Tosh Minohara is a Professor of U.S.-Japan Relations at the Graduate School of Law and Politics, Kobe University, Japan. He is a frequent commentator for NHK, National Geographic, BBC and National Public Radio and has appeared in numerous television programs worldwide.
On April 4 at 6:00 p.m. in CUE 203, he will give a public lecture titled “The Geostrategic Shift in East Asia: Emergency of a Regional Pax Sinica?”
A power shift is now taking place in East Asia. A new political order is gradually emerging as relative U.S. dominance wanes in the region, and in its place an increasingly assertive and confident China is appearing; and China is ever more eager to extend its sphere of influence. How will the rising “Pax Sinica” impact “Pax Americana” in the region? This talk will explore what the shift in U.S.-Japan-Asia strategic relationship means for the future of East Asia.
This lecture is sponsored by the Department of History, Asia Program, the College of Arts and Sciences and the Office of the Japanese Prime Minister.