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Article: A New Tale of Japan’s Domestic and International Political Economy

The Director of the Center’s Sun and Star Program, Dr. Hiroki Takeuchi, alongside Hamilton Scholar Natalya Talih, provided an article reviewing the content of Dr. Mireya Solis’ latest book called […]

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The U.S.-Japan Bilateral Relationship: Times of Uncertainty Demand Good Friends

The U.S.-Japan Bilateral Relationship: Times of Uncertainty Demand Good Friends By: Diana H. Newton, Tower Center Senior Fellow and Collin Powell Teaching Fellow In Tokyo this past summer, SMU’s John […]

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We’re back, back again… to Japan!

We’re back, back again… to Japan! By: Dr. Hiroki Takeuchi, Director of the Sun and Star Program and the SMU-in-Japan Program This June, we were feeling an inexplicable sense of […]

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Japanese Ambassador Visit to SMU

Read the article published by People Newspapers which features our Tower Center event with the Ambassador of Japan to the U.S., Koji Tomita: https://www.peoplenewspapers.com/2023/02/27/japanese-ambassador-to-visit-smu/ 

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Sun & Star: Japan’s New Foreign Policy Strategy and U.S.-Japan Relations in the Evolving International Order

At the SMU Tower Center Sun & Star Symposium 2022, Japan’s New Foreign Policy Strategy and U.S.-Japan Relations in the Evolving International Order, we had the pleasure of hearing Ambassador […]

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Sun & Star: Japan’s Geoeconomic Strategy

Compared to just twenty years ago, Japan has made a remarkable shift regarding its foreign relations strategy to become one of the leading nations championing increased integrations, more comprehensive free […]

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Sun & Star: Cyber Great Game: Geopolitics and Geoeconomics for Data

The Great Game refers to the political and diplomatic tensions between the British Empire and Czarist Russia over territories in Central Asia and India over 100 years ago. This concept, […]

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Sun & Star: Betting on the Farm: Institutional Change in Japanese Agriculture

Food is often something Americans take for granted; our grocery stores are fully stocked (pandemic aside) and we have a diverse array of ecosystems across the continent perfect for agriculture. […]

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Sun & Star Webinar: The East Asian COVID-19 Paradox

The COVID-19 pandemic has ravaged the globe since its inception in 2019, and with it we have seen a variety of governmental responses. Nearly two years since the start of […]

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Sun & Star Webinar Series: The Rights Protection Movements in Contemporary China

Over the last few years, much of the foreign policy news in America has revolved around our relations, both economic and political, with China. Many scholars also question whether or […]