【Date】Tuesday 27 July 2021 16:30-18:00 Tokyo
( 8:30 London | 9:30 Brussels | 15:30 Singapore Monday 26 July 2021 21:30 Hawaii)
【Title】Book Talk ”Defenders of Japan: The Post-Imperial Armed Forces 1946-2016”
【Speaker】 Garren Mulloy (Daito Bunka University)
【Language】English
【Seminar】Full open
We are happy to invite you to a Zoom book talk with Garren Mulloy of Daito Bunka University on his latest book: Defenders of Japan The Post-Imperial Armed Forces 1946-2016, A History (Hurst & Co., London, 2021.).
【Overview】
This books charts the development of the Japan Self-Defense Forces (JSDF) as both unorthodox military institutions and loyal servants of a civil society that decries militarism. Investigating JSDF contributions to Japanese and global security, how they evolved during and after the Cold War, and the likely reconfiguration of contributions to meet Japan’s future security needs, Mulloy offers insights into the Forces’ past, present, and future. He also examines the Forces’ post-war, post-imperial predecessors, as well as characteristics and contradictions of Japanese policy towards an increasingly assertive China, the latent threat of North Korea, and the complex pressures of alliance with the US. Though the US alliance remains the core of Japanese strategy, new partnerships and initiatives shape JSDF roles within Tokyo’s burgeoning ‘Free and Open Indo-Pacific’ Vision. The book deconstructs how the JSDF have adapted and will continue to adapt within domestic norms, caught between unresolved legacies of Japan’s imperial past and a dynamically shifting balance of future global power.
Garren Mulloy is Professor in the Faculty of International Relations and Graduate School of Asian Area Studies of Daito Bunka University, having previously taught at Keio University and the University of Tsukuba. Originally from Britain, he received his Doctorate from Newcastle University, has been a visiting scholar at Stanford University and the University of Cambridge, and has been researching Japanese (and British) politics, history, and defense/security issues for over twenty years. A new volume, co-edited with Dr. Catherine Jones (University of St. Andrews), East Asia, Peacekeeping Operations, and Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief, will be published later this year (Routledge/Taylor Francis India).
【Webinar Access】
To register, please RSVP to icas@tuj.temple.edu
Registration not required but helpful for organizers.
Join for free with the following link:
https://temple.zoom.us/j/93946226990
Meeting ID: 939 4622 6990
【Sponsor】
ICAS
Institute of Contemporary Asian Studies
www.tuj.ac.jp/icas/
【Co-Sponsors】
CRS
Center for Rule-Making Strategies
https://crs-japan.org//en/about-us/
YCAPS
Yokosuka Council on Asia-Pacific Studies
www.ycaps.org/
【Date】29th June 2021, 16:00-17:30 Tokyo
(08:00 London, 09:00 Brussels, 10:00 Tel Aviv)
【Title】Ransomware, Cybercrime, and Cyber attacks: Understanding the situation
【Speaker】 Dr. Lior Tabansky, Scott Jarkov, John Kirch
【Moderator】Robert Dujarric, Tom O’Sullivan
【Language】English
【Seminar】full open
【Overview】
Recently several private and public institutions have suffered devastating cyber and ransomware attacks on their technology systems. The most recent attacks include the Colonial Oil Pipeline in the USA, Air India, Toshiba, Sony, and Fujitsu in Japan, and the Irish Health Service Executive (HSE, Ireland’s public health care system) to name but a few. These attacks have highlighted the impact of technology assaults on critical national infrastructure in a variety of countries. Early incidents in Iran, Israel, the United States involving suspected state-organized attacks were seen as examples of the development of new weapons to undertake sabotage and intelligence gathering, activities that have been around for millennia. But the attacks on vital government and corporate entities by what appears to be criminal gangs adds another dimension to the equation (though ties to governments are not outside of the realm of possibilities). The demand for ransoms to be paid in crypto currencies also adds a new dimension to this escalating cycle of devastating international cyber terrorism. Japan is also slated to host the Olympic Games in July, an event that could attract significant attention from the cyber terrorism community.
Dr. Lior Tabansky offers a unique cybersecurity grasp, combining a Political Science Ph.D., business experience in formulating cyber strategies, and 15 years of IT-pro work.
Dr. Tabansky is the Head of Research Development ofTel Aviv University’s Blavatnik Interdisciplinary Cyber Research Center, where he leads two research projects:
1. PROGRESS: Promoting Global Cyber Resilience for Sectors and Societies.
Leveraging the science of networks and complex socio-technical systems, the new Cyber-Capability Maturity Model analyses a sector of the economy as a whole. Moreover, the expert-led assessment results in actionable Progression Paths tailored for the sector. Large-scale sustainable development projects adopt the PROGRESS model for cross-border Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP.)
2. Hostile Influence Operations via Social Media: evidence from Western-Russian encounters. The research focuses on the gaps in assessing the presumed effects on behavior.
Lior’s doctoral dissertation uncovered the failed peacetime defense adaptation, which exposed nations to cyberattacks on strategic homeland targets.
“Cybersecurity in Israel,” Lior’s 2015 book co-authored with Professor Isaac Ben-Israel, is the first comprehensive “insider” account of decades of Israeli cyber policy and its origins.
Scott Jarkoff
Director, Strategic Threat Advisory Group APJ & EMEA
CrowdStrike
Scott directs CrowdStrike’s Asia-Pacific & Japan (APJ), and EMEA threat intelligence business, serving on a global team entrusted with empowering sales of CrowdStrike’s world renowned, best-of-breed, government-grade intelligence and 24/7 threat hunting capabilities across the Falcon X and OverWatch platforms. He advises and guides customers on methods for operationalizing and integrating threat intelligence and threat hunting within a holistic cyber security and intelligence strategy. He also demonstrates the value actionable threat intelligence and threat hunting provides in today’s threat landscape.
John Kirch
Senior Vice President
Uppsala Security
Tokyo,
At Uppsala Security, John provides Sentinel Protocol, a proven, multi-award-winning suite of tools and services leveraging A.I, Machine Learning, and Blockchain technologies to equip organizations with advanced software solutions for Cryptocurrency AML “Anti-Money Laundering”, Regulatory Compliance Analytics, KYC/KYT Risk Analysis, Transaction Monitoring/Tracking, and Cybersecurity protecting cryptocurrencies and other digital assets from malicious attacks, scams, and fraud.
【Zoom Info】
https://temple.zoom.us/j/96597841213
Meeting ID: 965 9784 1213
On July 5th, 2021, Project Management Institute (PMI), which is the world’s leading institution for project experts and change makers, presented their second annual “Future 50” list.
This list honors 50 outstanding leaders who are reforming the world by their unique and audacious ideas through remarkable projects. Megumi Avigail Yoshitomi, one of our institute researchers, was one of the two selected person from Japan.
For more information, please see these official site (English) or press release (Japanese).
