Hideaki Shinoda

Professor, Graduate School of Global Studies, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies;

Director, Hiroshima Peacebuilders Center (HPC)

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Education

Ph.D. in International Relations, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London, UK (1998)

MA in Political Science, Waseda University, Japan (1993)

BA, Waseda University, Japan (1991)

Work Experience

Professor, Graduate School of Global Studies, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies (2013 ~ present).

Director, Hiroshima Peacebuilders Center (HPC): (Director for the Program for Human Resource Development for Peacebuilding, commissioned by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan [2007 ~ 2023], etc.).

Facilitator / Lecturer, IGAD Leadership Academy; National Institute of Defense Studies; Ritsumeikan Asia-Pacific University; Waseda Extension Academy, etc.

Associate Professor, Institute for Peace Science / Graduate School of International Cooperation and Development, Hiroshima University (2005-2013).

Research Fellow, Institute for Peace Science, Hiroshima University (1999-2005).

Visiting Professional, International Criminal Court (2017-18)

Consultant, UNODC (2025)

Consultant, The Impact of National Counter-terrorism Measures on Principled Humanitarian Action OCHA/NRC Commissioned Study requested by the IASC (2012) (part-time)　

Consultant, Assessment on ODA for Peacebuilding, Mistubishi Research Institute commissioned by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan (2005). (part-time)

Visiting scholar at the Lauterpacht Research Centre for International Law, Cambridge University (2000).

Visiting Scholar at the Center for the Study of Human Rights, Columbia University (2002).

Part-time teacher at LSE and Keele University (1997).

International Polling Station Officer of the United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia (UNTAC) seconded by the government of Japan (1993).

Refugee relief activities as a volunteer in Iran to assist Kurdish refugees in Iran, Somali refugees in Djibouti and Cambodian refugees in Thailand (1991-1993).

Awards/Honors

Yomiuri Yosshino Sakuzo Award (2016)

Suntory Prize for Social Sciences and Humanities (2012)

Osaragi Jiro Rondan Award (2003)

List of Publications

　　　　

(Single-Authored Books)

A Multipolar World from the Perspective of Geopolitical Theories: Challenges of Trump and BRICS (Kaya Publisher, 2025) (Japanese)

Partnership Peace Operations: UN and Regional Organizations in Multiple Layers of International Security (Routledge, 2024). (English) https://www.amazon.co.jp/Partnership-Peace-Operations-Organizations-International/dp/1138304778

Geopolitics and War (Kodansha, 2023) (Japanese).

The Right of Collective Self-Defense and Japan’s Defense Policy (PHP Institute, 2022) (Japanese).

Partnership International Peace Operations: Changing Nature of International Society and Conflict Resolution (Keisoshobo, 2021) (Japanese).

What is Conflict Resolution? (Shikumashobo, 2021) (Japanese).

How to Interpret Japan’s Constitution (Chikumashobo, 2019) (Japanese).

Pathology of Constitutional Studies in Japan (Shinchoshinsyo, 2019) (Japanese).

Constitution in Truth: A Critique of Post-War Constitutional Studies in Japan (Chikumashinsyo, 2017) (Japanese)

History of Discourses on the Right of Collective Self-Defense: Article 9 and Japan-US Security Treaty (Fukosha, 2016) (Japanese) (Yomiuri Yosshino Sakuzo Award of Yomiuri Newspaper in 2016).

Five Perspectives to Comprehend International Conflicts (Koudansha, 2015) (Japanese)

Introduction to Peacebuilding: Re-examining its Philosophies and Methodologies (Chikumashinsho, 2013) (Japanese)

State Sovereignty as a Historical and Political Concept (Keisoshobo, 2012) (Japanese) (Suntory Prize for Social Sciences and Humanities in 2012).

Peacebuilding and the Rule of Law: Theoretical and Functional Approaches of International Peace Operations (Sobunsha, 2003) (Japanese); (Osaragi Jiro Rondan Award of Asahi Newspaper in 2003) (Korean translated version published in 2008).

Order in International Society (Tokyo University Press, 2007) (Japanese).

Re-examining Sovereignty: From Classical Theory to the Global Age (Macmillan, 2000) (English) (Chinese translated version published in 2004) https://www.amazon.co.jp/Re-examining-Sovereignty-Classical-Theory-Global/dp/033377471X/ref=sr_1_1?__mk_ja_JP=%E3%82%AB%E3%82%BF%E3%82%AB%E3%83%8A&crid=2RH4OZKS2JJSM&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.-oUysNvbYR6czH6_i_uIsRIx9qPnB3JKgOu6JfKrTrZsh_PVBemu97vgvzM7hGsf.uX67wMbkliiH5rA8YhJRRXxvKJ_vyGOzZcn2xtGGuZI&dib_tag=se&keywords=Shinoda+Sovereignty&qid=1752973516&s=english-books&sprefix=shinoda+sovereignty%2Cenglish-books%2C193&sr=1-1

Conflict and Human Security: In Search of New Approaches of Peacebuilding, co-edited with Yuji Uesugi (Kokusaishoin, 2005) (Japanese)

Ethics and International Relations, co-edited with Hakan Seckinelgin (London: Palgrave, 2001).

(Edited Books)

1. The Impacts of the Russo-Ukrainian War: Theoretical and Practical Explorations of Policy Agendas for Peace in Ukraine, edited with Pavlo Fedorchenko-Kutuyev (Springer, 2025), pp. 121. https://www.amazon.co.jp/Impacts-Russo-Ukrainian-War-SpringerBriefs-International/dp/9819622948/ref=sr_1_1?__mk_ja_JP=%E3%82%AB%E3%82%BF%E3%82%AB%E3%83%8A&crid=2IRWEK20WYY0J&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.WH5MnFn4-uvqUidlo9K0bQ.TQU4xNQGiiitXMLxWt8X4TBlh_pgl6-9TZ2tLVUbh90&dib_tag=se&keywords=Shinoda+Impacts+of+Russo&qid=1752973817&s=english-books&sprefix=shinoda+impacts+of+russo%2Cenglish-books%2C190&sr=1-1

2. Conflict and Human Security: Towards New Approaches of Peacebuilding (Kokusaishoin, 2005), edited with Yuji Uesugi, pp. 305. (in Japanese)

3. IPSHU English Research Report Series No. 19: Conflict and Human Security: A Search for New Approaches of Peace-building, edited with Ho-Won Jeong (Institute for Peace Science of Hiroshima University, 2004), pp. 327.

4. Ethics and International Relations, edited with Hakan Seckinelgin (London: Palgrave, 2001), pp. 212. https://www.amazon.co.jp/Ethics-International-Relations-H-Seckinelgin/dp/0333917928/ref=sr_1_1?__mk_ja_JP=%E3%82%AB%E3%82%BF%E3%82%AB%E3%83%8A&crid=2SH4A3X2FFHQK&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.OsrpaNkcIDxmKaRQtPNvRQ.8syIkz_Pbj2as-yqV3CkjFTdX76Dy6rAouN7oVM9Dfw&dib_tag=se&keywords=Shinoda+Ethics+and+international&qid=1752973792&s=english-books&sprefix=shinoda+ethics+and+international%2Cenglish-books%2C196&sr=1-1

(Articles)

1. “Problematic Nature of Conceptualizing the Russo-Ukrainian War” with Pavlo Fedorchenko-Kutuyev in s (Springer, 2025), pp. 3-11.

2. “How Do We Approach the Russo-Ukrainian War as an “International Intra-State Armed Conflict”?” in The Impacts of the Russo-Ukrainian War (Springer, 2025), pp. 13-26.

3. “The Impact of the Russo-Ukrainian War on NATO: Implications for the Strategic Concept of the Alliance” with Tomonori Yoshizaki in The Impacts of the Russo-Ukrainian War (Springer, 2025), pp. 43-57.

4. “The Scope of the Ripeness Theory in the Russo-Ukrainian War” with Hinako Yasui in The Impacts of the Russo-Ukrainian War (Springer, 2025), pp. 71-79.

5. “Security Guarantees as Balancing Ukraine with Russia: Reflections on Geopolitical Theories” in The Impacts of the Russo-Ukrainian War (Springer, 2025), pp. 81-99.

6. “Shrinking PKO: The Transformation of International Partnership Peace Operations with Special Reference to the Case of Somalia”, International Relations, vol,13, no. 2, November 2024, pp. 15-36.

7. “Japan’s Policy Towards Afghanistan Since 2001” in Nian Peng and Khalid Rahman (eds.), The Uncertain Future of Afghanistan: Terrorism, Reconstruction, and Great-Power Rivalry (Springer, 2024).

8. “Beyond the War on Terror against the Ethnic Conflicts”, Gandhi Marg, vol. 46, no. 1, 2024, pp. 113-130.

9. “A Critical Examination of Theories and Practices of Conflict Resolution: How do we approach ‘international intra-state armed conflicts’?”, ROLES Working Paper, 2024.

10. “The Impact of the Global War on Terrorism upon International Peace Operations”, Kosaikankeironso, vol.12. no.1, 2023, pp. 19-34.

11. With Ferdorchenko- Kutuyev Pavlo, “The Problematic Nature of the Naming of the ‘Ukraine War’”, ROLES Insights No. 2023-4, 6 October 2023.

12. “An Institutional Examination of Unilateral Targeted Sanctions: Legality and Rationality from the Perspective of International Constitutionalism,” Kokusaihogaikozassi, vol.121, no.4, 2022, pp. 416-445.

13. “The Current State of Affairs of Efforts to achieve Sustaining Peace: Pursuit of the Linkage between International Security and International Peace Operations, Kokusaianzenhosho, Vol. 50, no.11, 2022, pp. 1-19.

14. “The Task of Ownership in State-building and the Stagnation of International Constitutionalism”, Kokusai Mondai, No. 706, April 2022, pp. 5-12.

15. “Preventive Diplomacy in Northeast Asia: How the Region without Operational Regional Organizations Pursues Peace” in Guo Yanjun and Lu Fujian (eds.), Preventive Diplomacy in the Pacific (Beijing: World Scientific, 2021), pp. 247-256.

16. “The Present Circumstance of Srebrenica and Protection of Civilians: Flexible Applications of Chapter VII and the Role of Regional Organizations”, Yukie Osa (eds.), Srebrenica Genocide: Lessons and Challenges for the 25th Year (Toshindo, 2020), Pages 222-241. (Japanese)

17. “Overview and Character of International Conflict-Conflict Resolution and Geopolitics”, Shinichi Kitaoka and Yuichi Hosoya (eds.), New Geopolitics (Toyo Keizai, 2020), pp. 116-165. (Japanese)

18. “Elucidation of the Consistency between Contemporary International Law and the Constitution of Japan-Problems of His Interpretation of Article 9 of the Conventional Constitutional Law”, Hiroshima Peace Science, No. 41, 2019, pp. 85-102. (Japanese)

19. “The wandering of the youkai called'rights of sovereignty'-Japanese constitutionalism that continues to be constrained by the Meiji Constitution” Asteion, No. 91, 2019. (Japanese)

20. “Japan-Korea Relations and the Rule of Law-The Necessity of Coordination Theory in a Multidimensional Legal Norm System”, Jurist of the Study, Summer 2019 issue. (Japanese)

21. “Partnership Peace Operations in Multi-layered International Security: An Examination of the Involvement of Regional and Sub-regional Organizations in International Peace Operations”, International Relations Theory, vol. 8, no. 1, 2019, pp. 39-57. (Japanese)

22. “Multilayered International Security and the Transformation of United Nations Peacekeeping”, United Nations Studies, edited by the United Nations Society of Japan, No. 20, 2019, pp. 29-51. (Japanese)

23. “International Criminal Court and Africa” Takehiko Ochiai, Introduction to African Security Theory (Akihiro Shobo, 2019), pp. 198-207. (Japanese)

24. “Ownership Principles as Strategic Guidelines for National Construction” Hiromi Fujishige, Yuji Uesugi, Yoshiro Furusawa (eds.) Hybrid National Construction: Between Freedom and Local Focus (Nakanishiya Publishing, 2019), 67-80 page. (Japanese)

25. “Development of Concepts Concerning International Peace Activities” Yuji Uesugi and Hiromi Fujishige (eds.), Introduction to International Peace Cooperation: Contribution to the International Community and Challenges of Japan (Minerva Shobo, 2018), pp. 42-62. (Japanese)

26. Co-author with Peter Wallensteen, et.al., “Chapter10: Violence, Wars, Peace, Security”, Report of the International Panel on Social Progress (2018) <https://www.dropbox.com/s/ydnqyr9diz55pes/Executive%20Summary%202018%20Report%20v2%20with%20titlepage.pdf>.

27. “Peace-building and State-building from the Perspective of the Historical Development of International Society”, International Relations of the Asia-Pacific, vol. 18, issue 1, 2018, pp.25-43.

28. “Political Implications of the “Withdrawal Strategy” of African States from the International Criminal Court (ICC)”, Hiroshima Peace Science, 39, 2017, pp. 31-42.

29. “International Criminal Court (ICC) Examination of the Movement of Withdrawal from the Viewpoint of International Order Theory”, International Relations Theory, Vol. 6, No. 2, 2017, pp. 25-45. (Japanese)

30. “The Present of the United Nations and the Rule of Law,” International Affairs, No. 666, November 2017, pp. 6-17. (Japanese)

31. “The Whereabouts of Sovereignty”, Atsushi Sugita (eds.), Politics in Globalization (Iwanami Lecture, Hyundai, Volume 4) (Iwanami Shoten, 2016), pp. 59-79. (Japanese)

32. “UN High-Level Commission Report and the Present of UN Peace Operations-The Meaning of Political Excellence and Partnership Peace Operations”, Hiroshima Peace Science (Hiroshima University Peace Science Research Center), Vol. 37, 2016, pp. 45-56. (Japanese)

33. “Significance of Policies of Peacebuilding”, Ken Endo (ed.), Global Commons (Iwanamishoten, 2015), pp.245-274. (Japanese)

34. “Local Ownership as a Strategic Guideline for Peacebuilding” in Sung Yong Lee and Alpaslan Özerdem (eds.), Local Ownership in International Peacebuilding: Key Theoretical and Practical Issues (London: Routledge, 2015), pp.19-38. (Japanese)

35. “Sunakawa Judgement of the Supreme Court in light of the linkage between Domestic Law and International Law”, Houritsu Jihou, vol.87, no.5, 2015, pp.32-37. (Japanese)

36. “The Principle of Impartiality in UN Peacekeeping and the Shift of International Order”, Hiroshima Peace Science, Institute of Peace Science of Hiroshima University, no.36, 2015, pp.25-37. (Japanese)

37. “Human Rights, Democracy and Peace in International Constitutionalism of University International Society”, Kokusai Kankei Ronso, vol.4, no.1, pp.21-42. (Japanese).

