Toshitaka TAKEUCHI    Department   Kyoto University of Foreign Studies  Department of Global Studies, Faculty of Global Engagement    Position   Professor
Date	2020/01/07
Presentation Theme	Discussant, “Overcoming Security Isolationism: Japan’s Promotion of East Asian Security Multilateralism Since 1991”
Conference	Asia-Pacific Studies Seminar
Promoters	Asia-Pacific Studies Seminar
Conference Type	Workshop/Symposium
Presentation Type	Panelist at Symposium/Workshop (Appointed)
Contribution Type	Individual
Venue	Academic Exchange Room, 3rd floor of Building E, Minoh Campus, Osaka University
Publisher and common publisher	Professor Paul Midford (Professor, Department of Sociology and Political Science, Norwegian University of Science and Technology)
Details	his talk focused on the July 1991 Nakayama proposal and the resulting legacy of more than a quarter-century of Japanese leadership in promoting regional security multilateralism. I found this presentation pretty convincing in that the Nakayama proposal, on which he pivoted his argument, was an attempt as reassurance on the part of Japan to Asian countries because it is multilateralism as such, behind which Japan can hide its influence.