Workshops

IFPA Workshop and Seminars

Pandemic Influenza Workshop: Multilateral Perspectives on Preparedness, Response Planning, and Areas for Cooperation

On September 27, 2006, military officers, government representatives, and foreign policy experts from the United States, Japan, and the Republic of Korea gathered for a one-day workshop in Tokyo, Japan, to discuss the potential threat of a pandemic influenza in the Asia-Pacific region. The event was co-sponsored by the Institute for Foreign Policy Analysis, the Institute of World Studies at Takushoku University, and the United States Pacific Command (PACOM).

Strengthening Forces for Democracy in the Middle East:
Lessons from the Past and Strategies for the Future

Convened by the Institute on February 9, 2006, in Washington, D.C., with the generous support of the Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, this Report assesses the extent to which lessons learned from the Cold War era struggle against Communism have relevance to the war against radical Salafist ideologies and to efforts to establish democracies in the wider Muslim world.

Mexican-U.S. Partnership: Enhancing Our Common Security

IFPA convened a workshop on December 2, 2005, in Washington, D.C., that brought together U.S. and Mexican officials and nongovernment experts to address key elements of the Mexico-U.S. security partnership.

Building Multi-party Capacity for a WMD-free Korean Peninsula

Government officials and foreign-policy experts from the United States, China, Russia, Japan, South Korea, and Australia gathered for a one-day workshop in Honolulu, Hawaii, on February 17, 2006, to discuss the six-party talks and to explore options for building regional capacity to implement a denuclearization agreement with North Korea, if and when one is concluded.

Trilateral Tools for Managing Complex Contingencies:
U.S.-Japan-Korea Cooperation in Disaster Relief & Stabilization/Reconstruction Missions

Dozens of government officials, foreign policy experts, and nongovernmental representatives from the United States, Japan, and South Korea gathered for an IFPA seminar in Washington, D.C., on November 2, 2005, to discuss the importance of international cooperation for managing complex contingencies.

Building Multi-Party Capacity for a WMD-Free Korean Peninsula
part of the Building Six-Party Capacity project

On March 16-17, 2005, government officials and other participants from the United States, China, South Korea, Japan, Russia, and Australia met in Shanghai to discuss how the six-party process could become a more useful tool in the effort to denuclearize North Korea and enhance regional stability as well as facilitate future agreements such as security assurances, nuclear dismantlement and verification, and economic engagement with North Korea.

Canada - U.S. Partnership:
Enhancing Our Common Security
IIFPA, as part of a new project, convened a workshop on March 14, 2005, in Washington, D.C., that brought together U.S. and Canadian officials and nongovernment experts to address border security, maritime issues, port security and the protection of critical infrastructure as well as organizational requirements for enhancing U.S.-Canada security cooperation.

Future of the Korean Peninsula and Japan-U.S.-Korea Security Cooperation
This workshop, held on November 11, 2004, in Tokyo, Japan, was part of an ongoing project looking at U.S.-Japan-South Korea policy coordination and the prospects for enhancing trilateral security and crisis-response coordination in the future; this workshop focused on military transformation, consequence management and contingency planning, and security policy reforms underway in all three countries and their implications for future trilateral cooperation.

Coordinating Regional Strategies for a WMD-Free Korean Peninsula
part of the Building Six-Party Capacity project

As part of IFPA's ongoing project on U.S.-ROK coordination and cooperation, government officials and foreign policy experts from six nations met in Honolulu, Hawaii, on February 20, 2004, for the third in a series of workshops to discuss options for dealing with North Korea's WMD programs and approaches to achieving a WMD-free Korean Peninsula.

WMD Challenges on the Korean Peninsula and New Approaches: A U.S.-ROK-Japanese Dialogue
part of the Building Six-Party Capacity project

On April 11, 2003, IFPA convened the second workshop in its project on U.S.-ROK coordination and cooperation, in Seoul, South Korea, which examined options on the way ahead for WMD management on the Korean Peninsula.

Missile Defense and Counterproliferation on the Korean Peninsula: Exploring U.S.-ROK Options and Requirements
This workshop, convened in Seoul, South Korea, on October 8, 2002, brought together members of the American and South Korean governments, as well as non-government experts, to explore the air and missile threat environment in Northeast Asia and to discuss and identify appropriate options for responding..

The WMD Challenge on the Korean Peninsula: Exploring a Joint U.S.-ROK Alliance Response
part of the Building Six-Party Capacity project

On April 26, 2002, IFPA convened the first in a series of workshops for its project on U.S.-ROK coordination and cooperation to identify and examine options for development of a more cohesive and comprehensive regional approach for negotiating a WMD-free North Korea.

Enhancing Japanese-U.S. Cooperation on Crisis and Consequence Management
As part of a major project, on April 10-11, 2002, in Tokyo, Japan, IFPA convened the second of two workshops that utilized an earthquake scenario to examine issues and policy options on joint crisis management between Japan and the United States and to explore how the two nations can better prepare for and respond to an array of crises.

Preparing the U.S.-Japan Alliance for a New Security Environment
On April 8-9, 2002, as part of a project on the implications of Korean unification for the U.S.-Japan alliance, IFPA convened the second of two meetings that addressed security dynamics in the aftermath of September 11, 2001, U.S. security/defense strategy in Asia, Japan 's securitypolicy, and adapting the alliance to these new realities.

Northeast Asian Security after Korean Reconciliation/
Reunification
his workshop, which was held on March 13-14, 2001, in Washington, D.C., as part of an IFPA project, examined the geostrategic context for Korean reconciliation and unification and the fundamental interests and roles of the various actors in Northeast Asia that will be most affected by the process underway between the two Koreas.

Military Responses to Nuclear, Biological & Chemical Contingencies:
Potential Areas for Japan-ROK-U.S. Cooperation

Convened on September 14-15, 2000, for U.S. Pacific Command (PACOM), with the support and cooperation of the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA), this trilateral workshop was designed to support the efforts of PACOM to promote enhanced collaboration among the United States and its principal strategic partners in Northeast Asia on crisis and consequence management.

Enhancing U.S.-Japanese Cooperation on Crisis and Consequence Management
As part of a major project, on November 29, 2000, in Washington, D.C., IFPA convened the first of two workshops that brought together experts from Japan and the United States to focus on natural disasters, WMD incidents, disasters at sea, and cyber-warfare and to examine how the United States and Japan could address those issues in the context of crisis and consequence management.