Nuclear Options in the Cold War:
Energy, Bomb and Technology Choices before and after 1968
Date: March 1 - March 2, 2017
Place: National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS), 1st Floor Conference Rooms
Place: National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS), 1st Floor Conference Rooms
Participants:
- ARAKAKI, Hiromu, Dr., Research Fellow, America, Europe, and Russia Division, Regional Studies Department, the National Institute for Defense Studies (NIDS)
- BANGE, Oliver, Dr., Zentrum für Militärgeschichte und Sozialwissenschaften der Bundeswehr (ZMSBw, Centre for Military History and Social Sciences of the German armed forces), Germany
- BAYLIS, John, Professor, Swansea University, UK
- BURR, William, Dr., Senior Analyst, the National Security Archive, USA
- GOROKU, Tsuyoshi, Researcher, EU Studies Institute in Tokyo (EUSI)
- HORIO, Kenta, Ph.D. Candidate, The University of Tokyo
- IWAMA, Yoko, Dr., Professor, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS), Project Leader
- KAWASHIMA, Shuichi, Dr., Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, Meiji University
- KAZUHARA, Takanori, Former Japanese Ambassador to Ireland
- KOBAYASHI, Hiroyuki, Part-time lecturer, Kanto Gakuin University
- KOKUBO, Chihaya, Lecturer, School of International Relations, University of Shizuoka
- KUROSAKI, Akira, Dr., Associate Professor, Fukushima University
- MONGIN, Dominique, Professor, Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales (INALCO, National Institute for Oriental Languages and Civilizations)/Ecole Normale Supérieure (ENS), France
- MUNTON, Don, Professor, University of Northern British Columbia, Canada
- NUMATA, Sadaaki, Former Japanese Ambassador to Canada
- NUTTALL, William, Dr., Professor, The Open University, UK
- TOMOTSUGU, Shinsuke, Dr., Associate Professor, Institute for Peace and Science, Hiroshima University
- YOSHIDA, Shingo, Dr., Lecturer, Faculty of Economics, Nagoya University of Commerce and Business
Program
1 March 2017 (Wed) GRIPS 1st floor conference rooms
9:00-9:15
<Opening session>
Welcome remarks
Narushige MICHISHITA, Director, SISP (Security and International Studies Program) GRIPS
Agenda Setting: “Trying to understand the meaning of the choices we made”
Yoko IWAMA, GRIPS
9:15-10:45
<U.S. Policies concerning nuclear knowledge proliferation>
William BURR, National Security Archive,
“Nuclear Proliferation and National Security Interests: U.S. Policy Thinking during the 1960s”
Chair: Masakatsu OTA (Kyodo News)
Commentator: Tsuyoshi GOROKU, Shinsuke TOMOTSUGU
10:45-11:00 Coffee break
11:00-12:30
<UK case>
John BAYLIS, Swansea University
“The British Nuclear Experience: the Deterrence/Non-proliferation Dilemma”
Chair: Yoko IWAMA
Commentator: Hiroyuki KOBAYASHI, Hiromu ARAKAKI
12:30-14:00 Lunch
14:00-15:30
<French case>
Dominique MONGIN, INALCO/ENS
“How France associated itself to NATO Defense Strategy and Western Non-Proliferation Regime after 1966”
Chair: Hiromu ARAKAKI
Commentator: Shuichi KAWASHIMA, Chihaya KOKUBO
15:30-16:00 Coffee break
16:00-17:30
<German case>
Oliver BANGE, ZMSBw
“Implementing the 1968 Deal in the 1970s: Germany's Say in NATO Nuclear Affairs”
Chair: Norihide MIYOSHI (Yomiuri Shinbun)
Commentator: Tsuyoshi GOROKU
1 March 2017 (Wed) GRIPS 1st floor conference rooms
9:00-9:15
<Opening session>
Welcome remarks
Narushige MICHISHITA, Director, SISP (Security and International Studies Program) GRIPS
Agenda Setting: “Trying to understand the meaning of the choices we made”
Yoko IWAMA, GRIPS
9:15-10:45
