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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
Satoshi Machidori, Professor, Kyoto University
Author: Takahiro Kamisuna Since late former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe created the Free and Open Indo-Pacific (FOIP) strategy in
Social media’s influence on elections continues to get a lot of attention — last year was no exception, when over 60 countries wen
Research Fellow
Yusuke Ishikawa
The United States has yet to come up with a viable strategy to deal with multipolarity in international relations. How will this a
Visiting Senior Fellow
Naoko Eto
Japan’s auto industry is undergoing profound structural changes. As the industry pivots toward electrification to meet emissions
Group Head, Emerging Technologies
Makoto Shiono
Challenges for American diplomacy stem from the characteristics of each administration. How will Donald Trump’s reelection affect
Visiting Senior Research Fellow
Kousuke Saito
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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