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Tensions in Japan-China relations have escalated following Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's Nov. 7 remarks on the right to collecti
At their late-August summit, former Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi...(continues below)
Visiting Research Fellow
Tomofumi Uchino
As 2025 comes to a close, it’s worth reflecting on the historical significance of a year that marked the 80th anniversary of the e
Senior Research Fellow
Kenichi Doi
South Korea’s tariff negotiations with the U.S. emerged as an early test for President Lee Jae Myung’s “pragmatic diplomacy center
Beijing’s calculated use of rare-earth export controls has again become a key instrument in its competition with Washington. By im
Visiting Senior Fellow
Naoko Eto
Senior Research Fellow
Hitoshi Suzuki
When Donald Trump returned to the White House for a second term, many in India expected a continuation of the visible warmth betwe
Visiting Research Fellow
Manish Sharma
On September 4, President Trump issued an executive order that brought an interim conclusion to the U.S.-Japan tariff negotiations
Director & Group Head, Economic Security
Kazuto Suzuki
Visiting Senior Research Fellow
Kousuke Saito
Captured in images that immediately went viral, U.S. President Donald Trump’s second inauguration in January drew the attendance o
Group Head, Emerging Technologies
Makoto Shiono
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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