VIRTUAL ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION
Tuesday, November 10, 2020
10:00 - 11:15 CET / 18:00 - 19:15 JST
Tuesday, November 10, 2020
10:00 - 11:15 CET / 18:00 - 19:15 JST
The results of the 2020 United States presidential election will have an unprecedented impact on the future development of the Western-dominated international order, which, driven by the forces of globalization and the rise of China, has dangerously decayed over the last decade.
No two other powers in international relations are as dependent on a strong, rules-based and heavily institutionalized international order as Germany and Japan, as both are heavily dependent on open world markets and both, in their respective regions, are confronting revisionist great powers bent on changing the international order to their own advantage.
After the U.S. elections, will the international order stand at a crossroad of facing a further acceleration of decay or not? What are the prospects for the U.S.–China relations – or for a New Cold War? What does the COVID-19 crisis imply for the U.S. in resuming the leadership role? And how do Germany, with its key position in Europe, and Japan, as China’s most important counterweight in East Asia, respond to the challenges in safeguarding the international order? How will their roles and options be affected by the U.S. election results? What can Germany and Japan achieve together? How can strategies such as the German Government policy guidelines on the Indo-Pacific region or the EU-Japan Strategic Partnership Agreement be assessed?
These questions will be discussed by Japanese and German distinguished experts on foreign policy during this virtual round table discussion. At the same time, the event precedes an international symposium on “Saving and Building a Sustainable International Order: What Roles and Responsibilities for Germany and Japan?” which is planned to take place in Tokyo in 2021.
18:00-18:05 JST
10:00-10:05 CET
Speaker
Julia MÜNCH
Secretary General, JDZB
18:05-18:15 JST
10:05-10:15 CET
Speaker
Ambassador Ina LEPEL
Embassy of Germany to Japan, Tokyo,
Member of JDZB Foundation Board
18:15-19:15 JST
10:15-11:15 CET
Speaker
HOSOYA Yuichi
Professor, Department of Political Science,
Keio University, Tokyo
Speaker
Hanns MAULL
Senior Distinguished Fellow, German Institute for
International and Security Affairs, SWP
Speaker
Markus Kaim
Senior Fellow, German Institute for
International and Security Affairs, SWP
Moderator
Rabea BRAUER
Representative Tokyo Office; Director Regional Program
"Economic Governance in Asia", Konrad-Adenauer-Foundation, KAS
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