Thierry de Montbrial Tokyo Global Dialogue 2019

… I deeply think that not only us in Europe but the rest of the world needs a strong Europe. Why? Because we are no longer, and we will never be again an imperialistic power, but we are really a free association of free countries, something totally new in history, economically relatively successful in spite of all the difficulties, and in a certain sense, we are a model of social democracy which works – it is difficult, but it works. We need you and you need us.

Plenary Session 1 : Challenges to democratic political system and the liberal international order

Hiroshi NAKANISHI, Professor, Kyoto University
Avril HAINES, Former White House Deputy National Security Advisor / Former Deputy Director of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency
Yuichi HOSOYA, Professor, Keio University / Senior Adjunct Fellow, JIIA
Thierry de MONTBRIAL, Executive Chairman, French Institute of International Relations (Ifri)
Kenichiro SASAE, President, JIIA
Robert WARD, Editorial Director, Intelligence Unit, The Economist
The waves of anti-globalism and populism sweeping over the international community are undermining the foundations of democratic political systems in countries around the world and posing challenges to the liberal international order. This session will identify the background causes of these developments, and then discuss the actions that national leaders should take both within their own countries and in the international community.

Plenary Session 4 : Digitalizing societies and the international order

Patrick M. CRONIN, Chair for Asia-Pacific Security, Hudson Institute, Hudson Institute
Thierry de MONTBRIAL, Executive Chairman, French Institute of International Relations (Ifri)
Valery FEDOROV, Director General, All-Russian Center for Public Opinion Research (VCIOM)
Kazuto SUZUKI, Vice Dean and Professor of International Politics at Public Policy School of
Hokkaido University
Shinichi YOKOHAMA, Chief Information Security Officer (NTT)
The waves of anti-globalism and populism sweeping over the international community are undermining the foundations of democratic political systems in countries around the world and posing challenges to the liberal international order. This session will identify the background causes of these developments, and then discuss the actions that national leaders should take both within their own countries and in the international community.