Online Webinar hosted by RIIPA 

March 1, 2025 

Geopolitical Changes and Maintaining Maritime Security in the Indo-Pacific Region: The Prospects for Commitment by the New US Administration 

Both academics and practitioners of international relations, international law, as well as national security experts from Asia, Europe, and the US will discuss and assess the current geopolitical change taking shape in the Indo-Pacific and provide their expertise as to how to maintain maritime security in this vital region amid a change in administration in the United States 

Date of webinar: 

March 1, 2025 at 20:30 JST/12:30 CET/06:30 EST 

Speakers: 

Moderator:  

Dr. Tosh Minohara. Chairman, Research Institute for Indo-Pacific Affairs (RIIPA); Professor, Graduate School of Law and Politics at Kobe University 

Experts: 

Ms. Mariko Kawano. Professor, Faculty of Law School of Law, Waseda University 

Dr. Takashi Terada. Professor, Faculty of Law, Department of Political Science, Doshisha University 

Dr. Martin Eberts. Martin Eberts, Consul General (retd.); President of the German-Japanese Association Berlin. 

Mr. Leonard J. Kosinski. United States Air Force Lieutenant General (ret.) and former Deputy Commander, Fifth Air Force, Yokota Air Base; RIIPA adviser 

Dr. James Kraska. Chair and Charles H. Stockton Professor of International Maritime Law in the Stockton Center for International Law at the Naval War College  

Mr. Shahriman Lockman. Director (Special Projects) at Institute of Strategic & International Studies (ISIS) Malaysia 

Dr. Kitti Prasirtsuk. Professor, International Relations at Thammasat University; Visiting Scholar at Kyushu University 

Language:

English (Zoom translation function available)  

Registration link: 

here