War and Diplomacy in an Age of Disorder: Options for Japan and the United Kingdom

At a time of acute international uncertainty, given the assertiveness of authoritarian regimes, rising populist politics, Donald Trump’s willingness to challenges the norms of the rules-based international order, the war in Ukraine, tensions in the Middle East, nuclear proliferation, a more belligerent North Korea and the threat of Great Power conflict in East Asia, the Centre for Geopolitics and the Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies (FAMES), in collaboration with Keio University’s Center for Strategy, Tokyo University’s Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology Open Laboratory for Emergence Strategies (ROLES), and the Fujitsu Future Studies Center hold a special seminar to consider how best the governments of Japan and the United Kingdom might respond to these challenges. Our panel of distinguished Japanese and British academics and policy specialists consider the nature of these challenges and the unprecedented events of recent weeks and months that threaten to transform international relations and geopolitics. Opening Remarks: His Excellency Mr Hiroshi Suzuki – Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Japan to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Panel Discussion: Professor Yuichi Hosoya – Keio University Tokyo, Director, Keio Center for Strategy (KCS) Professor Satoshi Ikeuchi – Professor of the Division of Religion and Global Security at the Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology (RCAST), University of Tokyo. Professor Tomohiko Taniguchi – University of Tsukuba and special adviser, Fujitsu Future Studies Center Sir Robin Niblett – Distinguished Fellow and former Director and Chief Executive, Chatham House Gillian Tett – Provost, King’s College, University of Cambridge Chair: Professor John Nilsson-Wright – Fuji Bank Professor of Japanese Politics and the International Relations of East Asia, at the Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies (FAMES); Chair, Japan and Koreas Programmes, Centre for Geopolitics, University of Cambridge