24 Jun 2004

Perspectives on Japan's SDF Troop Involvement
Center for East Asian Studies, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
Self-description: "A panel of East Asian and Middle Eastern specialists lead faculty, students, and interested members of the community in a round-table discussion on the future implications of Japanese SDF troop involvement in the U.S.-led occupation of Iraq.
Background materials:
* NPR Morning Edition, broadcast 29 July 2003 'SDF Troops' (RealAudio) * Paul Midford, Asian Survey 43:2 (Mar/Apr2003): 329-42 Japan's Response to Terror * Kimberly Marten Zisk, Asia-Pacific Review 8:1 (May 2001): 21-39 Japan's United Nations Peacekeeping Dilemma * Asia Times published online 3 April 2004 Japan's new army to the rescue of US forces? * Associated Press 30 April 2004 Japanese Hostages Talk about Their Ordeal
The workshop was held on Thursday, April 22, 2004."
[The site publishes a two hrs long video of the panel discussions - ed.]
URL http://ceas.uchicago.edu/sdf/
Internet Archive (www.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract]
Link reported by: Scott Relyea (scottr[use"@"]uchicago.edu)
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