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How the Israel-Hamas war is changing the international security order

【Author】Masaki Mizobuchi, Associate Professor, Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Hiroshima University*  

Security
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

Security
The Tyranny of Geography: Okinawa in the era of great power competition

Since Okinawa’s handover back to Japan in 1972, the prefecture has played an indispensable role in Japan’s national security. The

Research Associate

Marina Fujita Dickson

Security
The Two Wars and the Elections in 2024

Director & Group Head, Economic Security

Kazuto Suzuki

Security
How East Asia should prepare for a possible Trump comeback

U.S. allies in East Asia are becoming increasingly worried about how the outcome of the U.S. presidential election in November wil

Senior Research Fellow

Hirohito Ogi

Security
Will drones replace helicopter pilots in the Self-Defense Forces?

[Author: Kisho Yoshida, Visiting Research Fellow] In Japan’s National Defense Strategy released in December 2022, the governmen

Security
What the Israel-Hamas war means for U.S. grand strategy

【Author】Takuya Matsuda Project Researcher, Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Tokyo  

Diplomacy
What the Hamas-Israel ‘humanitarian pause’ really meant

Almost three months have passed since a conflict between the Palestinian militant group Hamas and Israel began, and more than 20,0

Senior Research Fellow

Yoshiyuki Sagara

Diplomacy
Europe rattled by Israel-Hamas war

In many European countries, including the United Kingdom, people commemorate the war dead on Remembrance Day on Nov. 11 with the w

Group Head, Europe & Americas

Yuichi Hosoya

Security
Acquiring counterstrike capabilities is no simple matter for Japan

【Author】Kisho Yoshida Visiting Fellow, Institute of Geoeconomics In December 2022, the Japanese government stated in its Natio

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