38. “Sources and Trends of Peace and Conflict Studies: An Examination of the Framework of Peacebuilding and Strategic Relevance of Ownership”, TUFS Ronshu, vol.89, 2014, pp.,167-194. (Japanese)

39. “Constitutional Nature of International Society: Critique of the Myth of Westphalia”, Kokusaiho Gaiko Zasshi, vol.113, no.3, 2014, pp.374-396. (Japanese)

40. “Peacebuilding and State-building from the Perspective of the Evolution of International Society”, Kokusai Seiji, 2013, pp.13-26. (Japanese)

41. “Tohoku in Japan’s Modern State-building: Beyond the Ages of Militarism and High-Growth of Economic Development”, Japan Association of Peace Studies, 2013, pp.43-65. (Japanese9

42. “Why Are Asians Less Interested in Humanitarian Intervention?”, Journal of Global Studies: An Occasional Supplement 2013, The Graduate School of Global Studies, Doshisha University, 2013, pp. 135-145.

43. With Reuben Lewis, “Operationalizing Early Warning for Conflict Prevention and Peacebuilding in West Africa: A Case Study of ECOWAS Early Warning System,” Hiroshima Peace Science, vol. 34, 2012, pp. 1-32.

44. “Two Types of SSR from the Perspective of Security and Development”, Yuji Uesugi, Hiromi Fujishige and Tomonori Yoshizaki (eds), Security Sector Reform in Peacebuilding (Kokusai Shoin, 2012), pp.49-65. (Japanese)

45. “Modern State Building and Post-conflict Peacebuilding in Japan-with the Case of Tohoku Region,” IPSHU Research Report Series No. 47: Japanese Modern State Building as Peacebuilding, (Institute for Peace Science, Hiroshima University, 2012), pp. 2-58. (Japanese)

46. “The Principle of Local Ownership as a Bridge between International and Domestic Actors in Peacebuilding,” IPSHU English Research Report Series No.29: Indigenous Methods of Peacebuilding in Africa, edited by Bertha Z. Osei-Hwedie, Treasa Galvin and Hideaki Shinoda, Hiroshima University, 2012, pp. 66-87.

47. “The Sierra Leonean Model of Peacebuilding? The Principle of Local Society's Ownership and Liberal Democracy in Africa,” IPSHU English Research Report Series No.27: Peacebuilding and the Ownership of Local Society in Sierra Leone, Hiroshima University, 2012, pp. 2-22.

48. “The Sri Lankan Model of Peacebuilding? The Principle of Local Society's Ownership and the Validity of Developmental Authoritarianism,” IPSHU English Research Report Series No.26: Peacebuilding and the Ownership of Local Society in Sri Lanka, Hiroshima University, 2012, pp. 2-19.

49. “Task for the Development of Local Society's Ownership for Peacebuilding and Dilemmas of State-building with Special Reference to the case of Sierra Leone and Sri Lanka”, Hiroshima Peace Science, vol. 33, 2011, pp.137-159. (Japanese)

50. “The Rule of Law,” Kiichi Fujiwara, Ryo Oshiba, and Tetsuya Yamada(eds.), Introduction to Peacebuilding (Yuhikaku, 2011), pp. 153-172. (Japanese)

51. “Politics of Peace Processes in Sri Lanka: Reconsidered from Domestic, International and Regional Perspectives,” IPSHU English Research Report Series No.25: Peacebuilding in South Asia, Hiroshima University, 2011, pp. 129-155.

52. “The Significance of Ownership in Local Societies,” Hiroshima Peace Science, vol. 31, 2009, pp.163-202. (Japanese)

53. “Two Types of SSR in Peacebuilding: Security - Development Nexus in SSR” in Yuji Uesugi and Susumu Hasegawa (eds.), IPSHU Research Report Series No. 45: Peacebuilding and Security Sector Reform: From Security and Development Perspective, (Institute for Peace Science, Hiroshima University, 2010), pp. 29-40. (Japanese)

54. “Woodrow Wilson: Interventionism, State Sovereignty, and League of Nations” in Ken Endo (ed.), Global Governance: History and Thought (Yuhikaku, 2010), pp.81-101. (Japanese)

55. “Human Security Initiatives of Japan” in Hans G?nter Brauch, ?rsula Oswald Spring, John Grin, Czeslaw Mesjasz, Patricia Kameri-Mbote, Navnita Chadha Behera, B?chir Chourou, and Heinz Krummenacher (eds.), Facing Global Environmental Change: Environmental, Human, Energy, Food, Health and Water Security Concepts (Berilin and Heidelberg: Springer, 2009). pp. 1097-1104.

56. “What Was Wrong With Afghanistan? Reflection upon the Past and Prospect for the Future” in Yuji Uesugi (ed.), IPSHU English Research Report Series No.24: Toward Bringing Stability in Afghanistan: A Review of the Peacebuilding Strategy, Institute for Peace Science, Hiroshima University, 2009.

57. “Modernization and Reconstruction in Japan as a Peacebuilding Process: Internal and External Peace,” Institute for Peace Science of Hiroshima University (ed.), IPSHU Research Report Series No. 42: Pioneering Peace Studies: Essays in Celebration of the retirement of Prof. Masatsugu Matsuo, 2009, pp. 492-522. (Japanese)

58. “Nation-States, Peacebuilding and Global Society: Globalism, Regionalism and Nationalism in the Contemporary Theory of State Sovereignty with Special Reference to the Discourse on the Responsibility to Protect” in Masatsugu Matsuo, Vladimir Rouvinski and Rafael Silva Vega (eds.), IPSHU English Research Report Series No.23: Revista CS No.3: Peace and Human Security, Institute for Peace Science, Hiroshima University and Faculty of Law and Social Sciences, Icesi University, 2009, pp. 1-19.

59. “Post-war Reconstruction of Hiroshima as a Case of Peacebuilding” in Hideaki Shinoda (ed.), IPSHU English Research Report Series No.22 Post-war Reconstruction of Hiroshima: From the Perspective of Contemporary Peacebuilding, Institute for Peace Science, Hiroshima University, 2008, pp.2-24.

60. “Post-war Reconstruction of Hiroshima as a Case of Peacebuilding” in Hideaki Shinoda (ed.), IPSHU Research Report Series No.40 Post-war Reconstruction of Hiroshima: From the Perspective of Contemporary Peacebuilding, Institute for Peace Science, Hiroshima University, 2008, pp.2-24. (Japanese)

61. “The Difficulty and Importance of Local Ownership and Capacity Development in Peacebuilding,” Hiroshima Peace Science, vol. 30, 2008, pp. 95-115.

62. “Rebuilding of Sudan: Peacebuilding Activities in the region with Multi-Layered Conflicts,” Shinichi Takeuchi (ed.), Between War and Peace: Africa after the Outbreak of Conflicts and International Society (Chiba: IDE-JETRO, 2008), pp.59-89. (Japanese)

63. “The Scope of the Criticism about 'Domestic Model Perspective in the Study of International Law:' Its Potential and Limitation,” Junji Nakagawa and Kouji Teraya (eds.), The Horizon of International Law: History, Theory, and Proof (Tokyo: Toshindo, 2008), pp.87-106. (Japanese)

64. “Law and Power in the Multi-Layered Perspectives on the International Order,” Yasuaki Onuma (ed.), Law and Power in International Society (Tokyo: Nihon-hyoronsha, 2008), pp.231-274. (Japanese)

65. “Kosovo: Civil-Military Relations in the Governance in Divided societies,” Yuji Uesugi and Chiyuki Aoi (eds.), Civil-Military Relations in State-building (Kokusaishoin, 2008), pp.283-298. (Japanese)

66. “Toward a Sustainable Strategy of Peacebuilding: An Examination of Negative and Positive Justifications of Security Sector Reform (SSR)”, Hiroshima Peace Science, vol. 29, 2007, pp. 89-107.

67. “Peacebuilding in Afghanistan and its limitations,” in The Japan Institute of International Affairs (ed), International Affairs, no. 564, 2007, pp.13-22. (Japanese)

68. “The Potential of Constitutionalism Crossing Borders,” Shojiro Sakaguchi (ed.), Globalization and Constitutional Law, Vol. 5 of Iwanami Lecture Series in Constitutional Law (Tokyo: Iwanami-shoten, 2007), pp.99-124. (Japanese)

69. “A Study of the issues of Civil-Military Cooperation”, Yuji Uesugi (ed.), IPSHU Research Report Series No.38, Challenges in Civil-Military Relations in International Peace Operations, 2007, pp.23-33. (Japanese)

70. “'Post-Conflict' Peacebuilding in Sudan: One Nation, Two Conflicts and Various Challenges” in Shinichi Takeuchi (ed.), Post-Conflict Challenges in Africa, (Institute of Developing Economies, 2007), pp.107-121. (Japanese)

71. “The Establishment of the United Nations Peacebuilding Commission: Dilemma on the New Vision for International Society” Japanese Society of International Law (ed.), The Journal of international law and diplomacy, 2007, pp.68-93. (Japanese)

72. “Synchronism between International Order and Domestic Order: A Historic Analysis on Social Order Vision Model to rule of value”, Japan Association of International Relations (ed.), Kokusaiseiji No.147: Resonance between International Order and Domestic Order, 2007, pp. 11-28. (Japanese)

73. “Restoration of Peace: Judicial Activities in Peacebuilding,” Shisou No. 993: Justice in International Society, 2007, pp.203-214. (Japanese)

74. “Political and Legal System Reform in Peacebuilding” in Ryo Oshiba, Kiichi Fujiwara and Tetsuya Yamada (eds.), Policy for Peace (Yuhikaku Books, 2007), pp.227-242. (Japanese)

75. “Security Sector Reform and Peacebuilding in Africa with Special Reference to the Case of the Democratic Republic of Congo”, Hiroshima Peace Science, vol. 28, 2006, pp. 155-172.”

76. “The Background and the Strategy of Peacebuilding in Afghanistan: A Consideration of the Role of Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration (DDR) in Afghanistan,” HIPEC Research Report Series No.2, 2006, pp.30. (Japanese)

77. (with Yuji Uesugi, Rumiko Seya and Tatsuro Yamane) “The Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration (DDR) Program in Afghanistan: Its Overview and Overall Examinations,” HIPEC Research Report Series No. 1, 2006, pp.29.

78. “Peacebuilding in Africa from the Perspective of Human Security: The Case of the ‘Civil War’in the Democratic Republic of the Congo” in Katsuya Mochizuki (ed.), IDE-JETRO Research Series No. 550: The Scope of Human Security: Agendas in Africa (Institute of Developing Economies, 2006), pp. 23-62. (Japanese)

79. “Natural Resources and Armed Conflict in Africa from the Perspective of Political Economy of Intra-state War” in Yoko Ogashiwa (ed.), IPSHU Research Report Series No. 35: Prevention and Resolution of Conflict on the Management of Natural Resources (Institute for Peace Science, Hiroshima University, 2005), pp. 153-172. (Japanese)

80. “On the Role of Rule of Law in Conflict and Post-conflict Societies: An Analysis of Peace-building in Bosnia and Herzegovina with Special Reference to the UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s Report,” Hiroshima Peace Science, vol. 27, 2005, pp. 47-68. (Japanese)

81. (with Yuji Uesugi) “Conclusion: In Search for New Approaches of Peacebuilding” in Shinoda and Uesugi (eds.), Conflict and Human Security, pp. 291-296. (Japanese)

82. “Measures for Human Security during and after Armed Conflict: The Relationship between Humanitarian Aid and Peacebuilding” in Shinoda and Uesugi (eds.), Conflict and Human Security, pp. 31-57. (Japanese)

83. (with Yuji Uesugi) “Introduction: Conflict and Human Security” in Shinoda and Uesugi (eds.), Conflict and Human Security, pp. 17-27. (Japanese)

84. “The Rule of Law in International Peace-building Activities: The Case of Bosnia and Herzegovina,” Hiroshima Peace Science, vol. 26, 2004, pp.215-239. (Japanese)

85. “Operational Phases of Human Security Measures in and after Armed Conflict: How Can We Link Humanitarian Aid to Peace-building?” Hideaki Shinoda and Ho-Won Jeong (eds.), IPSHU English Research Report Series No. 19: Conflict and Human Security: A Search for New Approaches of Peace-building, August 2004, pp.23-44.

86. “The Concept of Human Security: Historical and Theoretical Implications” Hideaki Shinoda and Ho-Won Jeong (eds.), IPSHU English Research Report Series No. 19: Conflict and Human Security: A Search for New Approaches of Peace-building, August 2004, pp. 5-22.　 　

87. “Introduction: Conflict, Human Security and Peace-building” Hideaki Shinoda and Ho-Won Jeong (eds.), IPSHU English Research Report Series No. 19: Conflict and Human Security: A Search for New Approaches of Peace-building, August 2004, pp. 1-4.

