Overcoming Challenges to a Peaceful and Prosperous International Order:
A Proactive Role for G7

Campbell Conference Facility, University of Toronto, 1 Devonshire Place
November 2, 2023, 1:00PM–5:30PM EST

Hosted by the Centre for the Study of Global Japan, G7 Research Group and Bill Graham Centre for Contemporary International History with generous support from the Consulate-General of Japan in Toronto

The international order confronts significant challenges, including intensifying geopolitical tensions in Asia and Europe, new forms of geoeconomic competition and weaponized interdependence, and globalized problems necessitating unprecedented societal transformations. In this symposium, a distinguished group of speakers will offer their insights about global challenges and potential solutions in the domains of international security, economic relations, and societal transformation. The symposium will consider the role that Japan, Canada, and the United States can play along with other G7 partners in confronting global challenges, building on the progress of the Hiroshima G7 meeting in May 2023.

Program

1:00-1:15 Welcome and Opening Remarks: Phillip Lipscy, Director, Centre for the Study of Global Japan; Takuya Sasayama, Consul-General of Japan in Toronto
1:15-2:30 Session 1: Security: Nobumasa Akiyama, Professor, School of International and Public Policy and the Graduate School of Law, Hitotsubashi University; Ayumi Teraoka, Postdoctoral research scholar, Columbia University's Weatherhead East Asian Institute; Daisaku Higashi, Professor, Center for Global Education and Discovery, Sophia University; Dani Nedal, Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science and Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy
2:30-2:45 Break with Refreshments
2:45-4:00 Session 2: Economy: Glen S. Fukushima, Senior Fellow, Center for American Progress; Deanna Horton, Distinguished Fellow, Centre for the Study of Global Japan, Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada; Louis Pauly, J. Stefan Distinguished Professor of Political Economy, University of Toronto; John Kirton, Director of the G7 Research Group, University of Toronto
4:00–4:15 Break with Refreshments
4:15-5:30 Session 3: Societal Transformation: Jim Raymo, Professor of Sociology and the Henry Wendt III Professor of East Asian Studies at Princeton University; Carin Holroyd, Professor Political Studies, University of Saskatchewan; James Tiessen, Professor, Global Management Studies and Director, Master of Health Administration (Community Care), Toronto Metropolitan University; John Meehan, Director of the Bill Graham Centre for Contemporary International History, University of Toronto

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