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GPI Brief no. 5 (July 2008)
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- "Policy Institutions" Research Note
Building a Framework to Address the Challenge of Global Aging.........2
Keisuke Nakashima (GPI Co-Director and Research Associate, Global Aging Initiative, Center for Strategic & International Studies)
- In an era of ever-intensifying globalization, the impact of population aging goes beyond borders. In other words, it not only overturns social, economic, and political premises within a county but it also does so between and across countries. The word, “Global Aging”, was born from an increasing awareness that to effectively cope with the challenge of global demographic transformation it will be required to establish a new international framework for policy corporation and coordination in this area. The article examines some of the leading initiatives in Europe and North America and proposes for Japan to establish the National Strategic Council (NSC) at Prime Minister’s Office.
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- "Globalization and Public Policy" Research Note
Lessons from EU’s Impasse for Policies to Cope with Globalization.........4
Miki Kase (Visiting Fellow, American Enterprise Institute)
- Facing rapid globalization, the European Union (EU) seeks more efficient policy making and to exert the kind of influence befitting its size. But the EU citizens’ lack of trust in the undemocratic policy making process and the policy makers is inhibiting its deepening in areas outside trade. This article examines the past and current policy process in the EU, and articulates policy lessons for responses to the globalizing world.
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- "Policy Research" Note
How Should Japan Formulate Its Energy Strategy?.........7
Shoichi Itoh (Associate Senior Researcher, The Economic Research Institute for Northeast Asia)
- This essay revisits the concept of energy security, which has been widely discussed amidst today’s rising energy prices. It also proposes a strategy for Japan, including an idea of regional cooperation in Northeast Asia. When it comes to energy security, associated policies are likely to be justified in the name of national interests, leading to an intensifying "scramble over resources" internationally. The concept of energy security, however, has multifarious implications. In a sense, Japan has a highly stable balance between its energy supply and demand—notwithstanding being a "resource-poor" country—and thus has no need to participate in a "scramble over resources." In Northeast Asia that includes China with its surging energy demand and Russia with its huge potential as a supplier, Japan should take a vigorous initiative to bring about a "positive-sum effect" rather than a "zero-sum competition."
- Essay
Japan Left Behind Globalization.........10
Takehiko Kajita (Staff Correspondent, Kyodo News, Washington Bureau)
- GPI Brief の特徴と枠組み.........12
- English Abstracts.........13
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