88. “The Significance of Peace-building from the Perspective of Human Security: An Introduction to the Exploration in the Context of Africa,” Katsuya Mochizuki(ed.), The Range of Human Security Issues in Africa (Institute of Developing Economies, 2004). (Japanese)

89. “US Unilateralism with Special Reference to the Case of the International Criminal Court,” Takashi Oshimura (ed.), The Image of the American Empire: Growing Gap with International Society (Tokyo: Waseda University Press, 2004). (Japanese)

90. “Divergent Meanings of ‘Security’ and the Emergence of Human Security Discourses,” Institute for Peace Science, Hiroshima University (ed.), IPSHU Research Report No. 31: Reexamination of Human Security, pp. 51-84. (Japanese)

91. “Peace-building and Electoral Assistance” in The Japan Institute of International Affairs (ed.), Conflict Prevention, 2003, pp. 6-16. (Japanese)

92. “Peace” in Takashi Oshimura and Ikushi Soeya (eds.), Access Political Philosophy (Nihonkeizaihyouronsha, 2003), pp. 217-233. (Japanese)

93. “The Rule of Law Approach of Peace-building: An Examination from the Strategic Perspective,” Hiroshima Peace Science, vol. 25, 2003, pp.189-218. (Japanese)

94. “Issues of the Coming War with Iraq,” Sohbun, No.450, 2003, pp. 46-50. (Japanese)

95. “Japan's Role in Peace Operations: It is Time to be More than a 'Free Rider' and 'Cash Dispenser,” Institute Report, Weatherhead East Asia Institute, Columbia University, 2003, pp. 13.

96. “The Legitimacy of 'New Interventionism': The Case of the NATO Bombing of Yugoslavia,” Humanitarian Crises and International Intervention: Prescriptions for Restoration of Peace, Hiroshima Peace Institute (ed.), Yushindo, 2003, pp. 19-41. (Japanese)

97. “Re-considering the Concept of State Sovereignty in International Relations: The Trend of rule-of-law thoughts during the Inted-war Period and the Emergence of political Realism,” Sisoh, No.945, 2003, pp. 86-103. (Japanese)

98. “The Use of Depleted Uranium in Armed Conflict”, IPSHU Research Report No. 29. (Japanese)

99. “Peace-building by the Rule of Law: An Examination of Intervention in the Form of International Tribunals,” International Journal of Peace Studies, Volume 7, Number 1, Spring/Summer 2002, pp. 41-58.

100. “Reconsidering the Concept of Peace-building from the Perspective of International Peace Operations,” Hiroshima Peace Science, vol. 24, 2002, pp. 21-45. (Japanese)

101. “Sovereignty: Human Rights and the Critical Point of Constitutionalism: A Historical and Theoretical Examination of the Right to Resistance and the Right to Intervention,” The Annuals of the Japanese Political Science Association 2001, pp. 157-169. (Japanese)

102. “Peace-building and International Criminal Tribunals: International Judicial Intervention as Humanitarian Intervention,” Social Sciences Studies, Hiroshima University, vol. 27, 2001, pp. 91-111. (Japanese)

103. “Rule of Law in International Society and a New Paradigm of Conflict Resolution,” Sohbun, 2001, pp. 7-12. (Japanese)

104. “Historical Development of International Norms: Order, Justice and State Sovereignty,” Japan Peace Research Association (ed.), Heiwa Kenkyu (Peace Studies), 2001, pp. 86-96. (Japanese)

105. “Nuclear Weapons and International Humanitarian Law as Jus Cogens: The Problem of jus in bello and jus ad bellum or Law and Politics in the Advisory Opinion of the International Court of Justice on the Legality of the Use and the Threat of Nuclear Weapons,” Hiroshima Peace Science, vol. 23, 2001, pp. 1-24. (Japanese)

106. “The Use of Nuclear Weapons and International Humanitarian law with Special Reference to the 1996 Advisory Opinion of the International Court of Justice on the Use and the Threat of Nuclear Weapons,” Institute for Peace Science of Hiroshima University (ed.), IPSHU Research Report Series No. 27: Nuclear Issues in the Post-Cold War World and Japan, 2001, pp. 119-199. (Japanese)

107. “The Politics of Legitimacy in International Society: The Case of NATO's Bombing of Yugoslavia”, The Journal of International Studies, Institute of International Relations, Sofia University, no. 47, January 2001, pp. 1-22. (Japanese)

108. “The Politics of Legitimacy in International Relations: A Critical Examination of NATO’s Intervention in Kosovo,” Alternatives, vol. 25, no. 4, 2000, pp. 515-536.

109. “Sovereignty, Realism and Westphalia in the Study of International Politics with Special Reference to Carr, Morgenthau, Bull and Waltz”, Social Sciences Studies, Hiroshima University, vol. 26, 2000, pp. 93-132. (Japanese)

110. “The Politics of Legitimacy in International Relations: The Case of NATO Intervention in Kosovo”, First Press: New Writing on World Politics, Society and Culture [http://www.theglobalsite.ac.uk/press.htm], October 2000.

111. International Assistance in Domestic Elections in the Post-Cold War Era: Human Rights, Peace and the Function of Democracy”, Hiroshima Peace Science, vol. 22, 2000, pp. 137-177. (Japanese)

112. “The Transformation of the Concept of State Sovereignty: Its Implications in the Theory of International Relations”, International Politics, Japan Association of International Studies, vol. 124, 2000, pp. 89-107. (Japanese)

113. “The Problem of Modernity in the Concept of State Sovereignty: An Exploration into episteme of Political Concepts”, Social Sciences Studies, Hiroshima University, vol. 25, 1999, pp. 11-44. (Japanese)

114. “Conflicting Notions of National and Constitutional Sovereignty in the Discourses of Political Theory and International Relations: a Genealogical Perspective”, Ph.D. thesis, University of London, March 1998.

115. “The Political Theory of Nietsche: The Political Thought of ‘Anti-Politics’ and ‘Great Politics’”, Yasunobu Fujiwara and Shozo Iijima (eds.), History of Western Political Thoughts (Tokyo: Shin-Hyoron, 1995). (Japanese)

(Conference Presentations)

1. “The Prospect of Partnership International Peace Operations”, UN Colloquium, 27 November 2021.

2. “Target Sanctions against Serious Abuse of Human Rights; from the Perspective of International Constitutionalism”, Annual Convention of the Japan Association of International Law, 6 September 2021.

3. “International Peace Operations and International Constitutionalism”, Global Constitutionalism Study Group, 5 December 2020.

4. “Partnership Peace Operations and Multi-layered International Security System”, Japan International Political Society, October 25, 2020. (Japanese)

5. “Current Status and Challenges of Partnership International Peace Operations: In the Development of Multi-layered International Security”, United Nations Colloquium, January 25, 2020. (Japanese)

6. “Why almost only in Africa can we find such responses to armed conflicts as UN Peacekeeping Operations and International Criminal Court investigations? “, International Peace Research Association General Conference 2018, Ahmedabad, India, November 25, 2018.

7. “Violence, Conflicts and Peacebuilding”, World Social Science Forum 2018, Fukuoka, Japan, 25 September 2018.

8. “Partnership Peacekeeping” and Regional Diversity of Peace Operations,” International Studies Association Annual Convention, Baltimore, USA, Feb.23, 2017.

9. “Peacebuilding and Security from the Perspective of International Constitutionalism” Annual Convention of the Japan Political Science Association, Ritsumeikan University, 2 October, 2016. (Japanese)

10. “Geopolitics and Global Governance,” International Panel on Social Progress, Collège d’études mondiales, April 23, 2016.

11. “Peace and Security in Contemporary International Society: Liberalism, State Sovereignty and Peace of Interventionism in International Order”, Annual Convention of the Japan Peace Studies Association, Aster Plaza, Hiroshima, 19 July 2015. (Japanese)

12. “The Myth of State-centrism: The Westphalian System, State Sovereignty and New International Constitutionalism”, Annual Convention of the Japan Association of International Law, Shizuoka Convention Center, 14 October 2013. (Japanese)

13. “Peacebuilding in Japan/Hiroshima,” University of Jaffna (Sri Lanka).

14. “Why Are Asians Less Interested in Humanitarian Intervention?”Asian Perspective on Humanitarian Intervention in 21st Century, Center for Interdisciplinary Study of Monotheistic Religions (CISMOR), Doshisha University Graduate School of Global Studies, Doshisha University, UNESCO Bangkok Office, and United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR), Imadegawa Campust of Doshisha University, 26 June 2012.

15. “What are Major Tasks for Training Civilians International Interventions?” Civil-Military Affairs Conference 2012 (CMAC 2012): Peace and Stabilisation Operations: Learning from the Past to meet Tomorrow’s Challenges, Canberra, Australia, 29 May 2012.

16. “Rwanda: 18 Years After,” 18th Commemoration of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi, Embassy of the Republic of Rwanda, Tokyo, 9 April 2012.

17. “Re-examining the Principle of Local Ownership in Peacebuilding- State-building and Reconstruction of Community, and the Modernization of Japan and Tohoku,” Annual Convention, The Peace Studies Association of Japan, Okinawa University, June 23, 2012. (Japanese)

18. “Peacebuilding and International Order- Constitutionalism and State Sovereignty: Analysis of The Rule of Law Approach in Peacebuilding,” Annual Convention, Japan Association of International Relations, Tsukuba International Congress Center, November 11, 2011. (Japanese)

19. “The Significance of Local Ownership in Peacebuilding: From Respect to Strategic Development”, Annual Convention, International Studies Association, Montreal, March 18, 2011.

20. “The Principle of Local Ownership as a Bridge between International Standards and Indigenous Methods in Peacebuilding,” Conference on Indigenous Methods of Conflict Resolution and Peace Building, Centre for Culture and Peace Studies, University of Botswana, Gaborone, 23 September 2010.

21. “Japanese Contributions to Nation-building and Peace-building,” The Evolution of Japan's Defense Posture, French Institute of International Relations, Paris, 14 April, 2010.

22. “Human Rights, Democracy and Peace in Universal International Society,” Carnegie/Uehiro/Oxford Conference on Human Rights, Democracy, and Democratization, Carnegie International Endowment for Peace, New York, 12 November 2009.

23. “Constitutionalism and International Order,” Annual Convention, Japan Association of International Relations, Tsukuba International Congress Center, October 25, 2008.

24. “The Difficulty and Importance of Local Ownership and Capacity Development in Peacebuilding,” Annual Convention, International Studies Association, San Francisco, March 28, 2008.

25. “Toward a Sustainable Strategy of Peacebuilding: An Examination of Negative and Positive Justifications of Security Sector Reform (SSR),” Annual Convention, International Studies Association, Chicago, March 2, 2007.

26. “Conjunctures of Globalism, Regionalism and Nationalism in Peacebuilding: Failed States Threaten Failing International Society or Vice Versa?” Commemoration Convention for the 50th Anniversary of the Foundation of Japan Association of International Relations, Kazusa Academia Hall, October 14, 2006.

27. “Can the Peacebuilding Commission be a Breakthrough of the UN Reform,” Annual Convention, Japan Association of International Relations, Yokohama National University, October 8, 2006.

28. “Why Is an Election Needed in Peacebuilding?: A Theoretical Consideration of the Strategic Role of Elections after Armed Conflicts,” Annual Convention, International Studies Association, San Diego, USA, March 22, 2006.

29. “The Development of International Order: In Search for Value Systems Constitutive of International Order,” Annual Convention of the Japan International Relations Association, Sapporo Convention Center, November 20, 2005.

30. “Multiple Sources of International Order: The Illusion of the Westphalia Model and the Vienna Model and the Monroe Model,” Research Group on Contemporary Thoughts of the Suntory Foundation, July 8, 2005, Suntory Foundation. (Japanese)

31. “The Problem of CIMIC and Peacebuilding in Iraq”, Research Group on Institute of Defense Studies, Institute of Defense Studies, July 1, 2005. (Japanese)

32. “The Rule of Law Approach of Peacebuilding and the Issue of Empowerment,” Peacebuilding Research Group, Graduate School of International Development, Nagoya University, June 17, 2005. (Japanese)

33. “Towards the International Criminal Court as a Peacebuilding Institution,” Japan Society for the Promotion of Science’s Project on the Promotion of Humanistic and Social Sciences Symposium “Peacebuilding and Global Governance,” Hotel Laforet Tokyo, March 26, 2005.

34. “Implementing Peace through the Imposition of Rule of Law: Reevaluating Peace-building Strategies in Bosnia and Herzegovina Ten Years after the Dayton Peace Agreement,” Annual Convention, International Studies Association, Hawaii, USA, February 23, 2005.

35. 2Political Theory of Peace-building: Practical Tasks and the Role of Japan,” Japan Political Science Association, October 2, 2004, Sapporo University. (Japanese)

36. “Toward Nuclear Abolition,” Asahi Newspaper, City of Hiroshima and Hiroshima Peace Culture Foundation’s International Peace Symposium, Hiroshima International Conference Hall, August 1, 2004. (Japanese)

37. “ODA, Poverty Reduction and Peace-building,” Center of Environment and Sustainable Society’s Seminar, Tokyo Women’s Plaza, July 26, 2004. (Japanese)

38. “The Tasks and Limits of Peace-building Assistances in Developmental Aid,” JICA, International Cooperation Center’s International Conference Hall, July 15, 2004.

39. “The Global Power and Post-conflict Peace-building: An Examination of the US Involvement in International Peace Operations,” Spring Research Meeting of the Peace Studies Association of Japan, Hokkaido Tokai University, June 26, 2004. (Japanese)

40. “Why Do We Need Civilians in Post-conflict Areas?: The Importance and the Danger of Peace-building Activities,” Symposium on “The Contribution of Civilians in Post-conflict Peace-building,” Waseda University, June 23, 2004. (Japanese)

41. “UN Peace Operations and Japanese Diplomacy,” The 6th Research Meeting of the Japan United Nations Study Association, Nakanoshima Center of Osaka University, May 23, 2004. (Japanese)

42. “Operational Phases of Human Security Measures in and after Armed Conflict: The Link between Humanitarian Aid and Peace-building,” Annual Convention, International Studies Association, Montreal, Canada, March 18, 2004.

43. “The Political Thought of American ‘Empire’: Liberal Democracy and the End of History”, Annual Convention of the Japan Association of International Relations, Tsukuba International Conference Hall, October 18, 2003.

44. “The Rule of Law and the Rule of Force: The Relevance of the United States in International Peace Operations”, Aoyamagakuin University's International Politics and Economics Research Development Center, October 15, 2003. (Japanese)

45. “Depleted Uranium: A Challenge from Humanitarianism”, 46th Annual Convention of the Japan Radiation Research Society, Kyoto Research Park, October 8, 2003. (Japanese)

46. “Cash-dispenser, Free Rider, or What?: Japan's Roles in Peace Operations”, East Asian Institute, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University, 12 November, 2002.

