CRS Seminar Series

Economic Statecraft for the 21st Century
Date:
Time:
Venue:

Wednesday, October 17, 2018
15:00-16:30
Conference room, Center for Rule-making Strategies

Language:

English(5th Floor, Shinagawa Intercity Front, 2-14-14 Kōnan, Minato-ku)

The Center for Rule-making Strategies is delighted to host Dr. Marcus Noland,
Executive Vice President of the Peterson Institute for International Economics, whowill address the topic of economic statecraft for the 21st century.
Dr Noland is a distinguished economist, analyst and author, who has served assenior economist at the Council of Economic Advisers in the Executive Office of thePresident of the United States during the Clinton administration. We hope that you
can join us for what promises to be a fascinating conversation with Dr. Noland.
Please register at the CRS website (https://crs-japan.org/events/united-states-andeconomic-statecraft/) or contact Akira Igata (akira.igata@gmail.com).
Agenda
15:00-15:05 Opening Remarks: Brad Glosserman (CRS)
15:05-15:35 Speaker: Marcus Noland (PIIE)
The world has entered a new era of “great power competition.” While this competition will
have a military dimension, its primary arena will be economic. In this world, it is essentialthat governments have a clear and unblinkered view of the international environment inwhich they are operating, an understanding of the tools of economic statecraft, a strategy
to advance national interests in this world, and policy mechanisms to ensure that all threeof those factors align. One way to ensure that objective is the creation of a National
Economic Council.
Dr. Noland will address these topics based on his years of experience as an academic, ananalyst, and a policy adviser for the President of the United States.
15:35-15:45 Discussion: Akira Igata (CRS)
15:45-16:30 Q&A from the floorSpeakers
Marcus Noland
Vice President, Peterson Institute for International Economics
Marcus Noland, Executive Vice President and director of studies,
has been associated with the Institute since 1985. From 2009 to2012, he served as the Institute's deputy director.
His research addresses a wide range of topics at the interstice ofeconomics, political science, and international relations. His
areas of geographical knowledge and interest include Asia andAfrica where he has lived and worked, and the Middle East.
He has written extensively on the economies of Japan, Korea,and China, and is unique among American economists in having
devoted serious scholarly effort to the problems of North Korea
and the prospects for Korean unification. His most recent book,
Hard Target: Sanctions, Inducements, and the Case of North
Korea (Stanford University Press, 2017) was coauthored withStephan Haggard.
He has served as senior economist at the Council of Economic
Advisers in the Executive Office of the President of the UnitedStates during the Clinton administration.
Organization

The Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE) is a private, nonpartisan nonprofit
institution committed to rigorous, intellectually open, and indepth study and discussion ofinternational economic policy. Its purpose is to identify and analyze important issues to makeglobalization beneficial and sustainable for the people of the United States and the world
and to develop and communicate practical new approaches for dealing with challenges
confronting the global economy.
The Institute seeks to anticipate emerging issues and to be ready with practical ideas,
presented in useful, accessible formats, to inform and shape public debate. Its audience
includes government officials and legislators, business and labor leaders, management andstaff at international organizations, university-based scholars and their students, experts atother research institutions and nongovernmental organizations, the media, and the public.
The Institute’s agenda emphasizes international trade and investment, international financeand exchange rates, macroeconomic policy and crisis response, globalization and humanwelfare, and studies of key economic regions. Institute staff have unique expertise on themajor economies with special reference to Brazil, China, the European Union, Japan, Korea,
and the Middle East, as well as the United States itself and its neighbors Canada and Mexico.

Map / Direction

Kōnan exit

Intercity Front
Walk toward the Kōnan exit of Shinagawa Station.
Once you’re there, you will see two tall building in front of you on the right.
The left building (circled below) is the “Intercity Front” building.
(The building to the right is the “Intercity” and NOT the “Intercity Front” building.)
Please walk down the steps next to Kinko’s to enter the building, and then take theelevator to the 5th floor.

Contact information
Akira IgataPhone: +81-80-7888-2435
Email: akira.igata@gmail.com