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On Monday, November 17, from 5:00 PM to 6:30 PM, we will host a public seminar titled “Comprehensive Security Cooperation in the Indo-Pacific Region,” featuring experts from King’s College London (UK), the University of New South Wales (UNSW, Australia), and Arizona State University (USA).
 
Comprehensive security safeguards citizens’ lives from various threats, including energy crises, food shortages, and natural disasters, to ensure national peace and stability.
 
Amidst the turmoil in international affairs under the second Trump administration, how can Japan cooperate with like-minded nations such as the US, UK, and Australia on various challenges encompassed by comprehensive security (energy, rare minerals, food, cyber, etc.) to achieve stability in the Indo-Pacific region?
 
This seminar will invite comprehensive security experts from the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia to discuss these issues.
 
We warmly welcome participation from anyone interested in international affairs, regardless of their field of expertise.
 
1.Date & Time: Tuesday, November 17, 2025, 17:00–18:30
 
2.Location: Rooms 112/113, Kyoto University Higashiichijō Building
 
3.Language: English
 
4.Target Audience: Undergraduate and graduate students and members of the public interested in international affairs
 
5.Speaker:
　　Brig (Ret) Dr. Ian Langford (Executive Director of Security & Defence PLuS, UNSW)
　　Prof. Alessio Patalano (Professor of War & Strategy in East Asia, King’s College London)
　　Dr. Alicia Ellis (Director of the MA in Global Security Program, Arizona State University)
　　Prof. Debi Ashenden (Director of UNSW Institute for Cyber Security)
 
6.Capacity: Up to 50 in-person participants
 
7.Participation fee: Free
 
8.Registration: Please register via the link below
https://forms.gle/vHj89Etn2aBteeoJA
 
9.Registration Deadline: 12:00 p.m., November 14, 2025,
 
10.Organizer: International Political Economy Research Group, GSAIS, Kyoto University
 
11.Co-Organizer: The Kajima Institute of International Peace; Security & Defence PLuS
 
12.Inquiries:
Prof. Takashi Sekiyama
1 Yoshida Nakatada-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8303
Email: sekiyama.takashi.2e@kyoto-u.ac.jp (Replace “＊” with “@”)