Panel I Mr. Joseph R. Donovan, Jr. Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs U.S. Department of State Mr. Michael Schiffer Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Asian & Pacific Security Affairs (East Asia) U.S. Department of Defense Panel II Sheila A. Smith, Ph.D. Senior Fellow for Japan Studies Council on Foreign Relations Michael Auslin, Ph.D. Director of Japan Studies The American Enterprise Institute