47. The Implications of the Establishment of the International Criminal Court to the US Role in International Order”, Institute of Conflict Analysis and Resolution, George Mason University, 6 November, 2002.

48. “Globalization and Unilateralism with Special Reference to the Issue of the International Criminal Court”. Waseda Political Science Association, Waseda University, 17 May, 2002. (Japanese)

49. “Enforcing International Criminal Law as a Tool for Peace-building: An Examination of the Rule of Law Approach of Peace-building”, Annual Convention, International Studies Association, New Orleans, LA, USA, 25 March 2002.

50. “Re-examining State Sovereignty in International Relations with Special Reference to the Rule of Law Tradition in the Anglo-American Countries”, Meeting of the Japan Political Science Association, Rikkyo University, 13 October 2001. (Japanese)

51. “The Rule of Law Approach in International Peace Operations,” 136th Research Meeting of the Institute for Peace Science, Hiroshima University, 14 July 2001. (Japanese)

52. “Peace, Justice, War and State Sovereignty: Dimensions of Public Violence in the Contemporary World”, 2001 Meeting of the Chugoku-Shikoku Branch of the Japan Peace Research Association, Yamagkuchi Prefectural University, 7 July 2001. (Japanese)

53. “Peace-building by the Rule of Law: An Examination of Intervention in the Form of International Tribunals”, Annual convention, International Studies Association, Chicago, IL, USA, 22 March 2001.

54. “The Politics of Legitimacy in International Relations: The Case of NATO’s Intervention in Kosovo”, Annual convention, International Studies Association, Los Angeles, CA, USA, 15 March 2000.

55. “The Problem of Legitimacy in International Politcs”, 41th Chu-shikoku Hosei Gakkai, Matsuyama University, Matsuyakma, 1 July, 2000. (Japanese)

56. “The Function of Democracy in the Post-Cold War Era”, Japan Peace Studies Association, Risshou University Ohsaki Campus, Tokyo, November 13, 1999. (Japanese)

57. “The Transformation of Concepts of State Sovereignty”, Japan Internatinal Studies Association, Annual Convention, kazusa Academia Hall, Kisarazu, May 15, 1999. (Japanese)

58. “Two Aspects of State Sovereignty: The Encounter of Sovereignty with Nationalism and Constitutionalism”

59. 1999 International Studies Association Annual Convention, Washington, D.C., February 1999.

60. “The Concept of State Sovereignty and International Constitutionalism”, International Relations Research Seminar, Keele university, November 1997.

61. “The Nietzschean Aspect of Genealogy”, Critical International Theories Group Workshop, Nuffield College, Oxford, September 1997.

62. “Two Aspects of Sovereignty”, Sovereignty and Subjectivity, University of Wales, Aberystwyth, September 1995.

63. “Nietzsche’s Political Thoughts”, Waseda University Contemporary Political Science Institute, April 1993. (Japanese)

　　　(Academic Conference Presentations and Invited Public Lectures)

1. “The Gaza Crisis from the Perspective of Conflict Analysis,” presented at the JICA Gaza Reconstruction Support Review Committee, March 18, 2024.

2. “Peacebuilding of Japan and Hiroshima”, JICA Chair Lecture on “Peacebuilding and Business in Japan” at University of Rwanda College of Arts and Social Science (CASS), 6 March, 2024.

3. “Rebuilding the International Order: Perspectives on Reform Proposals for the United Nations,” presented at the 7th Annual Masamichi Inoki Memorial Security Studies Conference, March 2, 2024.

4. Talking Across Generations on Education 2023 on “Connecting Youth: A Roadmap for Peace”, UNESCO MGIEP (Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Education for Peace and Sustainable Development), on 10 December 2023, in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India.

5. “Issues of Israel-Palestine Conflict and Japan's Position,” hosted by the Speech NPO Forum, December 5, 2023.

6. “Modern World Warfare and Japanese Diplomacy” (10th Term Journalism Public Lecture), held at Shizuoka Prefectural University, November 16, 2023.

7. “Which Way Should Japan Go? ~ Amidst a World of Proliferating Wars ~,” organized by the Public Interest Incorporated Association Yokohama Chamber of Commerce & Industry and the National Small and Medium-Sized Trading Companies Yokohama Federation, November 1, 2023.

8. “Trends in the International Community Regarding the Gaza Crisis ~ Focused on United Nations General Assembly Resolution A/ES-10/L/25 ~,” presented at the Japan International Volunteer Center, November 3, 2024.

9. “History of Wars from a Geopolitical Perspective: Structurally Understanding Modern World Wars” (6-part series), hosted by Waseda Extension Center, on October 6, 13, 20, 27, December 1, and 8, 2023.

10. “Peacebuilding Process of Japan with special reference to Hiroshima”, JICA Chair, September 20, 2023 at Ateneo de Manila University.

11. “Japan-Bangladesh Relationship from the Perspective of FOIP” at the International Seminar on “Bangladesh’s Indo-Pacific Outlook: Opportunities and Way Forward”, Bangladesh Institute for International and Strategic Studies, 2 September 2023.

12. “Geopolitics of War: Deciphering the Mechanisms of the World” (5-part series), hosted by the Sakaechu-Nichi Cultural Center, on July 1, October 7, November 4, December 2, 2023, and January 13, 2024.

13. “Imminence and Modern Warfare,” presented by the Cabinet Satellite Intelligence Center, June 27, 2023.

14. “Reconstruction Process of Japan with special reference to Hiroshima”, National Technical University of Ukraine “Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute”, (online) June 5, 2023.

15. “Revision to Clearly Harmonize Japan's Diplomatic and Security Policies with the Japanese Constitution: Constitution as Domestic Legislation to Adhere to International Law,” presented by Japan Innovation Party, May 16, 2023.

16. “Discussion about the Russian Aggression against Ukraine in Japanese Society”, Ukraine-Japan Center, National Technical University of Ukraine “Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute”, 29 March 2023.

17. “The Impact of the Russian Invasion in Ukraine and Japan’s Foreign Policies: From the Perspective of Two Opposing Theories of Geopolitics”, The Embassy of Japan in Argentine / The Argentine Council for International Relations (CARI), 24 March 2023.

18. “Reconstruction Process of Japan with special reference to Hiroshima” JICA Chair, Arab-American University, West Bank, Palestine, 21 March 2023.

19. “Reconstruction Process of Japan with special reference to Hiroshima” JICA Chair, Islamic University, Gaza, Palestine, 19 March 2023.

20. “Japan’s Development Assistance in the International Community of the 21st Century,” presented at the JICA Study Meeting on International Order and Development Cooperation, March 14, 2023.

21. “International Institutions and Peace: Views from Japan in the Changing International System”, UPEACE Japan Chair, 9 March 2023.

22. “Two Different Theories of Geopolitics,” presented at the National Salvation Think Tank's event “Decline of Superpowers and the Rising China, Current Conflicts in Adjacent Regions ~ How the World Changes After Russia's Invasion of Ukraine ~,” February 12, 2023.

23. “The Red Sea Perspective is a New Perspective for International Peace and Security”, The Cairo International Center for Conflict Resolution, Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding (CCCPA), Advancing Sustainable Peace and Development in the Red Sea: Challenges and Opportunities, 10 January 2023.

24. “Life after Receiving Support from the Ito Foundation: Research and Human Resource Development for Peacebuilding,” presented at the Commemorative Ceremony for the 30th Anniversary of the Establishment of the Public Interest Incorporated Foundation Ito International Education and Exchange Foundation, December 18, 2022.

25. “Interpreting the Russia-Ukraine War: Perspectives,” hosted by the Tokyo Foreign Language Society, at the 3rd Revival Cultural Lecture, November 12, 2022.

26. “An Introduction to Conflict Analysis: The Case of the Russian Invasion in Ukraine” University of Colombo, 8 November, 2022.

27. “History of Japan as Peacebuilding Processes”, Japan’s Friendship Ties Program “MIRAI” Alumni Online Visiting Japan Program, 15 November 2022.

28. “History of Japan as Peacebuilding Processes”, JICA Chair in Mexico, 17 November, 2022.

29. “Contemplating Japan's Position in the World through Geopolitical Perspectives,” hosted by the Institute for Strategic Leadership, October 16, 2022.

30. “What We Seek in Constitutional Debates Now ~ Constitutional Issues, Japan’s Stagnation, and Division ~,” organized by the Journalists' Association for Constitutional Thinking, September 20, 2022.

31. “On Peacebuilding in Afghanistan”, JICA-PEACE Joint Program Phase 2 in 2022, 30 August 2022.

32. “Japan’s Possible Contributions to Peacebuilding in the Face of Global Crisis”, Japan in the Global Governance of Peacebuilding, Waseda University, 30 July 2022.

33. “International Situation and Japan’s Course of Action in Light of the Ukraine Crisis,” Foreign and Domestic Affairs Research Institute, July 26, 2022.

34. “The Russia-Ukraine War and the Structure of the International Community,” Seiseizukai, June 8, 2022.

35. “Constitution and Security: The Constitution Does Not Prohibit the Self-Defense Forces as a National Military ~ It's Not the Constitution but the Conventional Wisdom of Constitutional Law That's Faulty ~,” Lecture at the National Public Interest Corporation Kokumin Kaikan “Muto Memorial Lecture,” April 2, 2022.

36. “The Future of Partnership in International Peace Operations,” Peace Cooperation Research Society, December 1, 2021.

37. “Prospects of Partnership International Peace Operations,” UN Colloquium, 27 November, 2021.

38. “Ailments in Constitutional Studies: The Problem Isn’t the Constitution, It’s the Constitutional Scholars!,” Lecture at the General Incorporated Association Saitama Prefecture Business Leaders Association, November 10, 2021.

39. “Post-war Japan’s Human Rights Diplomacy,” Fujitsu Future Studies Center International Situation Research Institute, September 22, 2021.

40. “Afghanistan: Lessons Learned and What's Next?”, The Embassy of Canada in Japan, 13 October 2021.

41. “Targeted Sanctions against Serious Abuse of Human Rights: An Examination from the Perspective of International Constitutionalism”, Japan Association of International Law Annual Convention, 6 September 2021.

42. “Freedom and the Japanese Constitution in the Indo-Pacific” Case Law Study Group, July 9, 2021.

43. “Why is the Japanese Government Militarily Biased?” Organized by the bipartisan “Parliamentarians’ League to Support Democratization in Myanmar,” “Japan’s Role in Halting the Tragedy in Myanmar and Fulfilling the Hopes of its Citizens,” June 6, 2021.

44. “A Consideration on the Path to Peacebuilding in Myanmar,” Co-hosted by the Japan International Peacebuilding Association and the Kyoto International Peacebuilding Center, “Exchange of Views on the Path to Peacebuilding in Myanmar,” May 28, 2021.

45. “The International Situation Surrounding Myanmar,” Co-organized by the bipartisan “Parliamentarians’ League to Support Democratization in Myanmar” and the Liberal Democratic Party's “Japan-Myanmar Friendship Parliamentarians' League,” “What is Diplomacy to Halt the Tragedy in Myanmar and Fulfill the Hopes of its Citizens? Learning from the Latest Situations and Considering the Next Move Study Group,” April 23, 2021.

46. “Armed Conflicts in the age of COVID-19 and International Cooperation”, Ito International Education Exchange Foundation, 20 January 2021.

47. “Partnership Peace Operations and Multi-layered International Security System”, Japan Peacekeeping Training and Research Center, Joint Staff College, Ministry of Defense, December 1, 2020.

48. “Right of Collective Self-Defense and the Constitution: Article 9 Constitutional Amendment and Japan's Security”, Tokyo Goyu Federation, November 26, 2020.

49. “Problems of postwar Japanese constitutional law and desirable future constitutional theory” Kyoto Association of Corporate Executives, November 26, 2020.

50. “Learning International Politics at University”, Kanagawa Prefectural Tama High School, November 10, 2020.

51. Appearance in Yaesu Evening Lab, June 24, 2020.

52. Appearance on Nippon Broadcasting System “Koji Iida's OK! Cozy Up”, April 29, 2020, November 4, 2020.

53. “Srebrenica and the present of” protection of civilians: ~ Flexible Applications of Chapter VII of the UN Charter and the role of regional organizations”, Symposium “Social conflict and aftermath after the 25th year of Srebrenica genocide, collective memory”, Rikkyo University, January 13, 2020.

54. “What is a constitutional amendment for vibrant Japan?”, Liberal Democratic Party Constitutional Amendment Promotion Headquarters, December 9, 2019.

55. “What is the constitutional amendment that gives vitality to Japan?”, Osaka Club, November 13, 2019.

56. “Japan and the Free and Open Indo-Pacific”, The Dhaka Global Dialogue, Dhaka, Bangladesh, November 11-13, 2019.

57. “Summary Lecture at the International Discussion Forum on Peacekeeping Training in Africa”, Ethiopian International Peace Support Training Institute (PSTI), Addis Ababa, Oct. 28-30, 2019.

58. “History of Peacebuilding in Japan”, UNDP Syria “Learning from Japan’s Experience and Dialogue for the Future Recovery of Syria”, September 10, 2019.

59. “Hiroshima Peace Memorial City Construction Law 70th Anniversary Symposium Keynote Speech: Peace Memorial City Shining in the World in the Future”, July 13, 2019.　 (Japanese)

60. “Conflict Resolution”, Kochi Prefectural Pursuit High School, June 22, 2019. (Japanese)

61. “The Deadlock in Japanese Diplomacy-From the Problems of Traditional Constitutional Interpretation”, Kansai University Institute of Economics and Political Science, June 28, 2019. (Japanese)

62. “History of Peacebuilding in Japan”, UNDP Syria “Learning from Japan’s Experience and Dialogue for the Future Recovery of Syria”, June 9, 2019.

63. “Peacebuilding Processes of Japan and Hiroshima”, Institut des Relations Internationales du Cameroun (IRIC).Yaounde, Cameroon, 22 March 2019.

64. “Recent Trends of Armed Conflicts and International Peace Operations”, Centre africain d’Etudes Internationales, Diplomatiques, Economiques et Stratégiques, en abrégé (CEIDES), Yaounde, Cameroon, 22 March 2019.

