Japan’s Geoeconomic Strategy in the Indo-Pacific

Session 3 of the Franco-German Observatory of the Indo-Pacific, co organized by Sciences Po-Ceri and the German Institute for Global and Area Studies (GIGA).

Japan’s Geoeconomic Strategy in the Indo-Pacific

A number of European countries have embraced the Indo-Pacific terminology, with, for example, France and Germany establishing foreign policy guidelines for the region. Our Franco-German Observatory invites key actors from the Indo-Pacific to present their vision of the region, how they conceive of it geo-strategically and the place of China, the US, and Europe within this framework. We look forward to debating questions of economic interdependence and independence, of trade and investment, and the expectations the countries of the Indo-Pacific might have towards the ‘West’ in general, and Europe, in particular.
The Franco-German Observatory invites every month a speaker from Indo-Pacific region to present the vision, or visions, that key actors in the region – from policymakers, military strategists to businesspeople – seek to promote.

Speaker:
Prof. Saori Katada, University of Southern California (USC)

Dr. Saori Katada is Professor of International Relations at University of Southern California. Her newest book Japan’s New Regional Reality: Geoeconomic Strategy in the Asia-Pacific was published by Columbia University Press in July 2020. She is also a co-author of two recent books: The BRICS and Collective Financial Statecraft (Oxford University Press, 2017), and Taming Japan’s Deflation: The Debate over Unconventional Monetary Policy (Cornell University Press, 2018). She has her PhD from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Political Science), and her B.A. from Hitotsubashi University (Tokyo). Before joining USC, she served as a researcher at the World Bank in Washington D.C., and as International Program officer at the UNDP in Mexico City.

Chairs & Moderation:
Patrick Köllner, German Institute for Global and Area Studies (GIGA), Hamburg University
Isabelle Saint-Mézard, French Institut of International Relations (Ifri), University Paris VIII

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