Asia's Strategic Challenges: In Search of a Common Agenda
The International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) held an International Forum in partnership with the Japanese Institute of International Affairs (JIIA) in Tokyo from 2 to 4 June 2008. The theme of the Forum was ‘Asia’s Strategic Challenges: In Search of a Common Agenda.’
In a year in which the IISS celebrates its 50th anniversary and Japan assumes chairmanship of the G-8, this international conference will have particular salience and high-level visibility. Policy-relevant deliberation on issues affecting Asian and Pacific security will both inform policy-makers and become part of the discussion of the G-8 leaders. This IISS-JIIA International Forum will bring together a medium-sized group of leaders of government, business, academia, and media from Asia and its global partners to discuss environmental, energy, proliferation, and other security challenges most acutely facing Asian states and ideas for forging a common security agenda.
