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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

【Author】TSURUOKA Michito Associate Professor, International Security and European Politics, Keio University Visiting Fellow, the

【Author】HIGASHINO Atsuko Professor, the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Tsukuba Nearly 18 m

【Author】HOSAKA Sanshiro Research fellow, the International Center for Defense and Security in Estonia」 Russian President Vladi

On June 10, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy admitted for the first time that counteroffensive actions were underway agains

Group Head, Europe & Americas
Yuichi Hosoya

Previous articles in this series have discussed China’s diplomatic strategy of attempting to change the international order of Eas

Visiting Senior Fellow
Naoko Eto

【Author】NISHINO Junya Professor of Department of Political Science, the Director of the Center for Contemporary Korean Studies, K

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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