Symposium
"Challenges Posed to the World by the Russo-Ukrainian War and How We Should Contend with it: Responses from Japan and Turkey"

Organized by Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology (RCAST) of the University of Tokyo and ROLES (RCAST Open Laboratory for Emergence Strategies)
Supported by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan

Date and Time: Mon. 25 September 2023, 10:00am -12:30pm (Doors open at 09:30, ID card required for entering the Tekfen Tower) 
Venue: Tekfen Tower Conference Hall, Istanbul
Language: English with Turkish simultaneous translation
Registration: Required from here on Google Forms
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Opening Remarks: KASAHARA Kenichi, Consul General of Japan in Istanbul

Part 1: Japanese Views on Russo-Ukrainian War
Chairperson: IKEUCHI Satoshi, Professor, Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology (RCAST) of the University of Tokyo and Head of the ROLES (RCAST Open Laboratory for Emergence Strategies)
Presentation 1 "Military Situation in Ukraine and Russia: a Reality Check"
KOIZUMI Yu, Lecturer, Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology (RCAST) of the University of Tokyo
Presentation 2 "Causes and Reasons of Japanese Response to the Russo-Ukrainian War"
HIGASHINO Atsuko, Professor, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Tsukuba
Presentation 3 "A Nexus of Euro-Atlantic and Indo-Pacific Alliances/Alignments"
IWAMA Yoko, Professor of International Relations at the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS)
Presentation 4 "Sanctions and the Economic Security"
SUZUKI Kazuto, Professor, Graduate School of Public Policy (GraSPP), University of Tokyo
Presentation 5 "EU and the War in Ukraine"
ENDO Ken, Professor, Graduate School for Law and Politics, University of Tokyo

Part 2: Comments and Responses from Turkey
Chairperson: IMAI Kohei, Research Fellow, Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade Organization (IDE-JETRO) / Visiting Scholar, METU
Çağrı Erhan, Rector, Altınbaş University
Talha Köse, Professor of International Relations, Istanbul University / Senior Researcher and Director of Society & Media of SETA

Part 3: Discussion