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The Future of Japan-Africa Relations: Challenges and Prospects

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3:00 pm February 2024
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The Policy Center for the New South is organizing an Open Discussion on Japan's diplomacy towards Africa, its role as a major player on the international stage, and the potential for cooperation between Japan and Morocco on the continent.

Professor Sadaharu Kataoka, an expert in African Politics and Public Diplomacy, will provide insights into the challenges and prospects that lie ahead in the relationship between Japan and Africa.

We will explore the current security situation in Africa and the major actors involved, as well as Japan's contributions to supporting African countries in strengthening their security and stability at both national and regional levels.

Additionally, we will discuss the bilateral and multilateral relations between Japan and Morocco, and the possibility of triangular cooperation in African countries.

 

AGENDA

03:30 - 05:00 pm 

Open Discussion - The Future of Japan-Africa Relations: Challenges and Prospects

Moderator: El Mostafa Rezrazi, Senior Fellow, Policy Center for the New South

Speaker: Sadaharu Kataoka, Professor, School of International Liberal Studies, Waseda University
Speakers
El Mostafa Rezrazi
Senior Fellow
Dr El Mostafa Rezrazi is a professor of Crisis Management, and Security Studies and a Senior Fellow at the Policy Center for the New South who focuses on Terrorism, Security and East Asia studies. His area of Expertise covers Afro-Asian Affairs, Strategic & Security Studies, Terrorism, Extremism and Deradicalization, mainly from the view of Criminal; Legal and Forensic Psychology.  He got his Ph.D. in Regional & International Affairs from the University of Tokyo in 1998, and later a Doctorate from the University of Mohammed V on the Psychological dynamisms of Suicide Bombers (2014). He is the executive director of the Moroccan Observatory on Extremism and Violence, Director of the African Center for Asian Studies, Rabat. Currently, he is Visiting Professor at the Univ ...
Sadaharu Kataoka
Professor, School of International Liberal Studies, Waseda University
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