Sharing international responsabilities among the trilateral countries

Report for the Trilateral Commission

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Autors

Nobuhiko Ushiba, Advisor to the Minister of Foreign Affairs; former State Minister for External Economic Affairs, Tokyo; former Ambassador to the United States, Tokyo
Graham Allison, Don K. Price Professor of Politics and Dean, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
Thierry de Montbrial, Director, Institut Français des Relations Internationales; Professor of Economics, Ecole Polytechnique, Paris.

Content

Introduction
I. Why Share?
A. Benefits of Partnership
B. New Geopolitical Realities
C. Threats to Common Interests
D. Analytics of Sharing
E. A Framework for Sharing
F. Limits to Sharing
II. Perceptions and Trends in Japan, the United States, Canada and Western Europe
A. Japan
B. The United States
C. Canada
D. Western Europe
III. Areas of Principal Challenge
A. International Economic System
B. The Soviet Challenge
C. Relations with the Developing World
Conclusions