Research ActivitiesGeoeconomic Briefing
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
The progress made at last month’s Oval Office meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and South Korean President Lee Jae Myung
As the U.S.-China trade conflict grinds on, Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng continues to signal that Beijing is “confident” in the
Visiting Senior Fellow
Naoko Eto
China’s “grand” military parade earlier this month, marking the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II — with Russian Preside
Across Europe, right-wing leaders are borrowing from Donald Trump’s playbook, with slogans like “Poland First,” “Make Romania Grea
Research Fellow
Yusuke Ishikawa
The Trump administration’s policy of pressing U.S. allies to shoulder more of the defense burden has fueled fears of “abandonment”
Senior Research Fellow
Hirohito Ogi
Technology is the key to the confrontation between the United States and China, and the ability to innovate lies at the heart of t
Visiting Research Fellow
Mariko Togashi
Once the result of last year’s American election became clear, countries around the world started wondering how to deal with a sec
Research Assistant
Gabriele Maletta
Since the inauguration of the second Trump administration, there has been growing debate about the destabilization of the internat
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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