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By Dr. Naoise McDonagh, Director of the MBA Program and Senior Lecturer in Geopolitics and International Trade at the School of Bu
China’s rapid progress in robotics has been remarkable. Scenes of Chinese humanoid robots performing Chinese martial arts alongsid
Visiting Senior Research Fellow
Hotaka Machida
In June, Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi unveiled a long-term economic development plan calling for more than ¥370 trillion
Visiting Senior Research Fellow
Eiki Tagami
Until recently, it was difficult to imagine Japanese startups entering the defense sector. But a changing security environment and
Group Head, Emerging Technologies
Makoto Shiono
Japan wants pharmaceuticals and advanced medicine to drive its next phase of economic growth. But achieving that goal will require
Senior Research Fellow
Yoshiyuki Sagara
The technologies that increasingly determine national security are being developed not only by governments but by private companie
Visiting Senior Research Fellow
Kousuke Saito
One of the great challenges of long-term economic planning in a democracy is the election cycle. The political competition that gi
Director & Group Head, Economic Security
Kazuto Suzuki
By Hiroyuki Matsumura, professor in the Faculty of Economics, Komazawa University in Tokyo Japan’s latest science and technology
Japan is betting heavily on dual-use technology, but finding promising technologies is the easy part. The harder challenge is turn
Senior Research Fellow
Kota Umeda
Only days after the Feb. 28 surprise attacks by the United States and Israel on Iran, insurance premiums for commercial tankers tr
Group Head, International Security Order / Visiting Senior Research Fellow
Kuniharu Kakihara
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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