Growing Expectations for the US-Japan Alliance

March 2024

Past Event

Growing Expectations for the US-Japan Alliance

Past Event

Hudson Institute

March 07, 2024

Gen. Hiroaki Uchikura, chief of staff of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force, and Chief of Space Operations Gen. Chance Saltzman participate in an Honor Guard ceremony at the Ministry of Defense in Tokyo Japan on September 25, 2023. (US Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Stephanie Serrano)

March 2024

Past Event

Speakers:

Shigeru Kitamura

Former National Security Advisor of Japan

Brigadier General James Wellons

Assistant Deputy Commandant for Programs, Headquarters, United States Marine Corps

Sugio Takahashi

Director of Policy Studies, National Institute for Defense Studies (Japan)

Moderator:

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In December 2022, Japan introduced three security documents that laid out Tokyo’s most ambitious defense plans since the creation of the Japan Self-Defense Forces in 1954. In the documents, Tokyo promised to increase its military spending to 2 percent of Japan’s GDP and develop counterstrike capabilities to bolster deterrence. The documents, along with Japan’s defense agreements with Australia and the United Kingdom and improved Japan–South Korea relations, illustrate Tokyo’s dynamic thinking about its security environment, partnership commitments, and defense and technological capabilities.

To assess Japan’s ambitious defense transformation, Hudson’s Japan Chair will host a panel with senior Japanese and American security professionals to discuss Japan’s growing security challenges, its need for integrated and comprehensive approaches to security, and its opportunities for deeper cooperation with allies and partners.

December 2024

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Exploiting America’s Strengths in Software and Operational Innovation

Featured Speakers:

Dr. Radha Plumb

Margaret Palmieri

Zach Kramer

Rob Morrissey

Bryan Clark

A US Army Origin autonomous weapons system operates during Project Convergence 22 experimentation on October 26, 2022, in Fort Irwin, California. (DVIDS)

December 2024

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Exploiting America’s Strengths in Software and Operational Innovation

Join Hudson Senior Fellow Bryan Clark for an event with Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Officer Dr. Radha Plumb.

Featured Speakers:

Dr. Radha Plumb

Margaret Palmieri

Zach Kramer

Rob Morrissey

Bryan Clark

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December 2024

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Homeland Security and the China Challenge: A Conversation with Congressman Mark Green

Featured Speakers:

Congressman Mark Green

Jonathan Ward

People walk by a building that is suspected of being used as a secret Chinese police station for the purpose of repressing dissidents living in the United States in lower Manhattan on April 18, 2023. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

December 2024

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Homeland Security and the China Challenge: A Conversation with Congressman Mark Green

Congressman Mark Green will join Hudson’s Dr. Jonathan Ward to discuss the importance of cybersecurity, critical infrastructure defense, maritime and border security, the fentanyl crisis, and more.

Featured Speakers:

Congressman Mark Green

Jonathan Ward

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December 2024

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US-Taiwan Trade and Technology for the Next US Administration

Featured Speakers:

Rupert Hammond-Chambers

Peter Cleveland

Moderator:

Riley Walters

The TSMC facility in Phoenix, Arizona, on January 24, 2023. (Caitlin O'Hara via Getty Images)

December 2024

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US-Taiwan Trade and Technology for the Next US Administration

Join Hudson for a discussion on the trade and technology relationship between Washington and Taipei with US-Taiwan Business Council President Rupert Hammond-Chambers and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Senior Vice President Peter Cleveland.

Featured Speakers:

Rupert Hammond-Chambers

Peter Cleveland

Moderator:

Riley Walters

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December 2024

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What’s Ahead for Innovators and Creators in the New Trump Administration?

Featured Speakers:

Urška Petrovčič

Brian O’Shaughnessy

Rama Elluru

Andrei Iancu

December 2024

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What’s Ahead for Innovators and Creators in the New Trump Administration?

Join Hudson for a discussion with renowned intellectual property experts including former United States Patent and Trademark Office Director Andrei Iancu, Dinsmore’s Brian O’Shaughnessy, and the Special Competitive Studies Project’s Rama Elluru. They will explore potential policy changes, challenges, and opportunities for the innovation and creative sectors in the new administration.