Join us for a dialogue among leading scholars of global history on the legacies of the 20th Century and the prospects for developing a more stable and prosperous world order in the remainder of the 21st Century. On this 70th anniversary of the end of the Second World War, participants in a CSIS research project will summarize key findings from a series of workshops and papers to be published in an edited volume in 2016. Opening Remarks John Hamre, President and CEO, CSIS Perspectives on the Global History of the 20th Century Germany : Sebastian Conrad, Professor of History, Freie Universitat Berlin Japan : Yuichi Hosoya, Professor, Keio University Satoshi Ikeuchi, Associate Professor, University of Tokyo United States : William Inboden, Associate Professor, LBJ School of Public Affairs, University of Texas-Austin China : Jian Chen, Hu Shih Professor of History for U.S.-China Relations, Cornell University Turkey : Cemil Aydin, Associate Professor of History, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill Moderator : Michael J. Green, Senior Vice President for Asia and Japan Chair, CSIS; Chair in Modern and Contemporary Japanese Politics and Foreign Policy, Georgetown University

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1. I think there was just one mention of public opinion from this panel on global history, and that was just, of course, to support a argument about Japanese national identity. This sounds like restructuring of the grand strategy, not a real look at history, but rather, a at the future of world order. This is a panel on restructuring of 3rd world wealth and resources into new power structures being shaped by China's rise and Japan's decline. Japan a client state of the US and China a rogue element that is clearly misunderstood by western powers. Europe and US doesn't want to give up their 3rd world assests, but the Chinese are not playing within the rules of the Grand Strategy. So, is this the beginning of a Chinese / American partnership for global control? Or is this an attempt to get China on board with the Neoliberal agenda following the US lead? I doubt a Western / Eastern hemisphere arrangement will work in the long run because each side will try to use influence and client states to undermine the other leading to obvious tensions, escalation and proxy conflicts. The more things change the more they remain the same.
2. 池内さん英語できないなら断りなさい。
3. I regret that there are no female historians on this panel.