JOIN US on Friday, April 24 for an panel discussion at Japan and AI.
The Strategy, Policy, and Diplomacy Research (SPDR) Speaker Series hosts scholars, experts, and professionals from across the security, policy, and diplomacy world for virtual and in-person sessions at the University of Washington. GO HERE for full participant bios.
Friday, April 24
2:00 – 4 PM (Pacific)
Thomson Hall 317
Open to the public
Sponsored through a grant from the United States-Japan Foundation
Jim Goldgeiger, Presider
Professor at the School of International Service at American University, where he served as Dean from 2011-17 and currently serves as the Ph.D. Program Director.
Panelists
Crystal Pryor, “Export Controls and Defense Technologies”
Crystal Pryor is Managing Director of TradeStrategic LLC, a Seattle-based research and consulting firm specializing in strategic trade and economic security. She is also a Senior Research Fellow at the Center for Policy Research (CPR), University at Albany, SUNY, leading research on dual-use technology policy and export controls in Asia and globally. Dr. Pryor previously held a postdoctoral fellowship in the U.S.-Japan Program at Harvard University’s Weatherhead Center. Her expertise includes Japan’s security policy, dual-use technologies, and nonproliferation, with both U.S. government and commercial consulting experience.
Ted Fujimoto, “Understanding Capabilities and Risks in AI for Defense”
Ted Fujimoto is a Research Scientist at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) specializing in the intersection of artificial intelligence, security, and international policy. His research expertise spans AI security, multi-agent systems, and autonomous science, and he has a proven track record of successful collaboration with experts in both policy and the natural sciences. Recognizing the limitations of current arms control frameworks in addressing the unique risks posed by rapidly evolving AI systems, Ted is exploring novel approaches to verification, transparency, and risk mitigation.
Adam Liff, “Japan’s Defense Strategy in the Takaichi Era”
Adam P. Liff is Professor of East Asian International Relations and Founding Director of the 21st Century Japan Politics and Society Initiative at Indiana University’s Hamilton Lugar School of Global and International Studies. Beyond IU, he is a Nonresident Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution and previously served as the Visiting Chair in Japanese Politics and Foreign Policy at Georgetown University.
Ayumi Teraoka, “The Future of the US-Japan Alliance in Changing Warfare”
Ayumi Teraoka is Assistant Professor of Politics at Brandeis University. She studies alliance politics and security issues in the Indo-Pacific. Her forthcoming book examines the history of U.S. alliance management in Asia from the 1960s to the present, illuminating the conditions under which the United States successfully negotiated geopolitically contested issues with allies, including air defense integration and the defense of Taiwan, in the face of China’s opposition.
Commentators
Jessica L. Beyer
Assistant Teaching Professor in the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies and a lead of the Jackson School’s Cybersecurity Initiative.
Kristin Vekasi
Inaugural Mansfield Chair of Japanese and Indo-Pacific Affairs.
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