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About the Asia Peace Conference

February 1, 2022

On January 21, 2020, the Genron NPO launched a historic initiative aiming at building a sustainable peace in volatile Northeast Asia with experts and former officials from Japan, the United States, China and South Korea. Having conducted extensive dialogue with China towards sustainable peace and stability in the region through its Track 1.5 Japan-China dialogue, the Genron NPO will begin a new endeavor to contribute to peace and stability in the region.

Asia Peace Conference 2022 at a glance

The deepening conflict between the United States and China has increased security tensions in Northeast Asia in recent years. One source of that tension lies in the issue of Taiwan issue; there are growing concerns regarding the potential for an accidental clash in the surrounding area, and regarding a potential emergency in Taiwan itself. In the meantime, the conflict has interrupted the collective response to North Korea’s nuclear weapon and missile development programs, and recently, North Korea has been launching missiles on a regular basis.

Additional factors include the unstable bilateral relationships between Japan and China and between Japan and South Korea, and the fact that discussions on conflict avoidance and accident prevention in the region have halted. The dangers accompanying the US-China conflict have been noted for some time, and the situation has deteriorated over the past year. Even worse, diplomatic efforts between the governments of Japan, China, and South Korea remain stagnant.

This year’s Asia Peace Conference aims to deal with accident prevention and conflict avoidance in Northeast Asia, and it will include discussions between four countries on creating a sustainable framework for future peace. The results of the survey of experts in Japan, China, South Korea, and the US were released on February 22 (February 21 in EST), and we hope to use those results as a launch pad for discussion on how to manage the increased security risk in the region in 2022, on whether is it even possible, and on what efforts will be required.

You can watch the open session of Asia Peace Conference 2022.

Asia Peace Conference 2022

Date :Tuesday, February21 and Wednesday, February 22, 2022
Time:9:00AM-1:00PM
Venue:
Online
Main Theme:
Avoiding Conflict in Northeast Asia and Handling the Taiwan Problem
Schedule:

Tuesday, February22
*All sessions are open to the public and will be livestreamed.

9:00AM-10:00AM  Opening・Keynote remarks
10:00AM-Noon Special session
The top ten risks threatening peace in Northeast Asia in 2022

Wednesday, February 23 2022
*All sessions are closed.


9:00AM―10:50AM  Session 1 :How to avoid conflict over Taiwan
11:00AM―0:45PM  Session 2 :How to manage security risks in Northeast Asia?
0:45PM―1:00PM  Wrap-up:

Panelists :

【Japan】
Katsutoshi Kawano / Former Chief of Staff, the Japan Self-Defense Forces
Yoji Koda /Former Commander-in-Chief of Japan's Self-Defense Fleet
Shinsuke Sugiyama / Former Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs; Former Ambassador to the USA
Yuji Miyamoto /Former Ambassador to China
Yoshihide Soeya/Professor Emeritus of Political Science and International Relations, Faculty of Law, Keio University
Yasushi Kudo/President of The Genron NPO

【China】
Jia Qingguo/Member of the Standing Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference
Yang Chao Ying/Vice Chairman, China Foundation for International and Strategic Studies
Zhang Tuosheng/Chairman of Academic Committee, Grandview Institute
Teng Jianqun/Senior Research Fellow, Department for American Studies (CIIS)
Zhou Bo/ Senior Fellow of Center for International Security and Strategy Tsinghua University

【the United States】
Daniel Russel/Former Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs
Gary Roughead / Former US Chief of Naval Operations
Mark Montgomery / Executive Director, the Cyberspace Solarium Commission
Frank Jannuzi/President and CEO, The Maureen and Mike Mansfield Foundation
Robert Girrier /President Emeritus, Pacific Forum and Senior Fellow, Center for Naval Analyses

【Republic of Korea】
Choi Kang/Vice President at the Asan Institute for Policy Studies
Ho-Young Ahn/ Former Republic of Korea’s Ambassador to the United States
Heo Tae-keun / Former Brigadier General, South Korea

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