Harvard Club of Japan

Christina L. Davis on her latest book, Discriminatory Clubs: The Geopolitics of International Organizations

The seminar is moderated by Ambassador Yoichi Suzuki.

Profile: Christina L. Davis (AB ’93, PhD ’01) is the Edwin O. Reischauer Professor of Japanese Politics in the Department of Government and Director of the Program on U.S.-Japan Relations at Harvard University. Her research interests include the politics and foreign policy of Japan, East Asia, and the study of international organizations with a focus on trade policy. Her research has been published in leading political science journals. She is the author of Food Fights Over Free Trade: How International Institutions Promote Agricultural Trade Liberalization (Princeton University Press 2003), and Why Adjudicate? Enforcing Trade Rules in the WTO (Princeton University Press 2012, winner of the international law best book award of the International Studies Association, Ohira Memorial Prize, and co-winner of Chadwick Alger Prize). Her latest book, Discriminatory Clubs: The Geopolitics of International Organizations, was released by Princeton University Press in July 2023. Currently she is working on several projects on the evolving trade order and economic sanctions.

Event location and time: Friday, January 5, 2024. 6:00-7:00PM.

International House of Japan, Iwasaki Koyata Memorial Hall

5-11-16 Roppongi, Minato-ku, Tokyo

Map: https://www.i-house.or.jp/eng/access.html

Event fees: free.

Registration Requested by December 29th: https://forms.gle/Ax4XArtzWQTbBtL48

Please note that no walk-ins will be allowed on the day.