

1201 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Suite 400
Washington, DC 20004
Deputy Chief of Mission, Embassy of Japan
Director of the U.S.-Japan Center and Professor Emeritus, Vanderbilt University
Senior Researcher, Japan Forum for Strategic Studies
Director of the Asian Studies Program and Professor and Chair in Contemporary Japanese Politics and Foreign Policy, Georgetown University
Japan Chair, Hudson Institute and Former National Security Advisor
In 1960, President Dwight D. Eisenhower and Prime Minister Nobusuke Kishi, the grandfather of current Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, signed the Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security, commencing an unprecedented era of trust and collaboration.
The U.S.-Japan alliance has become the most important security arrangement for the peace and prosperity of the Asia-Pacific region. Today, the United States forward deploys more than 50,000 troops in Japan, while the Japan Self-Defense Force boasts one of the most modern and best-equipped militaries in the world. Together, the U.S. and Japan have worked to forge a stable regional and international economic and security order.
How did the United States and Japan go from the fiercest of wartime enemies to the closest of peacetime allies? How did the alliance move from the original Yoshida Doctrine of providing U.S. bases in Japan in exchange for Japan’s economic development, to the far more operational partnership that exists today? How has history shaped the relationship and how will it play a role in the future of the alliance?
Join Hudson Institute as we mark the 60th anniversary year of the Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security. Hudson Institute’s Japan Chair, Lieutenant General H.R. McMaster, U.S. Army (Ret.), will lead a conversation of distinguished panelists to reflect on the history of this remarkably successful alliance.
NOTE: This event is open to the press. All members of the media should RSVP to press@hudson.org.
NATO members Lithuania, Denmark, Estonia, and Poland have led the way in both backing Ukraine’s defense and bolstering their own capabilities. But no country has shown more courage and tenacity than Ukraine itself. These countries' parliamentary chairs will join Hudson’s Peter Rough to discuss what to look for at the Vilnius summit.
This event will discuss the failed policy of 2-percent inflation, the restoration of a true monetary base, checks and balances on the Federal Reserve, free market interest rates, and other fundamental reforms to America’s ailing money regime.
Please join Hudson Institute Asia-Pacific Security Chair Dr. Patrick Cronin for a conversation with Ambassador Fick on the intersection of strategy, technology, and diplomacy.
Please join Hudson Senior Fellow Michael Doran as he moderates a discussion with a panel of experts on Turkish politics to unpack what this decisive victory means for US-Turkey relations, the war in Ukraine, and the balance of power in the Middle East.