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Renewal: Revitalizing the U.S.-Japan Alliance
Type of Publication: ReportDate: 10/27/2010Over its lifetime, the U.S.-Japan alliance has proven a resounding success. This report outlines how the United States and Japan can fully realize the alliance’s potential and lays out concrete steps to enhance U.S.-Japan security cooperation and strengthen the bilateral institutions, public support, and fiscal health that constitute the alliance’s foundation.
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Joint Statement | The Japan-U.S. Alliance and the Liberal International Order
Author(s): The Tokyo Foundation, Dr. Michael HorowitzType of Publication: ReportDate: 10/25/2010In this joint statement from the Center for a New American Security and the Japan-based Tokyo Foundation, Patrick Cronin, CNAS Senior Advisor and Senior Director of the Asia-Pacific Security Program, and Yoichi Funabashi, Editor in Chief of Asahi Shimbun, lay out a vision for the future of the U.S.-Japan alliance. This joint statement is endorsed by and marks the culmination of a U.S.-Japan study group made of up former policymakers and distinguished scholars from the United States and Japan.
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Natural Allies: A Blueprint for the Future of U.S.-India Relations
Type of Publication: ReportDate: 10/18/2010The economic, political, and military rise of India is reshaping world politics and promises to make India both a true global power and one of the most important bilateral partners of the United States. This report, authored by former Deputy Secretary of State Richard L. Armitage, former Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs R. Nicholas Burns and CNAS Senior Fellow Richard Fontaine – and endorsed by over 20 esteemed foreign policy experts - provides a blueprint for the path forward for this critical relationship.
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Press Briefing: An Insider's Look at President Obama's Asia Trip
Date:
October 29, 2010
2:00pm - 3:00pm
Location:
Center for a New American Security
1301 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Suite 403 (4th Floor)
Washington, DC 20004
PLEASE NOTE THIS EVENT IS FOR MEMBERS OF THE MEDIA ONLY. CREDENTIALS WILL BE REQUIRED.
Watch the briefing live at www.cnas.org/live.
Just days in advance of President Obama's trip to Asia, the Center for a New American Security (CNAS) will hold a press briefing on what to expect from the trip to India, Japan, South Korea and Indonesia. Leading experts on the Asia-Pacific, Dr. Patrick Cronin and Abraham Denmark have traveled extensively to the region over the last several months and will offer candid perspectives on the President's objectives and the importance of this trip. Specific topics to be addressed include: reassuring the U.S.-Japan alliance, reinvigorating U.S.-India relations, cementing the U.S.-Indonesia comprehensive partnership and the significance of these relationships amidst China's rise.
The speakers will discuss CNAS's recent publications on the Asia-Pacific region, including:
• Natural Allies: A Blueprint for the Future of U.S.-India Relations by Richard Armitage, R. Nicholas Burns and Richard Fontaine
• Renewal: Revitalizing the U.S.-Japan Alliance by Patrick Cronin, Daniel Kliman and Abraham Denmark
• Crafting a Strategic Vision: A New Era of U.S.-Indonesian Relations by Abraham Denmark
EVENT SPEAKERS
Professor R. Nicholas Burns (via conference call)
Former U.S. Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs
Dr. Patrick Cronin
Senior Advisor and Senior Director
CNAS Asia-Pacific Security Program
Abraham Denmark
Fellow and Director
CNAS Asia-Pacific Security Program
Richard Fontaine (via conference call)
Senior Fellow
Center for a New American Security
The press briefing will also be streamed live at www.cnas.org/live beginning at 2:00 p.m. EST. An audio recording of the proceedings will be available online at www.cnas.org/multimedia by 6:00 p.m. EST following the briefing.
To find out more information about the CNAS's Asia-Pacific Security project, please click here.
Credentials will be required. For questions or concerns, please contact Ashley Hoffman; ahoffman@cnas.org; 202.457.9414
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