Overview:

On 5 November, US voters will go to the polls to elect a new president and, on 27 October, Japanese will  vote to select members of the Lower House of the Diet.  Additionally, control of both chambers of the US Congress hangs in the balance. As the recent controversy over Nippon Steel’s efforts to acquire US Steel show, the dynamics of the election raise questions about the future of the United States and its relations with Japan.  In addition, Professor Paul Sracic will be joining us to provide an overview of the elections results and what they might mean for both the future of US politics and for U.S.-Japan relations.

Speaker:

Paul Sracic is a professor of Politics and International Relations at Youngstown State University in Ohio and an adjunct fellow at the Hudson Institute in Washington DC. He was twice a Fulbright Scholar in Japan, lecturing on US politics at University of Tokyo, Waseda University, Sophia University and Yokohama National University. He has also given more than fifty State Department sponsored lectures on US politics and foreign policy, including talks at US embassy facilities in Beijing, Tokyo, Brussels, Dublin, and Rome.

Professor Sracic is the author of four books. His articles on American and International politics have appeared in the Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, USA Today, Bloomberg, The Atlantic, The Hill, The Diplomat, Nikkei Asia, and CNN.com.

He will serve as NHK World Japan’s studio analyst for their coverage of the 2024 American Presidential Election.

Moderator:

Robert Dujarric is the co-director of the Institute of Contemporary Asian Studies at TUJ. Prior to joining TUJ, he was a Council on Foreign Relations Hitachi Fellow in at the Research Institute of Economy and Trade, a researcher in Washington DC, and a junior investment banker in New York, Madrid, and London. He is the author of several books and articles. He obtained his AB at Harvard and his MBA at Yale. https://www.tuj.ac.jp/about/faculty-staff/robert-dujarric.