65. “Recent Trends of Armed Conflicts and International Peace Operations”, Institute for Peace and Conflict Resolution (IPCR), Abuja, Nigeria, Cameroon, 21 March 2019.

66. “Peacebuilding Process of Japan and Hiroshima”, University of Rwanda, Kigali, Rwanda, 18 March 2019.

67. “Recent Trends of Armed Conflicts and International Peace Operations”, Rwanda Peace Academy, Musanza, Rwanda, 19 March 2019.

68. “Peacebuilding Process of Japan and Hiroshima”, University of Rwanda, Kigali, Rwanda, 18 March 2019.

69. “Peacebuilding Process of Japan and Hiroshima”, Esperanza University, Cotonou, Benin, 16 March 2019.

70. “Peacebuilding Process of Japan and Hiroshima”, CPADD (Centre de Perfectionnement aus Actions Postconflictuelles de Demnage et de Depollution), Ouidah, Benin, 15 March 2019.

71. “Peace Activities in the Middle East and Africa and the Role of Japan”, Japan International Peacebuilding Association 2018 Research Conference, December 8, 2018. (Japanese)

72. “A History of Peacebuilding: The Case of Japan / Hiroshima”, the Institute of Modern Languages, University of Dhaka, 13 August 2018.

73. “The Possibility of Japan’s Contributions to International Peacebuilding in the Age of Partnership Peace Operations”, International Conference on International Peacebuilding at the Bangladesh Institute of International and Strategic Studies, 12 August 2018.

74. “Partnership Peacekeeping and Capacity Development”, National Defense College Nigeria, 27 July 2018.

75. “UN Peacekeeping Operations and the Role of Japan”, UPF-Japan and the Institute for Peace Policies, 4 July 2018.

76. “International Peace Operations in the 21^st Century and the Constitution of Japan”, Center for Air Power Strategic Studies, Air Staff College, Air Self Defense Force, 2 July 2018. (Japanese)

77. “AU’s Withdrawal from the ICC in the Age of Partnership Peacekeeping”, TUFS ACS Seminar, 8 June 2018.

78. “The Korean Peninsula from the Perspective of Geopolitics”, Investment Research Group of Daiwa Securities, 6 June 2018. (Japanese)

79. “An Examination of LDP’s Draft Amendments”, Research Group on Constitutional Amendments of the Japan Innovation Party, 29 May 2018. (Japanese)

80. “The Constitution of Japan in the 21^st Century”, Kajima Institute of International Peace, 13 April 2018. (Japanese)

81. “Japan’s International Peace Cooperation Activities and Constitutional Amendments”, Keizai Club, 20 April 2018. (Japanese)

82. “On Amendments of Article 9”, Review Meeting on Article 9 by LDP Members, 22 February 2018. (Japanese)

83. “Introducing International Law in understanding the Constitution”, National Dialogue on the Constitution, 21 February 2018. (Japanese)

84. “Realistic Diplomacy and Security Policies based upon Pacifism”, Policy Council of LDP House of Counselors, 201 February 2018. (Japanese)

85. “Rethinking the Constitution of Japan”, TAMA Citizen College, 10 February 2018. (Japanese)

86. “The Constitution in the World”, Japan International Forum, 16 January 2018. (Japanese)

87. “The Constitution of Japan and the Right of Collective Self-Defense”, TUFS Alumni Association, 13 January 2018. (Japanese)

88. “The Right of Collective Self-Defense”, Department of Law, Kagawa University, 12 December 2017. (Japanese)

89. “Yoshino’s Democracy and Constitutionalism: Pre-war and Post-war Japan”, Yoshino Sakuzo Memorial Museum, 3 November 2017. (Japanese)

90. “International Cooperation and the Constitution of Japan”, Association of Journalists, 6 October 2017. (Japanese)

91. “Article 9 and Emergency Provisions”, Constitutional Committee, Keizai Doyou Kai, 14 September 2017. (Japanese)

92. “Theories of Geopolitics on Far East among Japanese Intellectuals with Special Reference to Contemporary Territorial Disputes Surrounding Japan”, International Seminar Russia and Japan in a Time of New Geopolitics, Vladivostok, Sep. 2, 2017. (Japanese)

93. “Tasks to enhance Japanese Contributions to Peace Operations”, 21^st Century Vision no Kai, 3 July 2017. (Japanese)

94. “The Right of Collective Self Defense and the Constitution”, Constitutional Amendments Promotion Headquarters, Liberal Democratic Party, 12 June 2017. (Japanese)

95. Carnegie Rising Democracies Network Workshop: “Democracy, Conflict, and New Asian Geopolitics” co-organized by Hitotsubashi University and the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Tokyo, Japan, May 29-30, 2017, Session III—Conflict in Asia: what role for democracy?

96. “West-centrism, Domestic Analogy and Inter-civilizational International Law,” Symposium on International Law in the inter-civilizational World”, 19 March 2017. (Japanese)

97. “Managing Territorial Disputes Constructively: The Case of Japan,” Graduate Program in Conflict Resolution and Coexistence, Brandeis University, March 17, 2017.

98. “Armed Conflicts in the World and Reconstruction of Hiroshima”, Hiroshima Junior International Forum, 21 August 2016. (Japanese)

99. “Human Resource Development and Peacebuilding in South Sudan”, Symposium on South Sudan, Japan Platform, 9 July 2016. (Japanese)

100. “What does it mean to emphasize Politics for International Peace Operations?” Japan Peacekeeping Training and Research’s Symposium, International Peace Cooperation Center, Ministry of Defense, November 20, 2015.

101. “Peace Building and an Effective Civil Service”, UNITAR Hiroshima, South Sudan Fellowship Programme Workshop One, Juba, South Sudan, November 24, 2015.

102. “Challenges in South Sudan”, All Japan Research Meeting, 10 September 2015. (Japanese)

103. “Professor Fujiwara Yasunobu’s Political Philosophy and the Possibility of International Political Theory”, 29 November 2014. (Japanese)

104. “Japan’s Aid in Africa”, Seminar on Japan-France Cooperation, TUFS Institute of International Relations and Japan Institute of International Affairs, in Paris, France, 19 December 2013.

105. “Is the State necessary for Peace?” Kyushu University , 13 December 2013. (Japanese)

106. “Peacebuilding in Hiroshima,” Hebron, Palestine, Yes Theater, September 16, 2013.

107. “Peacebuilding in Japan,” Khartoum University and Ahfad University, Sudan, 10 and 11 September 2013.

108. “On Constitutional Amendment Plans of LDP”, Symposium of the Association of Article 96, International Christian University, 28 September 2013. (Japanese)

109. “Recent Trends of Armed Conflicts and International Peace Operations”, TUFS Institute of International Relations, 18 July 2013. (Japanese)

110. “Studies on Peacebuilding and International Society”, TUFS Institute of Foreign Affairs, 10 July 2013. (Japanese)

111. “Does International Law have History?” Institute of Oriental Studies, Tokyo University, 12 July 2013. (Japanese)

112. “Myth of Westphalia, Research Seminar “The Myth of 1648 Revisited,” Komazawa University, 23 November, 2012.

113. “20 Years of Japan’s Peacekeeping”, Ritsumaikan University, 5 October 2012. (Japanese)

114. “Why Are Asians Less Interested in Humanitarian Intervention?” Asian Perspective on Humanitarian Intervention in 21st Century, Center for Interdisciplinary Study of Monotheistic Religions (CISMOR), Doshisha University Graduate School of Global Studies, Doshisha University, UNESCO Bangkok Office, and United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR), Imadegawa Campust of Doshisha University, 26 June 2012.

115. “What are Major Tasks for Training Civilians International Interventions?” Civil-Military Affairs Conference 2012 (CMAC 2012): Peace and Stabilisation Operations: Learning from the Past to meet Tomorrow’s Challenges, Canberra, Australia, 29 May 2012.

116. “Rwanda: 18 Years After,” 18th Commemoration of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi, Embassy of the Republic of Rwanda, Tokyo, 9 April 2012.

117. “Peace Institutes in Hiroshima”, Ritsumeikan University, 19 December 2011. (Japanese)

118. “History of the Peace Memorial City, Hiroshima”, Hiroshima Women’s Chamber of Commerce, 18 February 2011. (Japanese)

119. “Health Intervention Needs in the Fields of Peacebuilding”, Symposium on Peacebuilding and Public Health, Hiroshima University, 4 October 2010. (Japanese)

120. “Post-conflict Peacebuilding with reference to the Case of Japan (Hiroshima),” Kofi Annan Institute for Conflict Transformation, University of Liberia, 17 September 2010.

121. “The Significance of History of Hiroshima for Post-conflict Societies”, 22^nd Hiroshima Peace Forum, Hiroshima Peace Culture Center, 3 July 2010. (Japanese)

122. “Tasks of Post-conflict Peacebuilding: Lessons of Contemporary Cases and Histories of Japan (Hiroshima),” Department of International History and Relations, Colombo University, 25 July 2009.

123. “R2P, Sovereignty and Peacebuilding,” Workshop on The Responsibility to Protect, Graduate School of Asia-Pacific Studies, Waseda University, 22 June 2009.

124. “Order in International Society” Hosei University, 13 May 2009. (Japanese)

125. “Peacebuilding in Africa and Human Resource Development for Peacebuilding” TICAD IV Follow-up Symposium, United Nations University, 11 March 2009. (Japanese)

126. “Peacebuilding in Africa”, Seminar on Humanitarian Aid, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Hiroshima City Hall of Students from Abroad, 29 November 2008. (Japanese)

127. “Actors of Peacebuilding”, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, 12 November 2008. (Japanese)

128. “Reconstruction of Hiroshima,” Love & Peace Lounge in Hiroshima 2008, Café Paco, Hiroshima, August 6, 2008.

129. “What kind of International Contributions?” 3^rd Hiroshima International Youth Symposium, Hiroshima University, 25 August 2007. (Japanese)

130. “Peace Consolidation”, TICAD Citizens Forum, JICA Tokyo, 23 June 2007. (Japanese)

131. “Post-conflict Reconstruction of Japan and Hiroshima”, Japan-China-Korea Next Generation Leaders’ Forum, The Japan Foundation, 25 June 2007.

132. “The Possibility of Peace City Hiroshima”, 2^nd Youth International Symposium, Hiroshima University, 17 February 2007. (Japanese)

133. “Hiroshima’s Post-conflict Reconstruction and the Importance of the Will and Capacity for Peacebuilding in Local Society,” HIPEC International Peacebuilding Conference: Indigenous Initiatives for Peacebuilding: Importance of Local Viewpoints and Expected Roles of Developmental Assistance, March 8, 2007.

134. “How Can We Become World Citizens in Such a Turbulent Age?: A Reflection in Hiroshima upon Contemporary Post-Conflict Peacebuilding Activities,” The INU Student Seminar on Global Citizenship in Hiroshima” Hiroshima University, August 7, 2006.

135. “The Function of DDR in Peacebuilding”, Sue International Symposium on Peacebuilding, 28 November 2005. (Japanese)

136. “Toward International Peacebuilding” Public Seminar on Peace from Hiroshima, Hiroshima University, 15 September 2005. (Japanese)

137. “Tasks for Peace in the 21^st Century” UNU Global Seminar, 14 September 2005. (Japanese)

138. “Peacebuilding in Iraq”, Hiroshima International Center, 22 June 2005. (Japanese)

139. “International Peace Operations”, Peace Osaka, 30 January 2005. (Japanese)

140. “Peacebuilding and the Rule of Law”, Waseda University, 22 December 2004. (Japanese)

141. “JICA Training Course for Bosnia and Herzegovina in Hiroshima”, Hiroshima International Peace Forum, Hiroshima Prefecture and JICA Chugoku Center, 23 November 2004. (Japanese)

142. “Peace Studies at Hiroshima University” Symposium on Peace Studies at Hiroshima University, 14 October 2004. (Japanese)

143. “International Peace Operations and Contemporary Japan”, Training for Policy Assistants for Members of the House of Counsellors, 8 September 2004. (Japanese)

144. “How to build Peace in a Post-conflict Society”, Noborimachi Church, 5 September 2004. (Japanese)

145. “New Dimensions of Peacebuilding”, Hiroshima Peace Forum, Hiroshima City Office and Hiroshima Peace Culture Center, 28 August 2004. (Japanese)

146. “The Possibility of Hiroshima”, Symposium on Nuclear Disarmament, Asahi Newspaper, Hiroshima City Office and Hiroshima Peace Culture Center, 1 August 2004. (Japanese)

147. “United Nations and Peacebuilding”, Student UN Conference, 27 July 2004. (Japanese)

148. “Peacebuilding through ODA”, Sustainable Society Research Group, 26 July 2004. (Japanese)

149. “Human Resources for Peacebuilding”, JICA International Training Center, 15 July 2004. (Japanese)

150. “Why Civilians are Needed in (Post-)Conflict Areas”, Symposium commemorating Ambassador Oku, Waseda University, 23 June 2004. (Japanese)

151. “Peacebuilding, Rule of Law, and Japan’s International Peace Cooperation”, Cabinet Office, 20 February 2004. (Japanese)

　　　(Miscellaneous Writings)

1. “No concern for Gaza’s civilians: With the emergence of the ‘Second Trump Administration,’” President Online, March 20, 2024.

2. “Trump 2.0 signifies America’s halt in Ukraine support: Zelensky cornered as ‘Trump makes a comeback’”, President Online, March 13, 2024.

3. “Two years since the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine: Keys to stop the war,” Gendai Business, March 3, 2024.

4. “Whether Israel wins or loses, it’s hell for Western countries,” Gendai Business, February 1, 2024.

5. “Japan should uphold ‘the rule of law in the international community’”, Seiron, January 2024 issue.

6. “Absence of Africa in FOIP (6) Coup d’tats in the Sahel, the uncertain identity after departure from France,” Foresight, January 16, 2024.

7. “Absence of Africa in FOIP (5) The failure of Sudan’s last Arab Spring and the questions posed by South Sudan’s stability under dictatorship,” Foresight, January 15, 2024.

8. “Absence of Africa in FOIP (4) Japan’s ongoing personnel vacuum in regional power Ethiopia,” Foresight, January 11, 2024.

