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U.S. President Donald Trump’s recent trip to Beijing offers a timely moment to assess the upheaval in U.S. trade relations since t
Visiting Senior Research Fellow
Eiki Tagami
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney drew global attention at this year’s World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, where he argu
Senior Research Fellow
Kenichi Doi
The longstanding maxim that “whoever controls the sea controls the world” reflects the central role of maritime power in ensuring
Research Fellow
Rintaro Inoue
In November, less than a month after taking office, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi established the Japan Growth Strategy Headquarte
Research Fellow
Kota Umeda
While you wouldn’t know it from the recent U.S.-Israeli military confrontation with Iran, the latest U.S. National Security Strate
Director & Group Head, Economic Security
Kazuto Suzuki
The drama following U.S. President Donald Trump’s “Liberation Day” just over a year ago seemed to confirm a simple theory. On Apri
Visiting Research Fellow
Andrew Capistrano
Concerns over a potential Taiwan contingency have steadily intensified since 2021, the year former U.S. Indo-Pacific Command Comma
Senior Research Fellow
Hirohito Ogi
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
Late last year, the Trump administration released the National Security Strategy 2025 (NSS 2025), a document that carries a distin
Group Head, International Security Order / Visiting Senior Research Fellow
Kuniharu Kakihara
Last month’s U.S.-Israeli strike on Iran, and the subsequent spike in energy prices, serve as a stark reminder that a stable suppl
Program Coordination Manager
Akihiko Sasaki
Kazuto Suzuki
Director & Group Head, Economic Security,
Kazuto Suzuki is Professor of Science and Technology Policy at the Graduate School of Public Policy at the University of Tokyo, Japan. He graduated from the Department of International Relations, Ritsumeikan University, and received his Ph.D. from Sussex European Institute, University of Sussex, England. He has worked for the Fondation pour la recherche stratégique in Paris, France as an assistant researcher, as an Associate Professor at the University of Tsukuba from 2000 to 2008, and served as Professor of International Politics at Hokkaido University until 2020. He also spent one year at the School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University from 2012 to 2013 as a visiting researcher. He served as an expert in the Panel of Experts for Iranian Sanction Committee under the United Nations Security Council from 2013 to July 2015. He has been the President of the Japan Association of International Security and Trade. [Concurrent Position] Professor, Graduate School of Public Policy, The University of Tokyo
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