Koichi Isobe, "From Operation Tomodachi to the China Challenge: New Frontiers in U.S.-Japan Alliance Cooperation"

Koichi Isobe
Distinguished Senior Fellow (Non-resident), Sasakawa Peace Foundation USA; Lieutenant General (ret.), Japan Ground Self-Defense Force

Discussant: Thomas Berger
Professor of International Relations, Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies; Director, BU Center for the Study of Asia, Boston University

Moderator: Shinju Fujihira
Executive Director, Program on US-Japan Relations

In-person only, registration required to attend. Register here.

Co-sponsored by the Sasakawa Peace Foundation USA; the Harvard University Asia Center; the International Security Program at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School; the Harvard Kennedy School Japan Caucus; the Harvard Undergraduate Japan Policy Network; Japan Society Boston; and the MIT-Japan Program.

Additional Resources

1. On the Frontlines of Operation TOMODACHI:Japan-US Coordination During Crisis, Sasakawa Peace Foundation, 2024.
2. 磯部晃一 （著）、「トモダチ作戦の最前線;福島原発事故に見る日米同盟連携の教訓 」(彩流社, 2019)。
3. U.S.-Japan Alliance Conference: Meeting the Challenge of Amphibious Operations, with Scott W. Harold, Koichiro Bansho, Jeffrey W. Hornung, Richard L. Simcock II, Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 2018.