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Greetings upon Taking Office — Kazuko Hikawa Publication of RECNA Policy Paper 20 Establishment of the Research Center for Global Risk Nagasaki Youth Delegation Visits Geneva Redesigning of the World’s Nuclear Warhead Data Poster The 3rd Essay Contest on a “Nuclear Weapons Free Future” Two New Visiting Professors Take Up Their Posts [Full text] * Citation URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10069/0002001654 |
■Program：
Fri. 6 December International Symposium
9:00-10:00 Opening Session
Welcome Greetings: Katsuhiko Mori, Director, SSRI, ICU
Keynote Speech: Morton Halperin via Zoom, former Director, Policy Planning Staff, US Department of State
“Towards a NWFZ in Northeast Asia”
10:10-11:20 Session I First Strike? The Rise of Preemptive Doctrines and the Rising Risk of War
Jae-Jung Suh, Program Chair, SSRI, ICU
“The Lure to Preempt Weapons, the Risk to Precipitate War”
Gregory Kulacki, East Asia Project Manager, Union of Concerned Scientists
“Contemporary US-China Relations and the Problem of Extended Nuclear Deterrence in East Asia”
Discussants: Wooksik Cheong, Director, Peace Network
Fumihiko Yoshida, Director, Research Center for Nuclear Weapons Abolition, Nagasaki University
11:30-12:40 Session II Risk Management and Reduction
Peter Hayes via Zoom, Director, Nautilus Institute for Security and Sustainability
“Comprehensive Security Roadmap to Denuclearize the Korean Peninsula”
Van Jackson via Zoom, Senior Lecturer, Victoria University of Wellington
“Peacemaking and Nuclear Precarity: Practical Solutions to Preventing World War III”
Discussants: Michiru Nishida, Professor, School of Global Humanities and Social Sciences, Nagasaki University
Brian Aycock, Assistant Professor by Special Appointment, SSRI, ICU
12:40-13:50 Lunch
13:50-15:00 Session III Proactive Diplomacy and Early Warnings
Sayo Saruta, Director,New Diplomacy Initiative
“Institutionalization of Multi-Truck Diplomacy”
A-Young Moon, Representative, PeaceMOMO
“Security as commons, civil space for conflict prevention and peace-building”
Discussants: Tobias Weiss, Associate Professor, Faculty of Global Studies, Sophia University
Keiko Nakamura, Associate Professor, RECNA, Nagasaki University
15:10-16:20 Session IV C3 Security Regime and Denuclearization
Tatsujiro Suzuki, Professor, RECNA, Nagasaki University & Jae-Jung Suh
“Proposing NWFZ 2.0 and C3 Regime”
Rebecca Johnson via Zoom, Founding Director, Acronym Institute
“Using the TPNW to reframe security and denuclearization dialogues and NWFZ strategies in Northeast Asia”
Discussants: Kimiaki Kawai, Vice Director, RECNA, Nagasaki University
Wilhelm Vosse, Chair, Department of Politic and International Studies, ICU
16:20-17:00 Closing Session
Wrap-up Statement: Hiromichi Umebayashi, Special Advisor, Peace Depot
Concluding Remarks: Hyang-Suk Kwon via Zoom, Deputy Director, Institute of Global Concern, Sophia University
Joint Prayer: Jeremiah Alberg, Acting Director, Religious Center, ICU and Father Juan Haidar, Professor, Faculty of
Theology, Sophia University
Sat. 7 December Peace-building Scenario Workshop
10:10-12:40 Discussion on policy implications (Open to the public)
Opening Remark: Michael Hamel-Green via Zoom, Emeritus Professor, Victoria University
“Successes in Regional Peace-Building, Challenges in Northeast Asia”
Peace-building Scenario
Moderators: Francis Daehoon Lee, Director, Trans-Education for Peace Institute of PeaceMOMO
Kazuko Hikawa, Vice Director, RECNA, Nagasaki University
Wrap-up Statement: Fumihiko Yoshida
Concluding Remarks: Jae-Jung Suh
■ Date: December 2, 2024 (Mon) 18:00 pm – 19:30 pm (JST)
■ Venue: Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum Hall (Nagasaki City)
■ Language: English (with simultaneous interpretation)
■ Speaker: Dan Smith, Director of the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)
*Online participation is available (Zoom Webinar):
Please register from the here🔗. [Deadline: Nov. 28, 2024]
This year’s Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to the Japan Confederation of A-and H-Bomb Sufferers Organizations. This award highlights that the issue of nuclear weapons concerns not only the present but also our future. In a world where tensions between major powers and nuclear arms race are intensifying, how should nations striving for peace and civil society respond?
In this lecture, Mr. Dan Smith, Director of Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), will provide an insightful explanation of the challenges related to nuclear weapons and peace that the world currently faces, drawing upon his extensive experience and broad expertise.
Mr. Dan Smith has researched and written on security, conflict and peace for four decades. He served four years in the UN Peacebuilding Fund Advisory Group, two as Chair (2010–2011). He was part-time Professor of Peace and Conflict at the University of Manchester from 2014 to 2017. Before taking up his post at SIPRI, he was Secretary General of the London-based peacebuilding NGO, International Alert (2003–2015) and Director of the International Peace Research Institute, Oslo (1993–2001).
SIPRI is one of the world’s leading think tanks on peace and security and publishes an annual report on global armaments, military budgets and conflict situations. In that report this year, Director Smith expressed his concern that we are now in one of the most dangerous periods in human history.
■Hosted by PCU-NC Administration Office
■Co-hosted by Research Center for Nuclear Weapons Abolition, Nagasaki University (RECNA)
■Contact: PCU-NC Administration Office
Email：pcu_nc★ml.nagasaki-u.ac.jp (Change ★ to @.)
On Saturday, November 30, 2024, The international symposium will be held co-hosted by the Hiroshima Peace Institute (HPI), The Hiroshima Peace Media Center, and RECNA.
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■Outline:
This year marks the seventieth anniversary of the Lucky Dragon incident after the Bravo H-Bomb Test at Bikini Atoll, which resulted in another human death caused by nuclear weapons after Hiroshima and Nagasaki. This year’s Academy Award winning movie “Oppenheimer” also brought attention towards the Trinity test, which was the first nuclear explosion in human history. The consecutive nuclear testing since the Cold War era by nuclear weapons states knowingly caused calamity through radioactive contaminations, making so-called “Global Hibakusha” victims. This symposium will critically question the proposition that nuclear weapons bear some utility and try to establish ways to strengthen the norm against nuclear weapons use, be it during the wartime or peacetime. Putting narratives of Hiroshima and Global Hibakusha in the same context will help us to find a path towards nuclear abolishment.
Words of Congratulations on the Prize
For many years, Nihon Hidankyo has persistently called for the abolition of nuclear weapons based on the experiences of the hibakusha. Its activities have helped to raise awareness regarding the inhumanity of nuclear weapons around the world and contributed greatly to the realization of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. This recognition of its efforts will surely provide a ray of hope for all those who are working towards a world without nuclear weapons. Today, where the threat of nuclear weapons use is mounting, we must deeply reflect on the significance of Nihon Hidankyo’s message: “Humanity must never again inflict nor suffer the sacrifice and torture we have experienced.” 1
As a research institute in Japan with the phrase “nuclear weapons abolition” in its name, all of us at RECNA would like to express our heartfelt congratulations upon the conferment of the Nobel Peace Prize to Nihon Hidankyo.
1 https://www.ne.jp/asahi/hidankyo/nihon/english/about/about1-02.html.
