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Late last year, the Trump administration released the National Security Strategy 2025 (NSS 2025), a document that carries a distin
Visiting Senior Research Fellow
Kousuke Saito
Late last year, the Trump administration released the National Security Strategy 2025 (NSS 2025), a document that carries a distin
Group Head, International Security Order / Visiting Senior Research Fellow
Kuniharu Kakihara
Last month’s U.S.-Israeli strike on Iran, and the subsequent spike in energy prices, serve as a stark reminder that a stable suppl
Program Coordination Manager
Akihiko Sasaki
Long before Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi drew Beijing’s ire by stating the obvious — that a Chinese military assault on Taiwan co
Research Fellow
Rintaro Inoue
[Author: Yuichi Yoshida, LEAP Fellow]] With a mandate after its Feb. 8 election victory, the government of Prime Minister Sanae T
Following her victory at the polls on Sunday, and the mandate that clearly represents, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi should give t
Visiting Senior Fellow
Naoko Eto
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi entered office with strong domestic approval, yet her administration’s launch coincided with a momen
Senior Research Fellow
Hitoshi Suzuki
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi rocketed to a high-velocity start on the diplomatic front when she took office in October......(cont
Managing Director (Representative Director), International House of Japan
Ken Jimbo
The administration of Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has placed a “responsible yet proactive fiscal policy” at the center of its ec
Director & Group Head, Economic Security
Kazuto Suzuki
In early September, just days after China marked the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II, Berlin hosted IFA 2025 — one of
Visiting Senior Research Fellow
Hotaka Machida
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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