I-House Lecture
[Lunchtime Lecture] Iraq: In Search of New U.S. Relations
Share
Index
Lecturer: Keiko Sakai, Professor, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies
Date & Time: Thursday,February 5, 2009, 12:15-1:15 pm
Venue: Kabayama / Matsumoto Room, International House of Japan
Admission: 3,000 yen (IHJ Members: 2,000 yen) with a lunch ticket*
2,000 yen (IHJ Members: 1,000 yen) lecture only
Language: Japanese (with no English translation)
Supported by The America-Japan Society, Inc.
U.S. President George W. Bush, who led the “War on Terror,” will be leaving office at the end of January 2009 and the world’s attention is now on the new United States under President-elect Barack Obama. Meanwhile, Iraq, which has produced several millions of refugees and is faced with various difficulties in its new administration, is increasingly falling into disarray.
This lecture invites Prof. Keiko Sakai, one of the leading researchers on Iraq in Japan, to talk about the current situation and the future of Iraq including the Iraq War, the relationship of the new Iraqi government with its neighboring countries such as Iran and Turkey, and the impact of the new Obama administration which has indicated an early withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq.
Lecturer
Keiko Sakai
Born in 1959. Graduated from the University of Tokyo. M.A. from the University of Durham. Sakai was a researcher and counselor at the Institute of Developing Economies until 2005 when she assumed her current position. Specializes in the modern political history of Iraq. Her books include Iraku wa taberu－Kakumei to nichijo no fuukei [Iraq Eats－Scenes from the Revolution and Everyday Life](Iwanami Shoten, 2008), Fusein Iraku seiken no shihai kozo [Power Structure of the Saddam Regime in Iraq] (Iwanami Shoten, 2003), and Iraku to Amerika [Iraq and America] (Iwanami Shinsho, 2002).
Archives
Program
Philosophy
International Conferences
Program
I-House Lecture 8 Habits for Better Productivity and Work Styles in Japan
Philosophy
Intellectual Dialogue
Program
I-House Lecture [I-House Lecture]Victimhood Nationalism versus Mnemonic Solidarity: History Reconciliation in East Asia
Philosophy
Intellectual Dialogue
Program
I-House Lecture Baseball and Diplomacy: A Game Changer for U.S.-Japan Relations
Philosophy
Intellectual Dialogue
Program
I-House Lecture [I-House Lecture] China’s Populism in the Internet Era
Philosophy
Intellectual Dialogue
Program
I-House Lecture [I-House Lecture] Memory and Amnesia: Japan-Philippines Relations Reconsidered
Philosophy
Intellectual Dialogue
Related Programs
Arts & Design IHJ Cultural Lobby
Our orderly ways of life have been disrupted in many places around the world, notably in Ukraine and Gaza, and there is little prospect of an early recovery. The issues modern society must consider, s...
Intellectual Dialogue
Arts & Design Architalk: Seeing the World through Architecture
I-House boasts a building constructed under the collaboration of three prominent modern Japanese architects, and from its inauguration has been receiving guests and members from the field of architect...
Intellectual Dialogue
Geoeconomics International Conferences (Japan-Korea-US-China)
