Experts Yusuke Ishikawa
Research Fellow ／Digital Communications Officer
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Yusuke Ishikawa is Research Fellow and Digital Communications Officer at the Institute of Geoeconomics (IOG). His research focuses on European comparative politics, contemporary Hungarian politics, democratic backsliding, disinformation, and anti-corruption. He also serves as External Contributor for Transparency International’s Anti-Corruption Helpdesk, as Associate Research Fellow at the EUROPEUM Institute for European Policy, and as Part-time Lecturer in European Affairs at the Department of Economics and Business Management, Saitama Gakuen University.
His publications include “How Opposition Strategies Interact under Electoral Autocracy: Evidence from Hungary’s TISZA Party“, (Politics in Central Europe, 22 (2)), "NGOs, Advocacy, and Anti-Corruption" (In Routledge Handbook of Anti-Corruption Research and Practice, 2025), and A Dangerous Confluence: The Intertwined Crises of Disinformation and Democracies (Institute of Geoeconomics, 2024). He has been featured in national and international media outlets including Japan Times, NHK, Asahi Shimbun, Neue Zürcher Zeitung (NZZ), Handelsblatt, Expresso, and E-International Relations (E-IR).
He received his BA in Political Science from Meiji University, MA in Corruption and Governance (with Distinction) from the University of Sussex, and another MA in Political Science from Central European University. He is currently pursuing a PhD in Political Science at Meiji University.
Prior to his current roles, he was Research Associate at IOG and API, contributing to the book translation project of Critical Review of the Abe Administration into English and Chinese. Previously, he has worked as Research Assistant for API's CPTPP program and interned with its Fukushima Nuclear Accident and Abe Administration projects. His other experience includes serving as a visiting research fellow at EUEOPEUM Institute, a full-time research intern at Transparency International Hungary, and as a part-time consultant with Transparency International Defence & Security in the UK.
[Concurrent Positions]
Associate Research Fellow, EUROPEUM Institute for European Policy, Czechia
External Contributor Consultant, Anti-Corruption Helpdesk, Transparency International Secretariat (TI-S), Germany
Part-time Lecturer, Department of Economics and Business Management, Saitama Gakuen University, Japan
His publications include “How Opposition Strategies Interact under Electoral Autocracy: Evidence from Hungary’s TISZA Party“, (Politics in Central Europe, 22 (2)), "NGOs, Advocacy, and Anti-Corruption" (In Routledge Handbook of Anti-Corruption Research and Practice, 2025), and A Dangerous Confluence: The Intertwined Crises of Disinformation and Democracies (Institute of Geoeconomics, 2024). He has been featured in national and international media outlets including Japan Times, NHK, Asahi Shimbun, Neue Zürcher Zeitung (NZZ), Handelsblatt, Expresso, and E-International Relations (E-IR).
He received his BA in Political Science from Meiji University, MA in Corruption and Governance (with Distinction) from the University of Sussex, and another MA in Political Science from Central European University. He is currently pursuing a PhD in Political Science at Meiji University.
Prior to his current roles, he was Research Associate at IOG and API, contributing to the book translation project of Critical Review of the Abe Administration into English and Chinese. Previously, he has worked as Research Assistant for API's CPTPP program and interned with its Fukushima Nuclear Accident and Abe Administration projects. His other experience includes serving as a visiting research fellow at EUEOPEUM Institute, a full-time research intern at Transparency International Hungary, and as a part-time consultant with Transparency International Defence & Security in the UK.
[Concurrent Positions]
Associate Research Fellow, EUROPEUM Institute for European Policy, Czechia
External Contributor Consultant, Anti-Corruption Helpdesk, Transparency International Secretariat (TI-S), Germany
Part-time Lecturer, Department of Economics and Business Management, Saitama Gakuen University, Japan
Expertise
Central and Eastern European politics / Democratic backsliding / Anti-corruption / Election Analysis / Disinformation
Project in Charge
Publications
Book chapter
- Yusuke Ishikawa (2026) “International Assistance to Ukraine’s Fight against Corruption: A Review of the cases of EU, US, UK, and Japan”. In K.Haba and P. S. Chauhan (eds.) Global Role of Asia-Indo-Pacific in International Relations II. Singapore: Springer.
