解説 クロアチア大統領選挙(2025年1月12日)

ミラノビッチ大統領は、外務省出身で、大統領就任以前は社会民主党に所属していた。2011年から2016年までクロアチア首相を務め、EU加盟を実現させた立役者である一方で、ウクライナへの軍事支援やウクライナのEU加盟に対して否定的な姿勢を示していることでも知られている。大統領は軍の最高司令官を務めるが、2000年の憲法改正以降の権限は外交安全保障分野での発言権に限定され、法案拒否権や実質的な議会解散権を持たない儀礼的な役職とされている。クロアチア政治の実権を握るプレンコビッチ首相はウクライナ支援に賛成していることから、今回の選挙がクロアチア外交に及ぼす影響は小さいと考えられるものの、再選を果たしたミラノビッチ大統領との外交政策をめぐる緊張関係は今後も続くことが予想される。(石川雄介)

選挙は世界を変えるのか:岐路に立つ民主主義
選挙による国内政治のダイナミクスの変化は世界政治に影響を与え、地政学・地経学上のリスクを生じさせる可能性があります。また、報道の自由の侵害や偽情報の急増など、公正な選挙の実施に対する懸念が高まっているなか、今後の民主主義の行方が注目されています。本特集では、各国の選挙の動向を分析するとともに、国内政治の変化が国際秩序に与える影響についても考察していきます。


Research Fellow,
Digital Communications Officer
Yusuke Ishikawa is Research Fellow and Digital Communications Officer at Asia Pacific Initiative (API) and Institute of Geoeconomics (IOG). His research focuses on European comparative politics, democratic backsliding, and anti-corruption. He also serves as External Contributor for Transparency International’s Anti-Corruption Helpdesk, and as Part-time Lecturer in European Affairs at the Department of Economics and Business Management, Saitama Gakuen University. Prior to his current roles, he was Research Associate at IOG and API, contributing to its translation project of Critical Review of the Abe Administration into English and Chinese. Previously, he has worked as Research Assistant for API's CPTPP program and interned with its Fukushima Nuclear Accident and Abe Administration projects. His other experience includes serving as a full-time research intern at Transparency International Hungary and as a part-time consultant with Transparency International Defence & Security in the UK. His publications include NGOs, Advocacy, and Anti-Corruption (Routledge, 2025) and A Dangerous Confluence: The Intertwined Crises of Disinformation and Democracies (Institute of Geoeconomics, 2024). He has been featured in national and international media outlets including Japan Times, NHK, TV Asahi, Neue Zürcher Zeitung (NZZ), Handelsblatt, and Expresso. He received his BA in Political Science from Meiji University, MA in Corruption and Governance (with Distinction) from the University of Sussex, and another MA in Political Science from Central European University. During his BA and MAs, he also acquired teacher’s licenses in social studies in secondary education and a TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Language) certificate. [Concurrent Positions] Part-time Lecturer, Department of Economics and Business Management, Saitama Gakuen University External Contributor Consultant, Anti-Corruption Helpdesk, Transparency International Secretariat (TI-S)
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