9. “Absence of Africa in FOIP (3) The lingering international peace support mission in Somalia left behind by the disappearance of the war on terror,” Foresight, December 31, 2023.

10. “Absence of Africa in FOIP (2) Prospects opening up from the relationship with Djibouti, the Self-Defense Force's sole overseas base,” Foresight, December 21, 2023.

11. “Absence of Africa in FOIP (1) Where are the powerful nations that share Japan’s ideals?” Foresight, December 20, 2023.

12. “What’s the difference between Japan that defeated Russia and Ukraine?” Gendai Business, December 16, 2023.

13. “The invisible Gaza crisis and the three major scenarios that could unfold,” Gendai Business, November 30, 2023.

14. “The trap ensnaring Western countries in the Gaza crisis: How the international community viewed 10/7 as not equivalent to 9/11,” Foresight, November 8, 2023.

15. “Japan's stance on the Gaza crisis questioned at the G7 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting hosted by Japan,” Foresight, November 6, 2023.

16. “The New Form of International Peacekeeping Activities Reflected by the Multinational Security Support (MSS) Mission to Haiti and the Shadow of the War on Terror' (Part 2)”, Foresight, October 16, 2023.

17. “The New Form of International Peacekeeping Activities Reflected by the Multinational Security Support (MSS) Mission to Haiti and the Shadow of the War on Terror (Part 1)”, Foresight, October 16, 2023.

18. “The Position Japan Should Take Amidst the Quagmire of European and American Countries Dragged into Hamas’ Attacks on Israel”, Gendai Business, October 14, 2023.

19. “What BRICS Expansion Signifies”, Sankei Shimbun, September 7, 2023.

20. “Dissolving African Sahel States: The Endless War on Terror and the Aftermath of the Russia-Ukraine War,” Foresight, August 8, 2023.

21. “Is India Truly a Partner Sharing Values: The Importance of India in International Politics of the Century”, Gendai Business, September 7, 2023.

22. “The Interplay of Russia, China, and India's Calculations: What BRICS Expansion Signifies in Terms of Geopolitical Theory”, Gendai Business, September 7, 2023.

23. “Putin's Food Terrorism Leads to a World-Scale War of Attrition: The World Struggling with Two Colonialisms: Two Geopolitics, Two Colonialisms”, Gendai Business, August 1, 2023.

24. “Revisiting the Reality and Limits of UN Peacekeeping Operations through the Withdrawal of MINUSMA from Mali”, Foresight, July 11, 2023.

25. “Is Prigozhin’s Rebellion a Serious or Minor Matter for the Putin Regime: Understanding the Divergent Assessments”, Gendai Business, July 1, 2023.

26. “Ukraine Should Have Been Included in the FOIP... The One Failure of Kishida Diplomacy at the G7 Hiroshima Summit: The Flaw in the ‘Free and Open Indo-Pacific’ Concept”, President Online, June 7, 2023.

27. “Japan's Reliance on the Ambiguous Concept of the Global South: A Critical Examination of the G7 Hiroshima Summit”, Foresight, June 2, 2023.

28. “The G7 Hiroshima Summit Leaves Significant Homework in Geopolitics, International Politics, and Peace Studies”, Gendai Business, May 27, 2023.

29. “What Does Comprehensive, Just, and Sustainable Peace Mean?” President Online, May 26, 2023.

30. “The Argument that the Hiroshima Summit was a Failure is Fundamentally Flawed?”, President Online, May 25, 2023.

“The G7 as a Community of Shared Values”, Sankei Shimbun, May 18, 2023.

31. “Prime Minister Kishida’s Diplomatic Skills Tested at the Hiroshima Summit: Reconsidering the G7 from a Geopolitical Perspective”, Gendai Business, May 16, 2023.

32. “The Galapagos Diet: The Dominance of Let It Be in the National Diet”, Seiron, May 2023 issue.

33. “The Disintegration of the Arab Spring, War on Terror, and UN Peacekeeping Operations in Sudan”, Foresight, April 28, 2023.

34. “Not Widely Reported in Japan: Viewing the Newly Entered Civil War in Sudan through Geopolitics”, Gendai Business, April 27, 2023.

35. “What Foreign Minister Hayashi Fumio Showed in the G7 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting with the Term Global South”, Gendai Business, April 25, 2023.

36. “The Configuration of International Conflicts Seen from the Conflict of Two Different Geopolitical Perspectives”, Rekishigunzo, May 2023 issue.

37. “What is the Misunderstanding of Geopolitics in Japan: The Surprising Influence of Pre-War Japanese Diplomacy on Theory, Gendai Business, April 14, 2023.

38. “Questioning the Ceasefire Mount Taken by the Elderly in the Russia-Ukraine War: Is Hiroshima a Town of Surrender?”, Gendai Business, April 10, 2023.

39. “The Internationalized Civil War Created by Putin’s Geopolitics: The Configuration of the Russia-Ukraine War and Contemporary World Conflicts”, Foresight, April 4, 2023.

40. “What was discussed during the Kiev visit? The contents of the Kishida-Zelensky Joint Statement not widely known” - Gendai Business, April 3, 2023.

41. “The decisive difference between Russia and China seen from China’s Belt and Road initiative supporting China’s superpower status”, Gendai Business, March 30, 2023.

42. “How will China achieve world hegemony: The aim seen from China’s completely different Chinese thought from the West”, Gendai Business, March 29, 2023.

43. “The 'unexpected term' used by geopolitical scholars to refer to China, which aims for hegemony on both land and sea: What kind of country is China?”, Gendai Business, March 24, 2023.

44. “Why did Putin show anger at the NATO membership proposal for Ukraine? The unwritten rule of Eastern Expansion defended by NATO countries”, Gendai Business, March 22, 2023.

45. “Why did Russia invade Ukraine: The true nature of the ideology justifying this war: What is Eurasianism worldview?”, Gendai Business, March 20, 2023.

46. “Putin’s assertions are close to delusion: Pointing out the limitations of his civilization argument: This war is a clash of worldviews in geopolitical theory”, Gendai Business, March 19, 2023.

47. “What Putin is thinking right now: Rejecting the conspiracy of the Western side to corner Russia”, Gendai Business, March 19, 2023.

48. “Is America’s biggest threat China or Russia... Deeply interpreting the changing world from the perspective of geopolitics”, Gendai Business, March 18, 2023.

49. “People around the world continue to be deceived: The dangerous aim of Putin's favorite technique, What about you? argument”, Gendai Business, March 17, 2023.

50. “From start to finish criticizing the West... Putin’s bankrupt message to conspiracy theorists around the world: The ripple effect of resentment morality”, Gendai Business, March 16, 2023.

51. “The true nature of the worldview that Putin absolutely believes is completely different from the West: The problem of 'worldview confrontation”, Gendai Business, March 15, 2023.

52. “Russia's actions are clearly illegal, yet there is a natural reason why Putin stubbornly refuses to change his attitude”, Gendai Business, March 15, 2023.

53. “The pitfalls of the geopolitical boom that many people surprisingly don't know: Major dissatisfaction with existing geopolitical books”, Gendai Business, March 14, 2023.

54. “The perspective of geopolitics in understanding the world situation of the collapse of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War, the Russia-Ukraine war, and China's expanding influence: How useful is it?”, Gendai Business, March 12, 2023.

55. “The background behind the emergence of the Galapagos Parliament”, Sankei Shimbun, March 9, 2023.

56. “Even in Japan's taboo era... Do you know the fact that geopolitics is not an academic field?”, Gendai Business, March 8, 2023.

57. “Why do wars occur... Understanding the essence of geopolitics, which is surprisingly unknown, in deciphering the rapidly changing world situation”, Gendai Business, March 8, 2023.

58. “The dual structure of deterrence in the Russia-Ukraine war”, Foresight, March 3, 2023.

59. “The motives of the '6 countries' and 'neutral countries' that voted against the UN General Assembly resolution condemning Russian aggression”, Gendai Business, March 1, 2023.

60. “To persuade Russia to abandon invasion”, Jiji Press, February 26, 2023.

61. “The Universal Pacifism of Hiroshima: Now Is the Time”, Asahi Shimbun, December 27, 2022.

62. “The Importance of the Zelensky Concept to Save East Africa from Famine with Grain from Ukraine”, Foresight, December 16, 2022.

63. “Even Those Who Purchased Automatic Rifles with Private Funds... Challenges and Future of International Peace Cooperation: Japan's Future International Peace Cooperation”, Gendai Business, December 15, 2022.

64. “What's Different Between the Former Japan-UK Alliance and the Current Japan-US Alliance... Why the Concept of Geopolitics is Fundamentally Important: The Institutional Foundation Sustaining the Hidden National Entity”, President Online, November 23, 2022.

65. “Prospects for the End of the Russia-Ukraine War and the Future Image of the Kyiv Security Pact”, Foresight, November 21, 2022.

66. “What Is Collective Self-Defense... Why the Answer to This Question Can Be Found in the American Revolutionary War: The Fundamental Difference in the Existence of the Thirteen Colonies of North America from Europe” - President Online, November 20, 2022.

67. “Are Japanese Participants in the Ukrainian Regular Army Murderers? What Galapagos Lawyers Who Continue Unthinkable Arguments Are 'Overlooking”, Gendai Business, November 17, 2023.

68. “Is Kishida's Diplomacy Okay... What Kishida Prime Minister Lacks Compared to Former Prime Minister Abe: What Does He Want to Achieve?”, Gendai Business, September 10, 2022.

69. “Reconsidering Kissinger's Statement: Legitimacy and Balance of Power for Solving the Ukrainian Issue”, Foresight, September 8, 2022.

70. “Three Myths Surrounding the Russia-Ukraine War... Will Surrender, Territorial Concessions, and American Withdrawal Lead to Peace?”, Gendai Business, August 24, 2022.

71. “The 'Territorial Issue is the Key to the Conclusion' of the Russia-Ukraine War: Why Is It Wrong?” - Foresight, July 26, 2022.

72. “[Special Discussion] Hideaki Shinoda × Yasuaki Chichikawa: The Scenario for Ending the Russia-Ukraine War and the Path to Building a New Security System (Part 2)” - Foresight, July 24, 2022.

73. “[Special Discussion] Hideaki Shinoda × Yasuaki Chichikawa: The Scenario for Ending the Russia-Ukraine War and the Path to Building a New 'Security System' (Part 1)” - Foresight, July 23, 2022.

74. “What Condolences from Around the World Mean... Actually, What Former Prime Minister Abe Had Accomplished”, Gendai Business, July 14, 2022.

75. “Revisiting Kissinger’s New Legitimacy for Ukraine and Europe’s Balance (Part 2)” - Foresight, June 25, 2022.

76. “Revisiting Kissinger’s New Legitimacy for Ukraine and Europe’s Balance (Part 1)” - Foresight, June 24, 2022.

77. “The Object of Hatred for President Putin, Who Continues to Dream of Peter the Great: Essential Historical Knowledge for Considering This War”, Gendai Business, June 15, 2022.

78. “Afghanistan and Ukraine: The Current State of US Intervention Diplomacy – In Memory of Professor Toshihiro Nakayama”, Foresight, May 26, 2022.

79. “Falling for Putin’s Conspiracy Theory: Left-Wing Intellectuals... The Fallacy and Guilt of the Ukrainian 'Proxy War' Theory”, Gendai Business, April 13, 2022.

80. “Why the Assertion that War is Less Likely in the Modern Era Is Wrong: Considering Conflict Cases in 2021”, Gendai Business, January 15, 2022.

81. “Because There Is Article 9 of the Constitution, Japan Cannot Intervene in Russia’s War... Such Constitutional Interpretation Is Absurd in the International Community: Do Not Ignore the Fact that the Purpose of the Japanese Constitution is 'International Cooperation”, President Online, May 1, 2022.

82. “How to Read Mearsheimer’s Aggressive Realism: Fundamental Errors in the Proxy War Theory and Conspiracy Theory Surrounding the Invasion of Ukraine (Part 2)” - Foresight, April 22, 2022.

83. “How to Read Mearsheimer’s Aggressive Realism – Fundamental Errors in the Proxy War Theory and Conspiracy Theory Surrounding the Invasion of Ukraine (Part 1)” - Foresight, April 22, 2022.

84. “Left-Wing Opinion Leaders Duped by Putin's Conspiracy Theory... Errors and Sins of the Ukrainian Proxy War Theory”, Gendai Business, April 13, 2022.

85. “The Argument that Ukraine Should Surrender Soon is Nonsense that Damages Japan’s National Interests: Upholding International Law Protects Japan's National Interests”, President Online, March 28, 2022.

86. “What Is a No Fly Zone: Ukraine's Silent Negotiation with the Demand for a Flight Prohibition Zone”, Foresight, March 18, 2022.

87. “The Most Important Thing for Achieving Peace in the Russia-Ukraine War: Japan’s Contribution to Peace”, Gendai Business, March 16, 2022.

88. “What Will the Harsh Economic Sanctions against Russia from Japan Lead to... Evaluating the Response of the Kishida Administration Will Also Burden the Japanese Economy...”, Gendai Business, March 5, 2022.

89. “What the UN Resolution on the Invasion of Ukraine Denied: Peace through the Submission of the Weak”, Foresight, March 4, 2022.

90. “Why the Assertion that 'War is Less Likely in the Modern Era' Is Wrong: Considering Conflict Cases in 2021”, Gendai Business, January 15, 2022.

91. “The Increase in the Impoverished and the Frozen Development Aid for the Post-War on Terror Era”, Foresight, January 11, 2022.

92. “Is it okay to stay close to the Myanmar military... The risk of the silent diplomacy continued by Yohei Sasakawa, Chairman of the Nippon Foundation: Not hiding skepticism towards the West”, President Online, December 25, 2021.

93. “The Japanese government remains silent... Is it okay to leave Myanmar diplomacy entirely to Yohei Sasakawa, Chairman of the Nippon Foundation: Despite being considered the strongest pipeline”, President Online, December 23, 2021.

94. “Empty Resonance of the Anti-China Encirclement and the Crossroads of Democracy”, Foresight, December 14, 2021.

95. “China's Claims Are Wrong: Having Security Concerns about the Taiwan Issue Does Not Constitute Interference in Internal Affairs, Gendai Business, December 11, 2021.

