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In December, the Cabinet approved three key strategy documents that serve as the basis for Japan’s national security and defense p

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

TAKAMIZAWA Nobushige Visiting Professor at the Graduate School of Public Policy, University of Tokyo Japan recently compiled t

KURUMADA Shuichi Visiting Fellow, Asia Pacific Initiative There are many factors behind the Ukrainian forces’ victory in some

With Japan facing a challenging regional security environment, Tokyo turned to drastically boosting the country’s defense capabili

Senior Research Fellow
Hirohito Ogi

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

As Russia’s war on Ukraine drags on, the solidarity of countries in the European Union — initially united in imposing economic san

Research Fellow
Yusuke Ishikawa

On Oct. 25, Rishi Sunak became the new prime minister of the United Kingdom, the third from the ruling Conservative Party in the s

Group Head, Europe & Americas
Yuichi Hosoya

Due to Ukraine’s remarkable counteroffensive, triggered by its retaking of Kharkiv province in September, Russia has apparently be

Senior Research Fellow
Hirohito Ogi

Ever since the era of the Cold War, when automakers such as Renault of France and Fiat of Italy entered the Soviet Union market, R

Senior Research Fellow
Hitoshi Suzuki

KURUMADA Shuichi Visiting Fellow, Asia Pacific Initiative The Solomon Islands came under the spotlight earlier this

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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