Japan-Turkey Dialogue on Global Affairs has provided an important platform for academics and strategic thinkers from the two countries to discuss issues of common concern from regional and global perspectives. The main objective is to discuss pressing strategic issues in the military, geopolitical, economic and technological spheres in a comparative format to understand where prospects for international competition and cooperation in these issue areas are heading. These strategic conversation among the expert community, which could be sustained even beyond the project’s timeframe, will contribute to the enhancement of the Turkish-Japanese bilateral relations.

This year scholars from Turkey and Japan will undertake a comprehensive policy dialogue and propose new ideas to explore where the US grand strategy under Biden administration is evolving and how it will affect the two countries’ alliance relationship with the United States on the one hand, and their bilateral ties on the other.

Taking into consideration the changing conditions created by the pandemic, apart from the report launch, which is going to be carried out in a hybrid format, the project activities will be carried out online. In addition to the visibility and public outreach components, the main purpose of the project activities will be to initiate a policy dialogue, so that the Turkish and Japanese perspectives on these issues become part of an ongoing conversation among the strategic thinkers. Upon the initiation of the project, the organizers expect it to be carried within the timeframe of 6 months.