96. “The Shock of the Sudan Coup: The Continuing Ebb of Democratization”, Foresight, November 4, 2021.

97. “Without Constitutional Amendment, There Is No Political Health: In Light of the Advance of Ishin and Kokumin Minshu, Where Will the Debate on Constitutional Amendment Go?”, Gendai Business, October 23, 2021.

98. “Constitutional Scholars Are Mistaken: Possessing the Ability to Attack Enemy Bases Is Not Unconstitutional: Reasons to Maintain Necessary Defense Capabilities”, Gendai Business, October 23, 2021.

99. “Can America Recover... What Was the War on 9/11 that Ended in 'Humiliating Defeat'? The Longest War in the History of the United States”, Gendai Business, September 28, 2021.

100. “What Should Be Considered in Afghan Reconstruction Is the Evaluation of the Failure of the Ogata Initiative”, Foresight, September 27, 2021.

101. “20 Years Since 9/11: Facing the Perpetual lash of Civilizations and the Defeat in Afghanistan in a World Without Absolute Freedom and Democracy”, Foresight, September 11, 2021.

102. “Evaluation of the Defeat in Afghanistan (3): The Rise of IS-K Led to America’s Tolerance of the Taliban”, Foresight, August 31, 2021.

103. “Evaluation of the Defeat in Afghanistan (2): Starting Without the Taliban and Ending with Peace with the Taliban - The Inevitable Wandering of American Peacebuilding”, Foresight, August 26, 2021.

104. “Evaluation of the Defeat in Afghanistan (1): Can America’s Hypothesis of a Good Taliban Endure in History?”, Foresight, August 25, 2021.

105. “What Will Japan Do? The Meaning of US Defeat in Afghanistan and the Smirking China”, Gendai Business, August 21, 2021.

106. “Questioning Diplomatic Skills... Can Japan Deploy Vaccine Diplomacy Even in Myanmar?”, Gendai Business, August 5, 2021.

107. “The Necessary Humanitarian Assistance from Japan and Vaccine Diplomacy for the Dire Situation in Myanmar”, Foresight, August 4, 2021.

108. “What Is the Biden Doctrine? Faced with the Threat of China, Competition between Superpowers Can No Longer Be Avoided”, Gendai Business, July 8, 2021.

109. “The 100th Anniversary of the Chinese Communist Party and the Biden Doctrine... Japan’s Position in the Midst of US-China Competition”, Gendai Business, July 7, 2021.

110. “The Responsibility Japan Must Fulfill in the Myanmar Military’s Terror Rule Cunningly Continued”, Foresight, June 24, 2021.

111. “Japan’s Political, Governmental, and Financial Triangle Continues to Consider the Myanmar Military That Has Dodged 500 billion Yen: Japan’s ODA is Afflicting Citizens”, President Online, June 2, 2021.

112. “Major Damage to Japan's Credibility... The Serious Situation of Continuing Consideration for the Myanmar Military”, Gendai Business, May 28, 2021.

113. “Analyzing the Conflict Situation in Myanmar”, Foresight, May 28, 2021.

114. “The Fundamental Reason Why the Japanese Government Does Not Understand... Is It True That Without Consideration for the Military, Myanmar Will Lean towards China?”, Gendai Business, May 3, 2021.

115. “Obstructing Peacebuilding in Myanmar and Increasing International Risks: The Distorted National Structure”, Foresight, May 3, 2021.

116. “The Fundamental Reason Why the Japanese Government Continues to Remain Silent on the Civilian Massacre by the Myanmar Military: The Trap of ODA Funding That Distorted Diplomacy”, President Online, April 27, 2021.

117. “The Realistic Balance of the Biden Administration’s Value Diplomacy and War on Terror as Shown by African Policy”, Foresight, April 8, 2021.

118. “Contents of Important Remarks at the Japan-US 2 + 2 Meeting Not Reported by the Japanese Media: Myanmar, Japan-US Alliance, Magnitsky Act”, Gendai Business, March 19, 2021. (Japanese)

119. “Can the Biden administration push back the tide of democracy? Foresight, March 3, 2021. (Japanese)

120. “Three Wars Headed by the Biden Administration,” Sankei Shimbun, March 2, 2021. (Japanese)

121. “Japans Challenges ... How to Respond to Myanmar’s Military Coup: Free and Open Indo-Pacific”, Gendai Business, “March 1, 2021. (Japanese)

122. “Implement FOIP and further develop it”, Seiron, March 2021 issue. (Japanese)

123. What was Trump diplomacy? How to overcome the security crisis, Gendai Business, January 23, 2021. (Japanese)

124. “The crisis of” grasshopper outbreak and hunger problem that became serious in the back of COVID-19: what is required of liberal countries now”, Gendai Business, January 19, 2021. (Japanese)

125. “What kind of world do we live in in 2020, which is unusual? Looking back on the turbulent world from three perspectives”, Gendai Business, December 30, 2020. (Japanese)

126. “Can FOIP survive in China?” Sankei Shimbun, December 24, 2020. (Japanese)

127. “Criminal Organized West Africa: Armed Terrorist Organization”, Foresight, December 23, 2020. (Japanese)

128. “Now that the three weeks of the game has been defeated, the only thing that Prime Minister Suga should do as a countermeasure against COVID-19: “Rebuild the Japanese model, Gendai Business, December 23, 2020. (Japanese)

129. “Self-Defense Forces Jibuchi Base: the cornerstone of the Indo-Pacific Initiative that also responds to Russia’s African strategy, Foresight, December 9, 2020. (Japanese)

130. “COVID-19, the most fearful thing for Japanese people is division of society: If we follow America”, Gendai Business, December 8, 2020. (Japanese)

131. “What Does the Ethiopian Government's Military Operations Bring?” Foresight, November 12, 2020. (Japanese)

132. “The only one thing that Prime Minister Suga should say to Mr. Biden, who has a bad diplomatic sense: How to get Japan's position recognized”, Gendai Business, November 10, 2020. (Japanese)

133. “How should Japan deal with the United States after Trump’s defeat: The reality of too serious bipolarization”, Gendai Business, November 7, 2020. (Japanese)

134. “Constitutional scholars domineering-the core of the Science Council of Japan issue”, Sankei Shimbun, October 18, 2020. (Japanese)

135. “Distortion of Constitutional Theory, Σtoica, October 2020 issue. (Japanese)

136. “The only thing that Prime Minister Suga should do right now on the Science Council issue: The voices of many people cannot be ignored anymore”, Gendai Business, October 16, 2020. (Japanese)

137. “The issue of refusal to appoint the Science Council of Japan has nothing to do with academic freedom: Do not abuse the Constitution for justification of privileges”, President Online, October 13, 2020. (Japanese)

138. “Establishment of diplomatic relations of Somaliland with Taiwan”, Foresight, September 17, 2020. (Japanese)

139. The only thing that Prime Minister Suga should do about Article 9 of the Constitution: Whereabouts of Prime Minister Abe's long-cherished wish” Constitutional Amendment”, Gendai Business, September 16, 2020. (Japanese)

140. “The Achievement of International Security, which has developed in multiple layers,” Komei, August 2020 issue. (Japanese)

141. “What was the second Abe administration? The structural circumstances that allowed us to maintain a long-term administration: a summary from a broader perspective,” Gendai Business, August 31, 2020. (Japanese)

142. “Military use of drones: Problems under international law, Foresight, July 15, 2020. (Japanese)

143. “The decisive weakness of the Japanese model questioned before the arrival of the COVID-19 second wave: Japanese model vs. Nishiura model 2.0”, Gendai Business, July 7, 2020. (Japanese)

144. “Successful Containment of COVID-19? What was the Japanese Model, Its Significance and Achievements: Toward COVID-19 Countermeasures in the Future”, Gendai Business, May 28, 2020. (Japanese)

145. “Complexity of armed conflict increased by the COVID-19 crisis: Afghanistan, Iraq, Yemen, Libya, Somalia, West Africa now”, Foresight, May 28, 2020. (Japanese)

146. “Now that the State of Emergency has produced breakthrough results, let's talk about future policies: Beyond the Closed COVID-19 Controversy,” Gendai Business, May 13, 2020. (Japanese)

147. “The Japanese model that is questioned in the extension of the state of emergency, its strengths and weaknesses: the past and future of Japan’s countermeasures,” May 5, 2020. (Japanese)

148. “International Conflict by “COVID-19” against appeal from UN Secretary-General”, Foresight, May 1, 2020. (Japanese)

149. “Self-restraint Request: Japanese COVID-19 Countermeasures: Voluntary Efforts Withdrawal Results, Yomiuri Shimbun, April 30, 2020, page 9. (Japanese)

150. “The world tremors due to the COVID-19 crisis ... Vaccine development has a great influence on the battle for hegemony: How should Japan move?” Gendai Business, April 29, 2020. (Japanese)

151. “The COVID-19 destroys Western societies ... Will the Japanese model succeed? The true value of a liberal society is being questioned”, Gendai Business, March 26, 2020. (Japanese)

152. “Can Trump withdraw from Afghanistan?” Foresight, March 19, 2020. (Japanese)

153. “COVID-19 fatigue is accelerating ... The responsibility of the Abe administration to just ask the people”, March 18, 2020. (Japanese)

154. “Forefront of the War on Terrorism: The Misery Seen in Mali,” Foresight, January 27, 2020. (Japanese)

155. “The beginning of the shock with the murder of Commander Iran ... Where is this world going: The world's armed conflict situation and Japan drifting,” Gendai Business, January 8, 2020. (Japanese)

156. “The Rohingya Issue at the International Court of Justice Oral Aung San Suu Kyi’s Aim,” Foresight, December 26, 2019. (Japanese)

157. “The Constitution of Japan that the Japanese do not know-Why is the myth fake?” Gendai Business, December 18, 2019. (Japanese)

158. “The supporters of Moon Jae-in are angry ... Why South Korea misunderstood the attitude of the United States,” Gendai Business, December 19, 2019. (Japanese)

159. “The Return of Ethiopia Renaissance Dam and Indo-Pacific Strategy”, Foresight, November 18, 2019. (Japanese)

160. “Who was Sadako Ogata? The strength and belief that survived the turbulent world,” Gendai Business, November 13, 2019. (Japanese)

161. “Thinking about the'right to dissolve the prime minister from Japan’s constitutional amendment debate and the turmoil in Britain: We must learn from the experience of Britain, Gendai Business, September 19, 2019. (Japanese)

162. Afghan Peace Negotiations Deadlock Caused by Trump Administration’s Fluctuations,” Foresight, September 18, 2019. (Japanese)

163. Impact of the destruction of GSOMIA...Offense and defense is necessary to counter Moon Jae-in, South Korea: International law vs. What should we do with historical recognition? Gendai Business, August 23, 2019. (Japanese)

164. “The lie of the strongest theory of constitutional scholars “advocated by Professor Emeritus of the University of Tokyo: authoritarianism rather than constitutionalism, President Online, August 22, 2019. (Japanese)

165. “The postwar constitutional interpretation: the man who made the absurd doctrine”, President Online, August 22, 2019. (Japanese)

166. “The Potsdam Process from the Strait of Hormuz and Article 9 of the Constitution, Foresight, July 23, 2019. (Japanese)

167. “Many people have been fooled by the strange words used only by Japanese constitutional scholars: before whether to review the US-Japan Security Treaty”, Gendai Business, July 3, 2019. (Japanese)

168. “Rethinking the Japan-US Alliance and Article 9 of the Constitution,” Foresight, July 3, 2019. (Japanese)

169. “What should Japan aim for in the more serious recruitment problem: Why Japan cannot compromise,” Gendai Business, June 26, 2019. (Japanese)

170. “Does the evaluation of Prime Minister Abe’s visit to Iran change in the tanker attack case: some perspectives for judging success or failure”, Gendai Business, June 19, 2019. (Japanese)

171. “Is the US-China New Cold War a clash of new civilizations? Now is the time for Japan to face reality”, Gendai Business, June 13, 2019. (Japanese)

172. “Drifting ICC (International Criminal Court) and Japan’s Standing Position”, Foresight, May 30, 2019. (Japanese)

173. “Meaning of Sudan's President Bashir’s Fall”, Foresight, April 26, 2019. (Japanese)

174. “Building Relationships with” Ethiopia “Indispensable for the Development of the Indo-Pacific Strategy, Foresight, April 9, 2019. (Japanese)

175. “Trump is not interested in” eradicating terrorists: Retirement of Mattis “and the end of interventionism, President Online, January 21, 2019. (Japanese)

176. “US-China New Cold War, War on Terror ... Why is the international situation so complicated: Japan’s presence is being tested now,” Gendai Business, January 12, 2019. (Japanese)

177. “The Abnormality of Dogmatic Domestic Law Scholars,” VOICE, January 2019. (Japanese)

178. “Thinking about the Peacebuilding Process in East Asia” Komei, January 2019. (Japanese)

179. “New Defense Guidelines / Medium-Term Defense Issues International Peace Cooperation in the Era without Unit Dispatch”, Nippon.dot.com November 20, 2018. (Japanese)

180. “Is Japan's Constitutional Law Really Okay? What We See from the Korean Recruitment Judgment: What Should the Japanese Government Pursue Now?”, Gendai Business, November 7, 2018. (Japanese)

181. “Weight of the Existence of Non-Existent Rohingya Refugees”, Foresight, October 23, 2018. (Japanese)

182. “What is the Fate of Okinawa that many Japanese have turned away from: The Constitutional Theory made at the time of return, Gendai Business October 5, 2018. (Japanese)

183. “Mr. Shigeru Ishiba does not have to take the constitutional theory at all: the difference from Prime Minister Abe as seen from the issue of constitutional amendment,” Gendai Business, October 3, 2018. (Japanese)

184. “Examining the Three Myths concerning the Sunakawa Supreme Court Case”, Gendai Business, 1 August 2018. (Japanese)

185. “The Depth of the Withdrawal Strategy of African States against the International Criminal Court”, Foresight, 25 July 2018. (Japanese)

186. “What are US Troops doing in Africa?”, Foresight, 21 June 2018. (Japanese)

187. “How to Understand the Structure of the Deal between the US and North Korea”, Gendai Business, 14 June 2018. (Japanese)