<U.S. Policies concerning nuclear knowledge proliferation>
William BURR, National Security Archive,
“Nuclear Proliferation and National Security Interests: U.S. Policy Thinking during the 1960s”
Chair: Masakatsu OTA (Kyodo News)
Commentator: Tsuyoshi GOROKU, Shinsuke TOMOTSUGU
10:45-11:00 Coffee break
11:00-12:30
<UK case>
John BAYLIS, Swansea University
“The British Nuclear Experience: the Deterrence/Non-proliferation Dilemma”
Chair: Yoko IWAMA
Commentator: Hiroyuki KOBAYASHI, Hiromu ARAKAKI
12:30-14:00 Lunch
14:00-15:30
<French case>
Dominique MONGIN, INALCO/ENS
“How France associated itself to NATO Defense Strategy and Western Non-Proliferation Regime after 1966”
Chair: Hiromu ARAKAKI
Commentator: Shuichi KAWASHIMA, Chihaya KOKUBO
15:30-16:00 Coffee break
16:00-17:30
<German case>
Oliver BANGE, ZMSBw
“Implementing the 1968 Deal in the 1970s: Germany's Say in NATO Nuclear Affairs”
Chair: Norihide MIYOSHI (Yomiuri Shinbun)
Commentator: Tsuyoshi GOROKU
2 March 2017 (Thu) GRIPS 1st floor conference rooms
9:00-10:30
<Canadian case>
Don MUNTON, University of Northern British Columbia
“Canada’s Nuclear Choices as the closest American Ally”
Chair: Yoko IWAMA
Commentator: Sadaaki NUMATA
10:30-11:00 Coffee break
11:00-12:00
<Asian regime for control of nuclear related knowledge>
Shinsuke TOMOTSUGU, Hiroshima University
“After the Hegemony of the Atoms for Peace Program: Multinational Non-Proliferation Policy under the Nixon and Ford Administrations”
Chair: Masakatsu OTA
Commentator: William BURR
12:00-13:30
<Brown Bag Lunch Session>
William NUTTALL, The Open University
“Britain and Civil Nuclear Power: Tales of Success and Failure”
Chair: Yoko IWAMA
13:30-14:30
<Japan Session 1>
Shingo YOSHIDA, Nagoya University of Commerce and Business
“Crisis of Credibility: Chinese Nuclear Weapons, ABM, and the Japan-US Alliance”
Chair: Narushige MICHISHITA
Commentator: Oliver BANGE
14:30-14:45 Coffee break
14:45-16:15
<Japan Session 2>
Kenta HORIO, The University of Tokyo
“Japan’s Acquirement of Nuclear and Rocket Capability”
Yoko IWAMA, GRIPS
“What we know about Japan’s options in the Sixties and its decision to join the Non-Proliferation Regime”
Chair: Narushige MICHISHITA
Commentator: Takanori KAZUHARA, Akira KUROSAKI,
16:15-16:30 Coffee break
16:30-17:30
<Wrap-up session>
9:00-10:30
<Canadian case>
Don MUNTON, University of Northern British Columbia
“Canada’s Nuclear Choices as the closest American Ally”
Chair: Yoko IWAMA
Commentator: Sadaaki NUMATA
10:30-11:00 Coffee break
11:00-12:00
<Asian regime for control of nuclear related knowledge>
Shinsuke TOMOTSUGU, Hiroshima University
“After the Hegemony of the Atoms for Peace Program: Multinational Non-Proliferation Policy under the Nixon and Ford Administrations”
Chair: Masakatsu OTA
Commentator: William BURR
12:00-13:30
<Brown Bag Lunch Session>
William NUTTALL, The Open University
“Britain and Civil Nuclear Power: Tales of Success and Failure”
Chair: Yoko IWAMA
13:30-14:30
<Japan Session 1>
Shingo YOSHIDA, Nagoya University of Commerce and Business
“Crisis of Credibility: Chinese Nuclear Weapons, ABM, and the Japan-US Alliance”
Chair: Narushige MICHISHITA
Commentator: Oliver BANGE
14:30-14:45 Coffee break
14:45-16:15
<Japan Session 2>
Kenta HORIO, The University of Tokyo
“Japan’s Acquirement of Nuclear and Rocket Capability”
Yoko IWAMA, GRIPS
“What we know about Japan’s options in the Sixties and its decision to join the Non-Proliferation Regime”
Chair: Narushige MICHISHITA
Commentator: Takanori KAZUHARA, Akira KUROSAKI,
16:15-16:30 Coffee break
16:30-17:30
<Wrap-up session>