ASIA-EURO POLICY FORUM“RESPONDING TO CRISES IN EAST ASIA”
Venue: “Iwasaki Koyata Memorial Hall “International House of Japan, 5-11-16 Roppongi, Minato-ku, Tokyo
106-0032, Japan
Date: 12-13 September, 2018
Organizers:
National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies, JapanGRIPS Alliance, JapanThe Japan Foundation Asia center
Centre for Strategic and International Studies, Jakarta
L’Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, FrancePurpose:
Fast moving crises in Asia require us to think and reflect carefully in ourresponses - North Korean nuclear threat, rising Chinese influence in theregion, populism and strong-man politics that may undermine economic
progress, to name a few.
No one doubts the importance of Southeast Asia as a region critical ofensuring stability and prosperity of Asia and the world. Also true is that
Southeast Asia is a soft spot although it is a region of dynamic economictransformation and intensifying great power rivalries.
Meanwhile, both Japan and Europe, experiencing similar global challenges,
had gone through waves of policy challenges whereby accumulating lessons
in policy areas such as trade and macro-economy, social safety net and1

health, environment, energy and disaster risk reduction. In short, the lessons
learned by Japan and Europe have a degree of applicability to ASEAN
contexts if operationalization of such lessons is possible.
Given this background, this trilateral policy research project ASIA-EUROPOLICY DIALOGUE (AEPD) aims to strengthen exchanges on Southeast
Asia’s current reality and beyond among ASEAN countries, Europe andJapan. In particular, this research project attempts to increase awareness on
the political and economic importance of Southeast Asia for international
community and operationalize the policy lessons for ASEAN countries fromexperiences, both positive and negative, that Japan and Europe have had.
Concretely, this project is composed of the policy forum to be held annuallyand the fellowship program for the scholars and policy makers.
The purpose of the policy forum is as part of AEPD to provide an
opportunity for prominent researchers and policy-makers to exchange views
and opinions and disseminate widely such views and opinions in order tocontribute to better understanding of the region and to provide concrete
inputs to policy making in Europe, Southeast Asia and Japan. There will be
participants from Southeast Asia, Europe, and Japan, as well as key players
such as Republic of Korea, China, India, Australia and the United States.
The first policy forum was held on 7 and 8 June 2017 in Jakarta under theoverall theme “Where does ASEAN stand and where will it go: the state andfuture of ASEAN and response of external partners”.
This year, the second policy forum will discuss pressing issues under thetitle “Responding to Crises in East Asia”
For details, please visit our website http://www3.grips.ac.jp/~aepd/en/
Contact : Office for Asia-Euro Policy Forum
Email aepd@grips.ac.jp
Tel03-6439-6064

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Program- revised (final)
12 September, Wednesday
12:30-13:30 Registration
13:30

Asia-Euro Policy Forum begins

13:35-13:45

Opening Statement
Manabu Horii, Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign
Affairs, Japan

13:45-13:55 Introductory Remarks
Yutaka Iimura, Ambassador
Chairman of Asia-Euro Policy Dialogue
14:00-16:30 Session 1
Overview: United States-China Relations and Future Security
Arrangements in East Asia
Speakers Akihiko Tanaka, President, National Graduate Institutefor Policy Studies, Japan
Hassan Wirajuda, former Foreign Minister, Indonesia
Mathieu Duchâtel, Deputy Director, Asia and ChinaProgram, European Council for Foreign Relations
T.J. Pempel, Professor of Policy Science, UC Berkeley,
USA
Chen Dongxiao, President, Shanghai Institute forInternational Studies
Shekhar Sinha, Vice Admiral, Former Chief of Western
Naval Command, India
Moderator Jusuf Wanandi, Vice Chair, Board of Trustees, CSIS
Foundation, Indonesia

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9:30-11:10 Session 2
Key Challenge One: South China Sea and Impact on ASEAN
Stability

Speakers

Yoji Koda, former Commander of Self Defense Fleet,Maritime Self Defense Forces, Japan
Rizal Sukma, Ambassador of Indonesia to UnitedKingdom
Bill Hayton, Associate Fellow, Asia-Pacific Program,Chatham House, UK
Amy Searight, Senior Advisor and Director, Southeast
Asia Program, CSIS, USAZhu Feng, Executive Director, China Center for
Collaborative Studies of the South China Sea, Nanjing
University

Moderator

Philips Vermonte, Executive Director, CSIS, Indonesia

11:10-11:20 Coffee Break
11:25-13:05 Session 3
Key Challenge Two: North Korea’s Nuclear Development andGeopolitical Implication
Speakers Narushige Michishita, Professor, National Graduate
Institute for Policy Studies, Japan
Antoine Bondaz, Research Fellow at the Fondation pourla recherche stratégique/Senior Lecturer at Sciences Po,
FranceScott Snyder, Director of the program on US-Korea
Policy, Council on Foreign Relations, USA
Cheng Xiaohe, Associate Professor, Renmin Universityof China

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Kang Choi, Vice President, Asan Institute for Policy
Studies, Republic of Korea
Moderator Yoko Iwama, Professor of International Relations,
National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies, Japan
13:05-14:05 Lunch Break
14:10-14:30 Key Note Speech by Pascal Lamy, former Director-General ofWorld Trade Organization
14:35-16:20 Session 4
Key Challenge Three: Free Trade vs Protectionism in the Eraof Populism
Speakers Shujiro Urata, Professor, Dean, Graduate School of
Asia-Pacific Studies, Waseda University, JapanMari Pangestu, Member of the Board of Trustees, CSISFoundation, Indonesia
Pascal Lamy, former Director-General of World TradeOrganization
Peter Petri, Professor, Brandeis International Business
School, USA
Moderator Narongchai Akrasanee, former Minister of Energy,Thailand
16:20-16:30 Coffee Break
16:35-18:20 Session 5
ASEAN and External Partners – How External Partners
Contribute to Stability and Prosperity of ASEAN
Speakers Ong Keng Yong, former Secretary General of ASEAN
Takashi Shiraishi, Chancellor, Prefectural University ofKumamoto, JapanRichard C. Smith, Visiting Fellow, the Australian
National University and the Lowy Institute, Australia

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Alexander McLachlan, Senior Adviser, Strategic
Planning Division, European External Action ServiceToshihide Ando, Director, Deputy Director-General /Deputy Assistant Minister, Asian and Oceanian Affairs
Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Japan
Moderator Tan Sri Rastam Mohd Isa, Chairman, Institute ofStrategic International Studies, Malaysia
18:20-18:40 Closing Remarks
Jusuf Wanandi, Vice Chair, Board of Trustees, CSISFoundation, Indonesia
Sébastien Lechevalier, President, Fondation France-Japon deL’Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, FranceHiroko Tsuka, Executive Vice President, Japan Foundation

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