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Discussions on economic security began in earnest in Japan and the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic, but the momentum wa

Director & Group Head, Economic Security
Kazuto Suzuki

【Author】TSUCHIYA Takahiro Associate professor, Kyoto University of Advanced Science This article was posted to the Japan Times

So-called emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI) and quantum information science (QIS) have recently become a

Visiting Senior Research Fellow
Kousuke Saito

The Russia-Ukraine war, which started in February 2022, is sometimes described as an all-out war in the digital era, having a mix

Research Fellow
Kota Umeda

Science and technology have traditionally been regarded as among the elements that constitute national power, and states often exp

Group Head, Emerging Technologies
Makoto Shiono

If Russia were to use nuclear weapons in Ukraine, would there be any health issues for Russian soldiers on the ground? When I p

Senior Research Fellow
Yoshiyuki Sagara

Japan’s defense, during both peacetime and emergencies, relies on two key components: the Self-Defense Forces and the Japan-U.S. a

Research Fellow
Rintaro Inoue

【Author】Oue Sadamasa, Consulting Senior Fellow Group Head, International Security Order, Institute of Geoeconomics Lieutenant Gen

Japan now has a new diplomatic policy tool. In April, the government decided to implement a new official security assistance (O

Senior Research Fellow
Hirohito Ogi

The essential part of a state’s national security lies in how it manages the dynamics of the use of force — its defense capability

Managing Director (Representative Director), International House of Japan
Ken Jimbo

Kazuto Suzuki
Director & Group Head, Economic Security,
Kazuto Suzuki is Professor of Science and Technology Policy at the Graduate School of Public Policy at the University of Tokyo, Japan. He graduated from the Department of International Relations, Ritsumeikan University, and received his Ph.D. from Sussex European Institute, University of Sussex, England. He has worked for the Fondation pour la recherche stratégique in Paris, France as an assistant researcher, as an Associate Professor at the University of Tsukuba from 2000 to 2008, and served as Professor of International Politics at Hokkaido University until 2020. He also spent one year at the School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University from 2012 to 2013 as a visiting researcher. He served as an expert in the Panel of Experts for Iranian Sanction Committee under the United Nations Security Council from 2013 to July 2015. He has been the President of the Japan Association of International Security and Trade. [Concurrent Position] Professor, Graduate School of Public Policy, The University of Tokyo
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