Reischauer Memorial Lecture - Japan India-Relations: Vital to the Indo-Pacific

For the annual Reischauer Center memorial lecture, the Reischauer Center is delighted to welcome Ambassador Kenneth I. Juster to Johns Hopkins SAIS. Ambassador Juster's presentation will focus on the Japan-India relationship and make the case that this relationship is critical to the architecture of the Indo-Pacific and to U.S. interests in the region. He will discuss the central role of former Japanese Prime Minister Abe in developing the concept of the Indo-Pacific, the strategic significance of the Japan-India relationship, and the key challenges and opportunities for that partnership in the areas of trade, investment, infrastructure, defense, and diplomacy.
There will be a reception to follow.
Biography
Amb. Kenneth I. Juster recently completed his service as the 25th U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of India (2017-2021). He is currently a Distinguished Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations. Amb. Juster has over 40 years of experience as a senior government official, business executive, and lawyer. He previously served in the U.S. government as Deputy Assistant to the President for International Economic Affairs, on both the National Security Council and the National Economic Council (2017); Under Secretary of Commerce (2001-2005); Counselor (Acting) of the State Department (1992-1993); and Deputy and Senior Advisor to Deputy Secretary of State Lawrence Eagleburger (1989-1992). In the private sector, AMb. Juster has been a partner at the global investment firm Warburg Pincus (2010-2017), a senior executive at Salesforce.com (2005-2010), and a senior partner at the law firm Arnold & Porter.
For his service as Ambassador, he received the State Department's Distinguished Service Award, the Defense Department's Distinguished Public Service Award, the Director of National Intelligence's Exceptional Service Award, and the Energy Department's Excellence Award. Juster holds a law degree from the Harvard Law School, a Master's degree in Public Policy from Harvard's Kennedy School of Government, and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Government (Phi Beta Kappa) from Harvard College.