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Asia Leadership Fellow Program 2011 Program Report Asia Leadership Fellow Program 2011 PROGRAM REPORT Asia in Dialogue: Visions and Actions for a Humane Society International House of Japan Japan Foundation Asia in Dialogue: Visions and Actions for a Humane Society Published by International House of Japan and Japan Foundation Copyright © 2014 International House of Japan 5-11-16 Roppongi, Minato-ku, Tokyo Japan 106-0032 Telephone: +81.3.3470 3211 Fax: +81.3.3470 3170 Email: [email protected] URL: http://alfpnetwork.net/en/ Edited by Editage (a division of Cactus Communications Pvt. Ltd.) URL: www.editage.jp Book design by Cactus Japan K.K. URL: www.cactus.co.jp Contents Preface. 5 ALFP 2011 Fellows .................................................... 7 ALFP 2011 Schedule .................................................. 11 1. Papers of the Fellows 1–1. Global Geopolitics and the Role of Civil Society. 15 Imtiaz Gul 1–2. Report from Afghanistan’s “Forgotten Province”: Challenges to Reconstruction and Governance. 21 Imai Chihiro 1–3. Struggling for Conflict Transformation, Peace, and Social Harmony in Indonesia: What Can Be Learned from Japan . 27 Miryam Saravasti Nainggolan 1–4. Creating Peace Culture after War: Challenges in Sri Lanka and Best Practices from Asia. 35 Jehan Perera 1–5. Imagining Disaster Resilience in Asia. 42 Elmer Sayre 1–6. Vietnamese Society Needs Driven Higher Education. 47 Vuong Thanh Huong 1–7. Civil Society in China: What Can Japan’s Experience Tell Us? . 51 Zhang Yali ALFP Activities 2011 2. Country Reports by the Fellows 2–1. Pakistan’s Geography. 63 Imtiaz Gul 2–2. Demographic Changes in Japan . 65 Imai Chihiro 2–3. Indonesia . 67 Miryam Saravasti Nainggolan 2–4. Sri Lanka’s Violence: Root Causes and Present Problems . 69 Jehan Perera 2–5. The Philippines: A Social Volcano. 71 Elmer Sayre 2–6. My Country Vietnam. 73 Vuong Thanh Huong 2–7. China Report. 75 Zhang Yali 3 Page Asia Leadership Fellow Program: 2011 Program Report 3. Seminars by Resource Persons/Workshops 3–1. Japanese Politics and Diplomacy after the March 11 Earthquake. 79 Miura Toshiaki 3–2. Discussion with Nitobe Kokusai Juku Participants. 81 3–3. The Change of Work Styles and Poverty in Japan. 83 Takenobu Mieko 3–4. The Involvement of International Cooperation NGOs and Their Future Agendas in the Great Tohoku Earthquake . 85 Ohashi Masaaki 3–5. The Culture of the Tohoku Area. 87 Akasaka Norio 3–6. Japanese Agriculture and the “Network for the Young Farm Generation” . 89 Miyaji Yusuke 3–7. On Japanese Religion ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 91 Kenneth Tanaka 3–8. Conflict in Southern Thailand and the SPF Program for Peacebuilding. 93 Sato Maho 3–9. The Fukushima Nuclear Accident: Lessons Learned and Possible Implications. 95 Suzuki Tatsujiro 3–10. My Experience in NGO Management: Pitfalls, Tips, Lessons, and Implications for Asia . 97 Elmer Sayre 3–11. Ten Years after 9/11: What Have We Gained and What Have We Lost?. 99 Isezaki Kenji 3–12. The Pulih Foundation for Trauma Recovery and Psychosocial Empowerment. 101 Miryam Saravasti Nainggolan 3–13. Introduction to Manga-Anime Studies. 103 Shiraishi Saya 3–14. The Af-Pak Region: Why Is It Complicated?. 105 Imtiaz Gul 4. Retreat Weekend Retreat . 109 5. Field Trips 5–1. Field Trip to Okinawa . 117 5–2. Field Trip to Tohoku . 121 6. Public Symposium Public Symposium . 127 4 Page Preface In 1996, the International House of Japan and the Japan Foundation jointly created the Asia Leadership Fellow Program (ALFP). The ALFP provides selected public intellectuals in the Asian region with the opportunity to reside for two months in Tokyo and to engage in collaborative exchange activities on common subjects pertinent to the region. Through such intellectual dialogue, the program seeks to create a close, personal, and professional network of public intellectuals in Asia who are deeply rooted in and committed to civil society beyond their own cultural, disciplinary, and geopolitical backgrounds. Since its inception in 1996, the program has had over ninety fellows, who have come from diverse pro- fessional backgrounds, including academia, journalism, publishing, law, education, the arts, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), and nonprofit organizations (NPOs). The general theme for the 2011 program was “Asia in Dialogue: Visions and Actions for a Humane Society.” From September 12 through November 11, 2011, seven fellows resided mainly at the International House of Japan in Roppongi, Tokyo, and participated in workshops, resource seminars, field trips, and a retreat with scholars, journalists, and NGO/NPO leaders based in Japan. At the end of the two-month program, on November 8, a public symposium entitled “Beyond Conflict & Disaster: The Role of Civil Society in