- “NGOs, Advocacy, and Anti-Corruption”. In R. Bratu and J. Pozsgai-Alvarez. (eds.) Routledge Handbook of Anti-Corruption Research and Practice. London: Routledge.
Reports
- “A Dangerous Confluence: The Intertwined Crises of Disinformation and Democracies” (co-authored with Marina Fujita Dickson and Sara Kaizuka). Institute of Geoeconomics, November 20, 2024, p.1-82.
- “Orbán in the Public Eye: Anti-Ukraine Argument for Delegitimising Brussels” (co-authored with Oszkár Roginer-Hofmeister). EUROPEUM Institute for European Policy, December 1, 2025, p.1-13.
- “The relationship between business integrity and commercial success: A review of evidence and findings (1995-2025)” (co-authored with Matthew Jenkins). U4 Helpdesk Answer, p.1-44.
- “Anti-Corruption Awareness Raising: Effective Messages and Best Practices“. U4 Helpdesk Answer 2024:21, p.1-24.
- “Research Internship Report: Bank Transparency in Hungary,” Transparency International Hungary, 2020, p.1-89.
Peer reviewed journal articles
- “How Opposition Strategies Interact under Electoral Autocracy: Evidence from Hungary’s TISZA Party“, Politics in Central Europe, 22 (2): In Press.
- “Anti-Corruption NGOs as Think Tanks: The Effect of Transparency International UK on the UK Bribery Act 2010“. Politikon: The IAPSS Journal of Political Science 51, 2021, p.4–16.
- ““G-PACS”: Process of Development and Effects of Political Simulation Games”. PanSIG Journal, 2018, p.75-80.
Book reviews
- “Book Review: Oyamada, E., ‘Corruption and Development – New Challenges in Anti-Corruption in Developing Countries’, Akashi Shoten, 2019, 344p”. Asian and African Area Studies 19 (2), 2020, p. 207-209 [in Japanese].
(ORCID: 0009-0000-4509-3229)
Lectures and Events
Presentations
- Yusuke Ishikawa, “Democratic Conservatism vs. Authoritarianism: Hungary’s TISZA Party and the Limits of Government Repression”, IPSA (International Political Science Association) World Congress of Political Science, July 14, 2025.
- Yusuke Ishikawa, “Autocratization and “Anti-anti-corruption” in Central Europe”, Tartu Conference on East European and Eurasian Studies, June 12, 2025.
- Yusuke Ishikawa, “Populist Pathways: Corruption and Democratic Backsliding in Central Europe”, IPSA (International Political Science Association) 75th Anniversary Conference , September 11-13, 2024.
- Marina Dickson, Yusuke Ishikawa, and Sara Kaizuka, “Democracies Degraded by Disinformation: Lessons from Hungary, the US, and the UK”, IAFOR The 15th Asian Conference on the Social Sciences, May 25, 2024.
Keynotes and Panelists
- Yusuke Ishikawa, “Ensuring Resilience Against False Information” (Japan-Europe Core Group Warsaw 2026, hosted by European Council on Foreign Relations, March 24, 2026）
- Yusuke Ishikawa, “Keynote Speech: Corruption and the SDGs”, International Forum on Sustainable Development (hosted by National Taiwan Ocean University, Fo Guang University, National Taiwan University of Arts, and Da-Yeh University), November 7, 2025.
- Yusuke Ishikawa, “NGO’s Approaches to Measure the Transparency and Quality of Anti-Corruption Policies and Procedures”, First Annual Meeting of the UNCAC Coalition, November 28, 2020.
- Yusuke Ishikawa,”Why anti-corruption does not work? Empirical evidence across the world”, CEU Open House 2019 – The roundtable discussion with Department of Political Science, November 22, 2019.
Media Coverage
- “Es erinnert viele an Trump: Populisten rütteln an Japans politischer Stabilität (It reminds many of Trump: populists shake up Japan’s political stability)“, Neue Zürcher Zeitung (NZZ), December 3, 2024.
- “O acontecimento internacional de 2024: a hesitação democrática pelo mundo, no ano de todas as eleições (The international event of 2024: democratic hesitation around the world in the year of all elections)“, Expresso, December 26, 2024.
- “Concerns grow in Japan over possible Russian interference in Sunday’s election“, Japan Times, July 18, 2025.
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