Research ActivitiesGeoeconomic Briefing
As the Chinese economy continues to struggle, Beijing has turned to what it calls a “low-altitude economy” to stimulate growth and
Visiting Senior Research Fellow
Hotaka Machida
China is undergoing a dramatic shift toward hypereducation, with no signs of slowing down. According to UNESCO, the country's h
Senior Research Fellow
Kenichi Doi
*The original article in Japanese was published on January 29, 2025. As intense fighting continues in Ukraine, uncertainty ling
Senior Research Fellow
Hirohito Ogi
Under the first Trump administration and the Biden administration, U.S. military strategy sought to reduce engagement in the Middl
Research Fellow
Rintaro Inoue
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
When President Trump declared in his second inauguration speech that "launching American astronauts to plant the Stars and Stripes
Research Fellow
Kota Umeda
Toru Kurata, Professor, Rikkyo University Over the past five years, Hong Kong has seen its autonomy, freedom and democracy eroded
The COVID-19 pandemic brought shortages of masks, medical supplies, automotive semiconductors and IC chips for contactless cards,
Visiting Senior Research Fellow
Eiki Tagami
Visiting Research Fellow
Andrew Capistrano
Director & Group Head, Economic Security
Kazuto Suzuki
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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