Asia” was held to report on the outcome of the collaborative interaction as well as on the professional interests of each fellow. This program report includes the reports submitted by the fellows after the program was completed, as well as a summary of the resource seminars and other activities in which the fellows participated. The ALFP organizers firmly believe that the critical voices of its fellows, which challenge the status quo, as well as their proposals for alternative solutions, will lead to the development of new norms and value orientations in the region. The International House of Japan The Japan Foundation 5 Page ALFP 2011 Fellows Imtiaz Gul (Pakistan) Executive Director and Founder, Centre for Research and Security Studies Mr. Gul is currently the executive director of the Centre for Research and Secu- rity Studies, a research and advocacy organization focused primarily on security and governance based in Islamabad. As a journalist, he has been reporting for various media such as Deutsche Welle (1989–2009), CNN (1998–2000), Hong Kong-based Star World TV, NHK, and National Public Radio in the United States; he also regularly files for Foreign Policy, Wall Street Journal, and The Friday Times (Lahore) on issues such as militancy, border regions, Afghanistan, and Indo- Pakistan relations. Besides offering advice as a consultant to foreign diplomatic missions and development sector organizations, he regularly appears as an ana- lyst/expert on Al-Jazeera. Mr. Gul published his first book, The Unholy Nexus: Pak-Afghan Relations Under the Taliban, in 2002. His second book, The Al-Qaeda Connection–Taliban and Terror in Tribal Areas (Penguin-Viking India, 2009), profiles the evolution and nature of militancy in the Pakistani-Afghan border regions and how they fell under the influence of Al-Qaeda. Imai Chihiro (Japan) Former First Secretary at the Embassy of Japan in Afghanistan Ms. Imai obtained an M.A. in International and Public Affairs from the University of Pittsburgh in the United States. She has worked with Plan Japan, The Nippon Foundation, the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), the Japan Mine Action Service, the International Peace Cooperation Headquarters of the Cabi- net Office, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for program formulation and management in various sectors. Ms. Imai’s main interest is community development, civil-military coordination, peacebuild- ing and conflict prevention and disaster response. Her hobby is traveling and tak- ing photographs. 7 Page Asia Leadership Fellow Program: 2011 Program Report Miryam Saravasti Nainggolan (Indonesia) Board Chair, Pulih Foundation; Center for Trauma Recovery and Psychosocial Empowerment Educated as a psychologist in the area of industrial and organizational psychol- ogy at Padjadjaran University and having a master’s degree in social work from the School of Social Work, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Ms. Nainggolan started work on the faculty of the Bandung School of Social Work and Faculty of Psychology, Padjadjaran University, and then became a practitioner in the area of human resources, organizational development and strategic management. In 1998 she was selected as the Executive Director of the Indonesia National Human Rights Commission. Since then she has been active in human rights, conflict reso- lution, peacebuilding, transitional justice and interfaith/pluralism issues in Indone- sia. Since 2004, she has been serving as a board member of the Pulih Foundation and the Tifa Foundation, as well as the Coordinator for the Center for Empowering Reconciliation and Peace/CERP. She conducts training in conflict transformation and mediation in post-conflict areas including Aceh, Papua, the North Moluccas and Timor Leste. Jehan Perera (Sri Lanka) Executive Director, National Peace Council Dr. Perera was educated in Sri Lanka, Pakistan and in the United States, where he studied at Harvard University, obtaining Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Doctor of Law degrees. Besides the National Peace Council, an NGO that focuses on facilitating a people’s movement for peace and a negotiated political solution to the ethnic conflict in Sri Lanka, he is on the boards of several other civil soci- ety organizations, including the People’s Action for Free and Fair Elections and Sarvodaya Legal Services, and has been a member of government advisory com- mittees, including the Ministry of Human Rights and presently the Ministry of National Languages and Social Integration. He has written extensively about the Sri Lankan conflict and issues of conflict resolution and peacebuilding. He was awarded the inaugural Sakai Peace Contribution Award by the city of Sakai in Japan in 2008 and the Khwaja Moinuddin
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