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A conference with Professor Tatsuo Masuda, visiting Professor to Paris Dauphine, former Vice-President of the Japan National Oil Corporation and former Director at IEA.
Professor Masuda will discuss the development of power games in the energy sector among major players in Asia: China, Japan, Russia, India and ASEAN. The East Siberian Oil Pipeline project will be included as a typical example of such power games. Professor Masuda has been Vice-President of the Japan National Oil Corporation and Director at IEA.
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Nuclear Sharing in Europe: A Contested Policy That Endures
Since the end of the Cold War, the number of US nuclear weapons stationed in Europe has fallen more than seventy-fold, yet their presence in Belgium, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, and Turkey remains a quiet pillar of NATO's deterrence posture. This "nuclear sharing" arrangement, central to the Alliance since its founding, has long been contested by public opinion, political parties, and civil society across Europe, without ever being abandoned by host governments. This paradox lies at the heart of the seminar: why does such an unpopular policy persist?