Crossley Center Presents Japan’s Top Political Pundit: U.S.-Japan Alliance in Age of Trump. Will it Survive?

A lecture and panel on Japanese-American foreign policy in the Trump era will be conducted on March 14 at the Maglione Hall at DU’s Korbel School. The event is jointly sponsored by the Crossley Center for Public Opinion Research at the Korbel School, the Consulate-General of Japan in Denver and the Office of Global Engagement at DU.

Our guest, Professors Toshihiro Nakayama, is one of Japan’s most prominent political pundits, frequently appearing on national television and regular articles in national newspapers. Known to colleagues as Toshi, he is currently a fellow at the Wilson Center in Washington D.C.

Thursday, March 14, 2019

Program: 5-7 pm, followed by a reception

Maglione Hall

University of Denver Campus

Anna and John J. Sie International Relations Complex

2201 S. Gaylord St., Denver, CO

This event is FREE and open to the public

Food provided

TOSHIHIRO NAKAYAMA is a Professor of American Politics and Foreign Policy at the Faculty of Policy Management at Keio University. He is also an Adjunct Fellow at the Japan Institute of

Prof. Toshihiro Nakayama

International Affairs. He was a Special Correspondent for the Washington Post at the Far Eastern Bureau (1993-94), Special Assistant at the Permanent Mission of Japan to the United Nations in New York (1996-98), and Senior Research Fellow at The Japan Institute of International Affairs (2004-06). He was also a CNAPS Visiting Fellow at the Brookings Institution (2005-06). He received his M.A. (1993) and Ph.D. (2001) from Aoyama Gakuin University. He has written two books and numerous articles on American politics, foreign policy and international relations. He appears regularly on Japanese media. He writes a monthly column for Japan News.

Also part of the presentation and panel will be Floyd Ciruli, director of the Crossley Center; Ambassador Christopher Hill of DU’s Office of Global Engagement; and the Consul-General of Japan in Denver, Midori Takeuchi.

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