WebinarThursday 31 October 2024
12:00pm – 1:00pm (UK) / 9:00pm – 10:00pm (Japan)
The Impact of the US Presidential Election on the International Order
Online webinar, accessible remotely via Zoom
the Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation Organised by
Booking closedThe 2024 US presidential election is expected to have a significant impact on the international order. The outcome of the election may have great implications for the ongoing war in Ukraine, the conflict in the Middle East, US policy towards China, and the US’s relations with its traditional allies in Europe and the Asia-Pacific region, including Japan.
In this webinar, chaired by Dr Philip Shetler-Jones, the speakers presented their views on the impact of the election on the international order, with a special focus on the Asia-Pacific region and the implications for Japan.
A recording of this event can be viewed here:
About the contributors
Dr Philip Shetler-Jones (moderator)
Dr Philip Shetler-Jones is a Senior Research Fellow at the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI), London. He has a Bachelors and Master’s degree in Japanese Studies from the University of Sheffield, a Master’s degree from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University (where he studied on a Fulbright Scholarship), and a PhD from the University of Sheffield on Japan’s defence policy. He served as military officer (Royal Marines Commando) and as a civilian in peace operations in the Balkans, Africa, the Caucasus and Ukraine with the United Nations, the European Union and the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe. He led the International Security and Geopolitics team of the World Economic Forum then prior to joining RUSI he was a Consulting Fellow on the Indo-Pacific at Chatham House, and a coordinator with a project on Europe-Asia security cooperation (ESIWA) for the European Union and German Federal Foreign Office. His research and publications focus on peace operations, Asian security, and geopolitical relations between Europe and Asia.
Dr. Pascal Lottaz
Dr. Pascal Lottaz is an Associate Professor at Kyoto University where he investigates neutrality in international relations and directs the research network neutralitystudies.com. He received his MA and PhD from the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS) and previously researched and taught at Waseda University and Temple University (Japan Campus). His recent books include Sweden, Japan, and the Long Second World War (Routledge, 2022), Neutral Beyond the Cold: Neutral States and the Post-Cold War International System (Lexington Books, 2022), and Notions of Neutralities (Lexington Books, 2019). He also wrote articles on “Neutrality Studies” for Oxford Encyclopedia and “The Politics and Diplomacy of Neutrality” for Oxford Bibliography. He can be followed on YouTube: youtube.com/@neutralitystudies
Dr Yu Jie
Dr Yu Jie is Senior Research Fellow on China in the Asia-Pacific Programme at Chatham House, focusing on the decision-making processes of Chinese foreign policy as well as China’s economic diplomacy. She speaks and writes frequently for major media outlets such as the BBC and Financial Times; and regularly briefs senior policy practitioners from G7 member governments, the UK Cabinet Office and the Silk Road Fund in Beijing, as well as FTSE 100 companies. Yu Jie has testified at the House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee and International Trade Committee.
Dr Yuichi Hosoya
Yuichi Hosoya, Ph.D., is professor of international politics at Keio University, Tokyo, and Director, Keio Center for Strategy. Professor Hosoya is also the Director of Research at the Asia-Pacific Initiative (API), Tokyo. Professor Hosoya was a member of Prime Minister’s Advisory Panel on Reconstruction of the Legal Basis for Security (2013-14), and Prime Minister’s Advisory Panel on National Security and Defense Capabilities (2013). Professor Hosoya studied international politics at Rikkyo (BA), Birmingham (MIS), and Keio (Ph.D.). He was a visiting professor and Japan Chair (2009–2010) at Sciences-Po in Paris (Institut d’Études Politiques), a visiting fellow (Fulbright Fellow, 2008–2009) at Princeton University and Visiting Fellow at Downing College, the University of Cambridge (2021-2022). His research interests include the postwar international history, British diplomatic history, Japanese foreign and security policy. His recent publications include Security Politics: Legislation for a New Security Environment (Tokyo: JPIC, 2019); History, Memory & Politics in Postwar Japan (Co-editor, Lynne Rienner: Boulder, 2020); Modern Japan’s Place in the World (Co-editor; Springer, 2023); and The Transformation of the Liberal International Order: Evolutions and Limitations (Co-editor; Springer, 2023). His comments often appeared at major international and Japanese media.