TOBB University of Economics and Technology
Department of Political Science and International Relations
Symposium:
Japan-Turkey Dialogue in Times of Global Transitions
2 March 2020
Supported by: Embassy of Japan in Ankara
Program
09:30- 10:45
Introduction
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Şaban Kardaş, TOBB-ETÜ
Opening Speeches
Prof. Dr. Haldun Yalçınkaya, Chair, Department of Political Science and International Relations
H.E. Akio Miyajima, Ambassador of Japan to Turkey
Keynote Address
Professor Hiroshi Nakanishi, Kyoto University
“Transformation of the Global Order and Japan’s Foreign Policy”
Prof. Fuat Keyman, Director, IPC
“Turkey's Foreign Policy Choices at the Nextus of Global/Regional Turmoil”
10:45-11:00 Coffee break
11: 00- 12:30
Panel
Changing Face of Security: Perspectives from Turkey and Japan
Moderator: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Şaban Kardaş, TOBB-ETÜ
Speakers:
Yoichi Kato, Senior Research Fellow, Asia Pacific Initiative
“Shift of Regional Order in the Indo-Pacific in the face of U.S.-China Strategic Rivalry”
Prof. Meliha Altunışık, Middle East Technical University
“New Trends in Turkish Foreign Policy and the Engagement in the Middle East”
Assoc. Prof. Nihat Ali Özcan, TOBB-ETÜ
“The New Geopolitics of the Middle East and Weaponization of Non-State Actors”
