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DESCRIPTION:Monday\, April 4\, 2022 | 12:00PM - 1:30PM (PT) | Online | Regi
 ster\n\nRole of ASEAN in Japan's "Free and Open Indo-Pacific" - Talk by Ke
 i Koga \n\nWhat role does Japan expect ASEAN to play in the Indo-Pacific? 
 Japan’s “Free and Open Indo-Pacific” (FOIP) vision has drawn signifi
 cant international attention in the context of the intensification of the 
 US-China rivalry. Its fundamental objective is to maintain and enhance the
  existing rules-based order\, but to do so requires diplomatic and politic
 al support from regional actors. Among them\, ASEAN is one of the most imp
 ortant players as the institution consists of 10 Southeast Asian states an
 d has played a leading role in East Asia’s multilateralism. However\, it
  is still unclear what role Japan expects from ASEAN despite its repeated 
 emphasis of the importance of ASEAN. In this context\, this seminar with P
 rof. Kei Koga unpacks Japan’s strategic vision toward the Indo-Pacific\,
  its expectations of ASEAN\, and the future prospect of Japan-ASEAN relati
 ons.\n\nSpeaker Bio:\n\nKei Koga is Assistant Professor in Public Policy a
 nd Global Affairs Programme\, School of Social Sciences at Nanyang Technol
 ogical University\, Singapore. Previously\, he was visiting fellow at Cent
 er for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in 2017\; a Japan-U.S. P
 artnership Fellow at the Research Institute for Peace and Security (RIPS)\
 , Tokyo\, in 2012-2014\; and a Postdoctoral Fellow in the International St
 udies Program\, The Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs\, 
 Harvard Kennedy School\, in 2012-2013. His recent publication includes Rei
 nventing Regional Security Institutions in Asia and Africa (Routledge 2017
 )\, “Japan’s ‘Indo-Pacific’ question” (International Affairs\, 2
 020)\, ASEAN’s evolving institutional strategy (Chinese Journal of Inter
 national Politics\, 2018)\, and “The concept of “hedging” revisited
 ” (International Studies Review\, 2018). He received his Ph.D. in Intern
 ational Relations at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy\, Tufts Univ
 ersity.\n\n \n\nThis event is co-sponsored by the Center for International
  Studies\, the Korean Studies Institute\, the East Asian Studies Center\, 
 and the Shinso Ito Center.
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SUMMARY:Role of ASEAN in Japan's "Free and Open Indo-Pacific" - Talk by Kei
  Koga 
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 nd_open_indo-pacific_-_talk_by_kei_koga
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