Overview
The Abe Fellows Global Forum (Abe Global) brings Abe Fellow research and expertise on pressing issues of global concern to broader audiences. Abe Global hosts events each year in partnership with academic and civic organizations throughout the United States. Abe Global is an initiative of the Abe Fellows Network, the Social Science Research Council, and the Japan Foundation New York.
Guarding the Pillars of Democracy: Legislative Transparency and the Future of Governance in Asia
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US | Thursday, March 5, 2026, 8pm EST
Asia | Friday, March 6, 2026 10am Japan | 9am Taiwan | 8am Thailand
Abe Fellows Akihiro Ogawa (University of Melbourne), Apichai Shipper (Georgetown University), and chair Allison Alexy (University of Michigan) join James Kan (Citizen Congress Watch, Taiwan) and Thanisara GG Ruangej (Punch Up & WeVis, Thailand) for a discussion of the Asian Parliamentary Transparency Index (APTI), a transnational, evidence-based initiative that empowers civil society to strengthen legislative accountability and safeguard democratic resilience through innovative transparency tools.
Recent Events
Globalization, Trade and Labor, and the Distribution of Wealth and Resources in Japan and the United States, March 27, 2025
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Abe Fellows Masazumi Wakatabe (former deputy governor of the Bank of Japan, Waseda University), Lee Branstetter (Carnegie Mellon University), Steven Vogel (University of California, Berkeley), Chiaki Moriguchi (Hitotsubashi University), and chair Saori Katada (University of Southern California) discussed the ebb and flow of globalization and the impact increased exchange has had on trade and labor markets and the distribution of resources among stakeholders.
Beyond Resilience: What Japan Can Teach the World about Disaster, February 5, 2024
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Abe Fellows Daniel Aldrich, Heejun Chang, Anuradha Mukherji, Jordan Sand, and Mary Alice Haddad (chair) discuss how communities, regions and nations recover from extreme hazards; how local knowledge impacts resilience; and what we can learn from the experiences of disaster-ridden nations such as Japan. This event was held in partnership with the East-West Center in Washington, DC.
Hedging Against Risk – Japan in an Uncertain World: Geo-Dynamics of Northeast Asia, February 8, 2023
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Abe Fellows Phillip Lipscy, Ulrike Schaede, Mireya Solis, and Satu Limaye (chair) discuss questions about how nations hedge risks in a world in which the global flow of goods, data, and services is regularly interrupted by natural hazards, man-made conflict, and political relationships within the international order. This event was held in partnership with the East-West Center in Washington, DC.
Polishing Japan’s Silver: Aging Sustainably in the 21st Century, January 28, 2022
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Abe Fellows Angelina Chin, Joseph Coleman, Jason Danely, Atsushi Miyawaki and Mary Brinton (chair) discuss Japan’s “super-aging” society, social welfare systems, elder work force participation, unpaid care work, and robotic solutions. Abe Global 2022 was held in partnership with the Reischauer Institute of Japan Studies, the Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies, and the Oxford Brookes Healthy Ageing and Care Network.
Work-Life Balance in the Covid Age: Can the United States and Japan Meet the Challenges?, October 27, 2020
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Cyber Challenges: The Internet, Global Competition, and National Security, September 5, 2019
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his event was held in partnership with the Hudson Institute’s Stern Policy Center.The 2019 panelists also participated in the East West Institute’s Global Cooperation in Cyberspace Progress Roundtable – Palo Alto 2019.
