The Global ThinkNet Tokyo Conference, held in February 1998, was the second in a series of Global ThinkNet conferences that were the centerpiece of the Global ThinkNet project, designed in part to give voice to and facilitate discussion on the findings of various research activities under the project. This report of the conference—which over two days addressed issues related to globalizations impact on governance as well as the growing role of civil society organizations in improving the governance of domestic societies and the international community—includes a summary of presentations and discussions; sixteen background papers and presentations by intellectual leaders from policy research institutions, foundations, academic institutions, and the spheres of politics and business; and keynote speeches by H.E. Anwar Ibrahim, deputy prime minister of Malaysia, and Koichi Kato, secretary-general of the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan.
Contents
- 1. Keynote Speeches
- H. E. Anwar Ibrahim, Koichi Kato
- 2. Summary of Presentations and Discussions
- 3. Asian Values: Assets or Liability?
- Han Sung-Joo, Director, Ilmin International Relations Institute, Korea University
- 4. Domestic Adjustments to Globalization
- Charles E. Morrison, Chair, U.S. Consortium of APEC Study Centers
- 5. Globalization and Domestic Governance
- Shen Mingming, Director, Research Center for Contemporary China, Peking University
- 6. Globalization and Governance in Japanese Society
- Atsushi Shimokobe, Chairman, Tokio Marine Research Institute
- 7. Globalization’s Consequences and Challenges for Governance
- Richard N. Haass, Director for Foreign Policy Studies, Brookings Institution
- 8. A Global Agenda for International Governance
- V. A. Pai Panandiker, Director, Centre for Policy Research
- 9. Globalization’s Challenge to Bad Governance
- Gebhard L. Schweigler, Senior Fellow, Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik
- 10. Globalization and Governance of International Society
- Shinji Fukukawa, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Dentsu Institute for Human Studies
- 11. The New Security Agenda
- Paul B. Stares, Senior Research Fellow, Japan Institute of International Affairs
- 12. The Economic Crisis in East Asia and the Nonprofit Sector
- Jung Ku-Hyun, Director, Seoul Forum for International Affairs
- 13. Rethinking the Public Interest in Japan
- Shin’ichi Yoshida, Columnist, Asahi Shimbun
- 14. Civil Society as the Cornerstone of a New Global Community
- Andrei V. Kortunov, President, Moscow Public Science Foundation
- 15. Civil Society and Domestic Governance
- Carolina G. Hernandez, President, Institute for Strategic and Development Studies
- 16. The Impact of Transnational Civil Society
- Ann M. Florini, Resident Associate, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
- 17. History as a Bridge to a New Vision of International Society
- Akira Iriye, Professor of History, Harvard University
- 18. Globalization, Civil Society, and International Governance
- John W. Sewell, President, Overseas Development Council
