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Ken Jimbo ’s Research

Managing Director (Representative Director), International House of Japan ／President, Asia Pacific Initiative

JIMBO Ken is Professor at the Faculty of Policy Management, Keio University. He served as a Special Advisor to the Minister of Defense, Japan Ministry of Defense (2020) and a Senior Advisor, The National Security Secretariat (2018-20). His main research fields are in International Security, Japan-US Security Relations, Japanese Foreign and Defense Policy, Multilateral Security in Asia-Pacific, and Regionalism in East Asia. He has been a policy advisor for various Japanese governmental commissions and research groups including for the National Security Secretariat, the Ministry of Defense and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. His policy writings have appeared in NBR, The RAND Corporation, Stimson Center, Pacific Forum CSIS, Japan Times, Nikkei, Yomiuri, Asahi and Sankei Shimbun. [Concurrent Position] Professor, Faculty of Policy Management, Keio University

Takaichi’s Strengths and the Need for ‘Strategic Signaling’

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 U.S. is unprepared for a multipolar world

The worldview shaped by the “unipolar moment” — the period after the Cold War when the United States wielded overwhelming influenc

Managing Director (Representative Director), International House of Japan

Ken Jimbo

Politics and Economics

Ruling LDP Bloc Loses Coalition: Japan’s General Election Results and Implications

Election results / New coalition partners? / Post-election foreign/defense policy

Managing Director (Representative Director), International House of Japan

Ken Jimbo

How should Japan deal with Ukraine, Gaza and the Indo-Pacific region?

Today’s international security environment indicates that what political scientist Walter Russel Mead called “the return of geopol

Managing Director (Representative Director), International House of Japan

Ken Jimbo

US-JP-ROK Trilateral Summit

Managing Director (Representative Director), International House of Japan

Ken Jimbo

A new tide of weapons imports, production and development

The essential part of a state’s national security lies in how it manages the dynamics of the use of force — its defense capability

Managing Director (Representative Director), International House of Japan

Ken Jimbo

India as a Strategic Partner

PM Modi's first state visit to the United States / India's “neutral” foreign policy / Japan-India relationship

Managing Director (Representative Director), International House of Japan

Ken Jimbo

War in Ukraine will set a course for international order — whatever the outcome

More than a year has passed since Russia invaded Ukraine, and there is no prospect of the war ending anytime soon. Still, how this

Managing Director (Representative Director), International House of Japan

Ken Jimbo

Japan’s New National Security Strategy

Regional context / Domestic political dynamics / What the NSS means for Japan’s future

Managing Director (Representative Director), International House of Japan

Ken Jimbo

Japan’s future security lies in a ‘denial and competition’ strategy

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

Ranking

The Institute of Geoeconomics (IOG) / Research / Ken Jimbo