Law and policy conversations on the impact of Russia's aggression against Ukraine on Japan and Germany Session one: Foreign policy and nuclear issues

The German Japanese Lawyers´ Association / Deutsch-Japanische Juristenvereinigung e.V. is delighted to announce the
 

Law and policy conversations on the impact of Russia's aggression against Ukraine on Japan and Germany

Session one: Foreign policy and nuclear issues
 

The Russian aggression has had global repercussions, including in Japan and Germany. This series of online conversations aims to shed light on a range of key issues for both countries and from both a legal and a policy perspective. Each session is intended to create the conversational atmosphere of a “fireside chat” rather than an academic conference. Subsequent sessions will take place on different dates this summer and autumn and will focus on the law and policy frameworks concerning the rules of self-defence and the military as well as issues of cyber security for both countries. Each session will take no longer than 60 minutes (with an optional extension of 30 minutes for extra questions), preceded by a short welcome by the DJJV Secretary General, Kristina Konrad.

Participation is not exclusive to members of the German Japanese Lawyers´ Association, yet prior registration is mandatory.

Session one of the series focuses on implications for the foreign policies of Japan and Germany, respectively, as well as the wide range of nuclear issues arising. This includes the development of Japan’s and Germany’s relations with its neighbours and allies as well as with Russia and Ukraine. A special focus is laid on nuclear law and policy questions, ranging from potential nuclear power plant restarts and lifetime extensions to the risks and uncertainties of nuclear security, non-proliferation and disarmament. The speakers are:

Dr John Nilsson-Wright is an Associate Professor in Modern Japanese Politics and International Relations at Cambridge University, an official fellow of Darwin College, Cambridge, and Korea Foundation Korea Fellow and Senior Research Fellow for Northeast Asia with the Asia-Pacific Programme at Chatham House, London, where he was head of the Asia Programme until 2016. His work focuses on security, political and economic relations between Japan, the Koreas, China and Taiwan.

Dr Julius Weitzdoerfer is a Junior Professor of East Asian Law and Director of the Department of Japanese Law at Hagen University, and a Research Affiliate of the Centre for the Study of Existential Risk, University of Cambridge. He is a former Stanton Nuclear Security Fellow of the Project on Managing the Atom as well as the International Security Program at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government. His work covers the entirety of Japanese law, with a focus on the governance of extreme risks, including disaster, environmental, energy and nuclear law.

Session one will take place at 11:30 CEST on Friday, 1 July 2022 – registration via https://fernuni-hagen.zoom.us/meeting/register/u50rf-2hrjIiHtA72CwCn03ARcju74Jkv4wf

The German Japanese Lawyers´ Association / Deutsch-Japanische Juristenvereinigung e.V. (DJJV) is a non-profit expert organisation that provides a forum for exchange of academic knowledge and practical experience in both countries through lectures and events, the publication of the Journal of Japanese Law as well as by promoting work on issues relevant to the legal systems of both countries. It has over 700 members around the world and is Germany’s second largest bilateral lawyers’ association.