada, Russian Academy of Sciences
• Yuan Ming (paper contribution only)
  China, Professor, Peking University
• Kiyoshi Aizawa
  Japan, Senior Researcher, Military History Department, NIDS

• Discussants

• Ryoichi Tobe
  Japan, Professor, National Defense Academy
• Hisashi Takahashi
  Japan, Professor, Sophia University
• Tomoyuki Ishizu
  Japan, Senior Researcher, Second Research Department, NIDS

• Chairman

• Yoshinaga Hayashi
  Japan, Director, Military History Department, NIDS

• The report of the symposium ( Japanese / English )

• Keynote speaker

• Joseph S. Nye, Jr.
  United States, Dean, The John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University

• Speakers

• Richard K. Betts
  United States, Director, Institute of War and Peace Studies, Columbia University
• Victor A. Kremenyuk
  Russia, Deputy Director, Institute of the USA and Canada, Russian Academy of Science
• Chin Kin Wah
  Singapore, Deputy Head, Department of Political Science, National University of Singapore
• Luo Peisen
  China, Senior Advisor, China Institute for International Strategic Studies
• Toshiya Hoshino
  Japan, Associate Professor, Osaka School of International Public Policy (OSIPP), Osaka University
• Shin’ichi Ogawa
  Japan, NIDS Chief, First Research Office, First Research Department, NIDS

• Chairman

• Shigekatsu Kondo
  Japan, Director, First Research Department, NIDS