Dr. Satu P. Limaye (
Moderator)
Director, East-West Center in Washington
Within the past six months, the United States and Japan have both elected new leaders and now must address questions of where the alliance stands and where it is headed. The East-West Center in Washington, in partnership with
Tokyo Review, held an in-depth discussion with authors from the latest
Asia Pacific Bulletin series to explore the possibilities for continuing and creating new pathways of cooperation between the United States and Japan under the Biden and Suga administrations.
SPEAKER BIOGRAPHIES
Sean Connell is a senior fellow at the Maureen and Mike Mansfield Foundation and a former visiting fellow at the East-West Center in Washington. Previously, he was director for Japan and Korea, and executive director of the US-Korea Business Council, at the United States Chamber of Commerce. He was a Council on Foreign Relations-Hitachi Fellow based at the Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI), and has served in leadership roles in international trade and economic development in Washington State. His research focuses on economic and innovation policy in Japan and Korea, and US-Japan and US-Korea economic relations, including at the subnational level.