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Visiting Senior Research Fellow

SAITOU Kousuke is a professor at the Faculty of Global Studies, Sophia University, Japan. He received his Ph.D. in International Political Economy from the Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Japan. Prior to joining Sophia University to teach international security studies, he was an associate professor at Yokohama National University, Japan. [Concurrent Position] Professor, Faculty of Global Studies, Sophia University

Takaichi is right to call for a ‘new technology-driven nation’

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

The Geoeconomics of Gen AI: Middle Power Strategies on Digital Sovereignty

How Is Generative AI Changing Global Competition and Cooperation? / Hiroshima AI Process / South Korean Approach to AI / EU’s Poli

Research Fellow

Kota Umeda

Emerging Technology

The Geoeconomics of Generative AI Development Race: How Emerging Technologies Can Become National Power

Generative AI has been progressing at an incredible pace and has become one of the most closely watched emerging technologies. Its

Group Head, Emerging Technologies

Makoto Shiono

Economic Security

Trump vs. Universities: Can the Innovation Ecosystem be Rebuilt?

Visiting Senior Research Fellow

Kousuke Saito

Emerging Technology

The Power of Private Individuals: The Informal Influence of Technology

In his farewell address, President Biden sounded the alarm on the emergence of the "tech-industrial complex," drawing a parallel t

Visiting Senior Research Fellow

Kousuke Saito

Will Trump change course on critical and emerging tech?

Challenges for American diplomacy stem from the characteristics of each administration. How will Donald Trump’s reelection affect

Visiting Senior Research Fellow

Kousuke Saito

Emerging Technology

Can we trust the polls? How emerging technologies affect democracy

Do technologies change how democracy works, or do democratic principles determine how technologies work? With 2024 being a glob

Visiting Senior Research Fellow

Kousuke Saito

Emerging Technology

How emerging technologies can bring power to states

So-called emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI) and quantum information science (QIS) have recently become a

Visiting Senior Research Fellow

Kousuke Saito

Emerging Technology

Ukraine war highlights private sector’s role in conflict

It has long been said that technology changes warfare. But what changes have taken place in the Russia-Ukraine war? While relat

Visiting Senior Research Fellow

Kousuke Saito

Ranking

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