Yusuke Ishikawa ’s Research

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“, (<i>Politics in Central Europe</i>, 22 (2)), "NGOs, Advocacy, and Anti-Corruption" (In <i>Routledge Handbook of Anti-Corruption Research and Practice</i>, 2025), and <i>A Dangerous Confluence: The Intertwined Crises of Disinformation and Democracies</i> (Institute of Geoeconomics, 2024). He has been featured in national and international media outlets including <i>Japan Times</i>, <i>NHK</i>, <i>Asahi Shimbun</i>, <i>Neue Zürcher Zeitung (NZZ)</i>, <i>Handelsblatt</i>, <i>Expresso</i>, and <i>E-International Relations (E-IR)</i>. 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 <i>Critical Review of the Abe Administration</i> 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