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“Japan’s New Security Policy in a Transformative World”

Date
Wednesday, September 18, 2024 18:00 - 19:15
Location
  • University of Zurich, Rämistrasse 71
    Aula Magna KOL-G-201
    8006 Zürich
    Switzerland
Speaker
  • Prof. Dr. Hiroshi Nakanishi Kyoto University, Graduate School of Government
Organisation
  • Europa Institut - University of Zurich
Co-Organisation
  • Swiss-Japanese Chamber of Commerce
In Cooperation with
  • Embassy of Japan in Switzerland
Fee

Free entrance. No registration required. Limited seating.

Japan Lecture Series
Prof. Dr. Hiroshi Nakanishi
Kyoto University, Graduate School of Government

About the speaker:
Prof. Dr. Hiroshi Nakanishi specializes in interna­tional history of the twentieth century international relations methodology and Japanese foreign and security policy. He published widely on the international affairs and was awarded a Yomiuri-Yoshino Sakuzo prize. He was President of the Japan Association of International Relations. In 2022 he was member of the Advisory Panel to Comprehensively Discuss Defense Capabilities as National Strength of the Cabinet Office and chairperson of the Advisory Panel on the revision of Development Cooperation Charter of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which led to the National Security Strategy in 2022 and Development Cooperation Charter in 2023.

The lecture will introduce the recent Japanese initiative in security policies in the transforming world and discuss the challenges Japan faces.

Further information:
www.eiz.uzh.ch