Provost’s Colloquium Series Presents a Talk on U.S.-Japan Security Alliance and Peace in Asia

The East Stroudsburg University Provost’s Colloquium Series will continue this spring. The new semester of lectures begins with a presentation “U.S. – Japan Security Alliance and Peace in Asia” by Ko Mishima, Ph.D., associate professor of political science. The talk will be held in Beers Lecture Hall on February 7, 2018, at 5:30 p.m. and is free and open to the public.

The US-Japan Security alliance has provided vial foundation for the United States’ security strategy in Asia for many years. Despite its Cold War origin, the significance of the alliance has recently increased due to changing strategic environments in Asia. Over the last two decades or so, the American and Japanese governments have deepened military and diplomatic cooperation substantially. This presentation will examine such evolution of the US-Japan security alliance at recent times. It will consider the alliance’s implication for peace in Asia and posit that the alliance is now beginning to work as a public good for broader benefits of peace and security.

Dr. Mishima is an expert on Japanese politics with his research focusing on Japanese bureaucratic politics, Japanese prime ministership, and the US – Japan security alliance. Mishima has written articles that have appeared in World Policy Journal, International Journal of Public Administration, Asian Survey, and CSIS Japan Chair Platform. He earned his Ph.D. from the Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies and a Bachelor of Arts from Keio University in Tokyo, Japan.

For more information about the Provost’s Colloquium Series, contact Christina McDonald, director, office of sponsored projects and research, at (570) 422-7954 or cmcdonald9@esu.edu.

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