Euro Crisis and the Political Economy in Europe…
Public Symposium of Science Council in Japan
Euro Crisis and the Political Economy in Europe
France, Germany, and Central Europe
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Organizers’ Purpose and Significance of this International Conference:
Although facing Euro-pessimism after the Cold War in the 1990s, Europe accomplished deepening and enlargement at beginning of the new century, enabling the acceptance of new Central and Eastern European member states that had undergone system change and market liberalization. By the beginning of the 21st century, Europe’s economic growth surpassed that of the United States, and Europe also got closer to Asia. However, the Lehman Shock affected Europe in 2008, and led to the Euro crisis in 2010-2011. Against the backdrop of the influx of immigrants and ongoing globalization, Europe’s growth faces difficulties such as stagnating wages, rising commodity prices and the financial problems of the so-called PIIGS countries.
In this context, many questions arise: What place will Europe take in the world? What will European political economy aim for? While cooperating with the rapidly developing China, India and Southeast Asia, what kind of reforms will Europe carry out? During this International Conference, three renowned professors, Robert Boyer, Ivan T. Berend and Kai-Olaf Lang will analyze the politics and economies of France, Germany and Central Europe while also discussing some ways out of the current issues.
Program
13:30- 14:00
Opening Remarks
Kuniko、Inoguchi (Member of the House of Councilors, Visiting Professor, Nihon University)
Albrecht Rothacher (Minister-Counsellor in Political and Economic Section of Delegation of the European Union to Japan)
Jun Yamada (European Affairs Bureau of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Japan)
Eiichi Shindo (President of the International Academic Society for Asian Community)
Purpose of this International Conference
Kumiko Haba （Member of SCJ, Professor of Aoyama Gakuin University）
14:00-15:30
Chair
Takashi Inoguchi (Associate member of SCJ, President of University of Niigata Prefecture)
Presentators
Robert Boyer (Institute of the America): Origins, Unfolding and Ways out of the Euro Crisis, The European Union at the crossroads
Ivan T, Berend (UCLA): Central and Eastern Europe’s Post-Communist Transformation and the Euro-Crisis
Kai-Olaf Lang (German Institute for international and Security Affairs): The political aspects of Germany’s role in the crisis
Coffee Break
15:30-17:00
Commentators
Kiichi Fujiwara (Associate Member of SCJ, Professor of Tokyo University, Department of Law and Politics)
Hideko Magara (Associate Member of SCJ, Professor of Waseda University, Department of Politics and Economics)
Kumiko Haba (Member of SCJ, Professor of Aoyama Gakuin University, School Of International Politics, Economics and Communications)
Closing Remarks
Keiichi Tsunekawa (Vice President of GRIPS: National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies)
Sponsored by
Committee of Political Sciences, SCJ
Subcommittee of Comparative Politics, SCJ
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science(Grants-in-Aid for scientific Research [A] “A Comparative Study on Regional Integration in Europe and East Asia from the point of view of International politics” Project Leader: Kumiko Haba)
Auspice
Delegation of the European Union to Japan
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan
International Academic Society for Asian Community：ISAC