Johns Hopkins SAIS expert available to discuss US-Japan relations as President Obama visits Hiroshima

EXPERT ADVISORY

As President Barack Obama prepares to take a historically symbolic trip to Hiroshima, Kent E. Calder, Director of the Center for East Asian Studies at the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), is available to offer insight on how the visit will impact U.S.-Japan relations.

Dr. Calder, who lived in Japan for more than a decade, served as Special Advisor to the U.S. Ambassador to Japan from 1997 to 2001. He has written three books related to U.S.-Japan security relations: Pacific Defense: Arms, Energy, and America's Future in Asia; Pacific Alliance: Reviving U.S.-Japan Relations; and Embattled Garrisons: Comparative Base Politics and American Globalism.

He is available to discuss:

• What impact the visit will have on the credibility of the U.S.-Japan alliance?
• Should Obama, in the Japanese view, apologize?
• Will the visit significantly influence Japanese and world opinions about nuclear weapons?
• What are the chances that Japan might go nuclear in the future, and does it have the capacity?
• How has Hiroshima rebuilt itself as a modern city since 1945?
• What do the Japanese expect the U.S. to do about North Korea's development of nuclear weapons?

 

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About Johns Hopkins SAIS

A division of Johns Hopkins University, the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) is a global institution that offers students an international perspective on today’s critical issues. For seven decades, students have distinguished themselves by pursuing academic excellence in international relations. The school was established in Washington, D.C. in 1943, and opened its campus in Bologna, Italy in 1955. It initiated one of the first Western university programs in the People’s Republic of China when it launched a campus in Nanjing in 1986.

The school’s mission is to provide an interdisciplinary professional education that prepares a diverse graduate student body for internationally related positions of responsibility; to foster research, scholarship and cross-cultural exchange; and to contribute knowledge, expertise and leadership to the global community.

For more information, visit sais-jhu.edu or @SAISHopkins


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