188. “Introduction” and “Conclusion”, Constitution Drill (Tatsumi Publishing, 2018). (Japanese)

189. “Do you know what Afghanistan is like Now?”, Foresight, 28 May 2018. (Japanese)

190. “Incomplete Declassification of the Daily Reports of GSDF in Iraq” President Online, 19 May 2018. (Japanese)

191. “The Lack of Partnership Peacekeeping as the Weakness of Japan’s Foreign Policy”, Foresight, 10 May 2018. (Japanese)

192. “The Reason why Article 9 needs to be amended now”, Gwen Business, 3 May 2018. (Japanese)

193. “How Japan should face the transformation and downsizing of UN Peacekeeping”, Foresight, 23 April 2018. (Japanese)

194. “When did the Concept of “Necessary and Minimum Ability” appear?” Gendai Business, 2 April 2018. (Japanese)

195. Monthly Commentaries, Asakumo Newspaper, from April 2018 onward. (Japanese)

196. “The Capacity of Mr. Kim Jong Wong to comprehend the Political Environment”, Gendai Business, 14 March 2018. (Japanese)

197. “The Collapse of North Korea and the Sphere of Influence of China”, President Online, 16 February 2018. (Japanese)

198. “Capacity of Japan and China as the Super-Power”, President Online, 15 February 2018. (Japanese)

199. “The Reason why Japan is not regarded as a Great Power”, President Online, 14 February 2018. (Japanese)

200. “What the US would not do against North Korea”, Gendai Business, 7 February 2018. (Japanese)

201. “The Age of the Endless War on Terror,” Gendai Business, 27 December 2017. (Japanese)

202. “Is it Necessary to insert the Word “SDF” in the Constitution?” President Online, 20 October 2017. (Japanese)

203. “Misunderstanding of Constitutionalism by the Party of Constitutional Democracy”, Gendai Business, 19 October 2017. (Japanese)

204. “Legality of the Right of Collective Self-Defense”, President Online, 19 October 2017. (Japanese)

205. “What kind of Pressure do we need against North Korea?” Gendai Business, 4 October 2017. (Japanese)

206. “One Essential Thing Japan should and must do against North Korea”, Gendai Business, 9 September 2017. (Japanese)

207. “Article 9 is recognizing the Right of Collective Self-Defense”, President Online, 8 September 2017. (Japanese)

208. “Japanese Constitutional Lawyers against International Law”, President Online, 7 September 2017. (Japanese)

209. “Who was Minister Tomomi Inada?”, Gendai Business, 23 August 2017. (Japanese)

210. “The Inherent Linkage between Article 9 and the US-Japan Alliance”, President Online, 2 August 2017. (Japanese)

211. “Our Constitution as the Policy of Post-conflict Settlement”, President Online, 28 July 2017. (Japanese)

212. “Why we Japanese cannot read our Constitution Honestly”, Gendai Business, 25 July 2017. (Japanese)

213. “Let’s Read Article 9 without Ideological Prejudices”, Gendai Business, 3 May 2017. (Japanese)

214. “The Trump Doctrine from the Geopolitical Perspective”, Voice, May 2017. (Japanese)

215. “Is it possible for Japan to Participate in UN Peacekeeping as a Diplomatic Tool”, Webroza, April 2017. (Japanese)

216. “The Consistency of Trump Diplomacy”, Gendai Business, 11 April 2017. (Japanese)

217. “Beginners Guide to Peacekeeping”, Gendai Business, 29 March 2017. (Japanese)

218. “What does Japan lose by withdrawing from South Sudan?” Gendai Business, 14 March 2017. (Japanese)

219. “The Limit of Constitutional Lawyers and Japan’s Participation in UN Peacekeeping,” Gendai Business, 9 January 2017. (Japanese)

220. “Desirable Manner of Japan’s Participation in UN Peacekeeping,” Asakumo Newspaper, 5 January 2017. (Japanese)

221. “The New International Structure of Wars in our Cotemporary World”, 30 December 2016. (Japanese)

222. “The Role of Hiroshima for International Peace”, Komei, September 2016. (Japanese)

223. “Hiroshima as a Diplomatic Tool: Transformation from the Military City to the City of Peace”, Nippon Dotcom, August 2015. (Japanese)

224. “Utilizing Pacifism as a Diplomatic Tool”, Asahi Newspaper, 14 August 2015. (Japanese)

225. “Global International Order and Global Wars”, Gendai Shisou, November 2014. (Japanese)

226. “How should we look at the New Security Legislation”, Chugoku Newspaper, 13 September 2015. (Japanese)

227. “The Right of Collective Self-Defense and International Law”, Asahi Newspaper, 1 June 2014. (Japanese)

228. “The Ukraine Crisis and the World”, Asahi Newspaper, 13 May 2014. (Japanese)

229. “Need for 'New Idea,' Taking Leading Role in Japan,”Fukushima Newspaper, March 5, 2012, p.18. (Japanese)

230. “Support the Victims still Suffering” Chugoku Newspaper, August 14, 2011, p.30. (Japanese)

231. “Harmful Rumors about Atomic Power Plants: Scapegoat for Escapism”, Sankei Newspaper (Osaka ver.), May 30, 2011, p.11. (Japanese)

232. “Hiroshima, Struggling against ‘Hatred’”, Asahi Newspaper, August 26, 2010, p. 7. (Japanese)

233. “What is ‘Human Resource Development in Asia for Peacebuilding’?”, Review of Peacebuilding Studies (RPS), vol.1, June 2010.

234. “In Order to Hear the Voices of the Afghan People: The Prospect of Peacebuilding and the Role of Japan”, Gaiko Forum, No. 217, August 2006. (Japanese)

235. “The limit and Eternity of Peacebuilding: Reflecting upon the Message of John Lennon,” Ronza, February 2006, pp. 138-145. (Japanese)

236. “The Strategic Perspective of Peacebuilding” (Interview), Aries, Spring, 2005, pp. 8-25. (Japanese)

237. “Electoral Assistance and the Tasks of Japan: International Cooperation in Kosovo,” Asahi Newspaper, November 14, 2004, p. 11. (Japanese)

238. “The Total War by the United States: Where is the framework of peace-building that we can share?” Mainichi Newspaper, September 8, 2004, p. 6. (Japanese)

239. “Hiroshima International Symposium: Toward Nuclear Disarmament,” Asahi Newspaper, August 6, 2004, pp. 22-23. (Japanese)

240. “Post-conflict State Building by the United States: Dilemmas of Idealism and Military Power,” Gendaishisou, September, 2004, pp. 188-200. (Japanese)

241. “Discussions on the Transfer of Sovereignty in Iraq,” Asahi Newspaper, June 30, 2004, pp. 34-35. (Japanese)

242. “The Limit of Japanese International Cooperation for Peace,” Ronza, June 2004, pp. 36-47. (Japanese)

243. “Peace-building and the Rule of Law: A Reflection in Winter Sarajevo,” Sobun, January-February, 2004, no. 461, pp. 5-9. (Japanese)

244. “Peace-building and the Situation in Iraq: (Article Commemorating the 3rd Osaragi Jiro Rondan Award), Ronza, February 2004, pp.174-179. (Japanese)

245. “Toward Peace-building in Iraq: Establishing the Democratic Police in association with the Improved Judicial System,” Tokyo Newspaper, February 17, 2004, Evening Edition, page 8. (Japanese)

246. “Bringing a Strategic View in Discussions on Peace-building,” Asahi Newspaper, December 12, 2003, Evening Edition, page 9. (Translated Version at http://www.asahi.com/english/opinion/TKY200401260084.html) (Japanese)

247. “The American ‘Empire' and Liberal Democracy: The 'Hobbesian World’ and the 'End of Histroy,” Gendaishisou, December 2003, 151-162. (Japanese)

248. “Globalization, the Sovereign State and the US War in Iraq,” Gendai Shisou, May 2003. (Japanese)

249. “New Dimensions of Peace-building,” AERA MOOK: Understanding Peace Studies), Asahi Shinbunsha, 2002. (Japanese)

250. Chugoku Newspaper 8 Column Series “Kazaguruma,” 2002. (Japanese)

251. “The Art of Speed and the Policing Phenomenon in the New War,” Gendai Shisou, January 2002. (Japanese)

252. “What is to be constitutional?,” The World and Parliaments, April 1997. (Japanese)

253. “Revisionism in Britain”, Shokun, February 1996. (Japanese)

254. “Volunteerism to Save the Individual),” Shokun, July 1995. (Japanese)

255. “NGO and Japanese Foreign Policies),” Shokun, December 1994, (Japanese)

256. “Volunteers with Hinomaru: A Report of a 24-year-old Peace-keeper in Cambodia,” (Tokyo: Bungeishunjuu, 1994). (Japanese)

Academic/Professional Activities

Lecturer, Ritsumeikan Asia-Pacific University (2008~present).

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Lecturer, Senior General Course, National Institute of Defense Studies, Ministry of Defense (2005~present).

Facilitator, IGAD Leadership Academy

Lecturer, Spring Semester on “International Order”, College of Arts and Sciences, Tokyo University, (2016~2021).

Lecturer, Spring Semester on “International Politics”, Graduate School of Law, Waseda University (2016~2018).

Lecturer, Spring Semester on “Conflict Resolution”, Department of Communication, Waseda University (2019-2020).

Lecturer for various other occasions including:

- Facilitator, “Training of Media and Police Personnel on Early Warning Information Management” in Freetown, Sierra Leone (2016).

- Lecturer, UNITAR, South Sudan Fellowship Programme Workshop One, Resource Person (2015).

- Panelist, Symposium of the Center for International Peace Cooperation (2015, 2016, 2017, 2018); Chair (2019~).

- Lecturer, All Japan Research Group (2015).

- Member, Public Servant National Examination Board, National Personnel Authority (2015~).

- Lecturer, Curriculum on Peacebuilding, Tokyo Gakugei Daigaku Fuzoku High School (2015).

- Instructor, Japan-Israel-Palestine Student Conference (2015).

- Lecturer, “Conflict and Peacekeeping/Peacebuilding,” TAC Human Resource Development Training Course for International Organizations (2014).

- Lecturer, The Right of Collective Self-Defense,” Saitama Bar Association (2014).

- Lecturer, “JICA Alumni Training [Gaza]” (2013).

- Lecturer, “JICA Seminar on Development of an Assistance System for Conflict Victims” at Tokiwa University(2012, 2013).

- Lecturer, “Workshop for Peacebuilding and Reconstruction in Iraq,” JICA Chugoku Center (2012).

- Instructor, Café Workshop for Peace (2012).

- Lecturer, JICA Seminar for Iraqi administrative staff (2011, 2013).Lecturer, Training Course for Japan Peacekeeping Training & Research Center (2011).

- Lecturer, United States- Japan GPOI Senior Mission Leaders' Course (2011).

- Lecturer, Seminar on International Institutions, Japan Federation of Bar Association (2011).

- Lecturer, “Sudan: Governance Capacity Development as Peacebuilding”, JICA Chugoku Center (2010).

- Lecturer, Peace Forum, Hiroshima Peace Culture Foundation (2010).

- Lecturer, JICA Seminar on ODA in Kosovo (2010).

- Lecturer, JICA Training Course for Technical staff (2010, 2011).

- Course Leader / Facilitator, “Liberia: Governance Capacity Development as Peacebuilding,” JICA Chugoku Center (2010).

- Panelist, International Symposium on Security, Peacebuilding and Military Organization: Searching for Conflict Settlement for the 21st century (2009).

- Lecturer, “Education Development for Post-conflict Reconstruction in Africa”, JICA Osaka Center (2009)

- Lecturer, Training Course on Peacebuilding, Cairo Regional Center for Training on Conflict Resolution & Peacekeeping in Africa (2008).

- Course Leader / Facilitator, “Seminar on Capacity Development for Sustainable Human Security”, JICA Osaka Center (2008, 2009).

- Director/Facilitator, “Establishment of Conflict Prevention Networks in Sierra Leone,” Peacebuilders Japan (2008, 2009, 2010).

- Lecturer, Seminar for Iraqi Diplomats, JICA (2008).

- Lecturer, “National Reconciliation of Iraq”, JICA (2007, 2008).

- Testimonial, Special Committee on ODA, House of Counsellors (2007).

- Lecturer, Seminar for High-school Students from Abroad, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (2007).

- Course Leader / Facilitator, “Enhancement of Governance Capacities for Peacebuilding in Sub-Sahara Africa” (2007, 2008).

- Lecturer, “JICA Training Course for Peacebuilding and Reconstruction”, (2006).

- Lecturer, “JICA Seminar for Students from Abroad” (2006, 2007).

- Research Member, “Challenges in Post-conflict Societies in Africa,” JETRO-IDE (2006-2007).

- Lecturer, Intensive Course on Peacebuilding, Graduate School of International Development, Nagoya University (2006).

- Research Member, “Aid Policies based upon Capacities to respond to Risks”, JICA Training Center (2006).

- Lecturer and Mentor, UNITAR Afghan Fellowship Program (2005-2006).

- Lecturer, “Conflict Prevention Course”, Japan Center for Conflict Prevention (2005).

- Coordinator, “International Cooperation Seminar for Reconstruction of Sierra Leone”, JICA Chugoku Center (2005).

- Chief, “Joint Project for Academics and Practitioners on Peacebuilding”, (2005).

- Lecturer, “Expert Training Course” JICA (2005-2006).

- Course Leader / Facilitator, “Training Project for Enhancement of Education Networks for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina”, JICA Chugoku Center (2004).

- Member of the Research Board of “GSG”, Cabinet Office (from 2004 onward).

- Research Member of “Reconfiguration of Discussions on Global Governance”, Project for the Promotion of Human and Social Sciences (2004).

- Member of the Peace Forum of Hiroshima Prefecture (2003).

- Member of the Advisory Board of Peace Contribution Policies of Hiroshima Prefecture (2003-2005).

- Research Member, “The Range of Human Security in Africa,” JETRO-IDE (2003-2004).

- Lecturer, “Rethinking International Peace Activities,” ANT-Hiroshima (2003).

- Research Member, “Reconstructing Fundamental Theories of International Law through Critical Examination of Realist and Critical International Law”, Research Grant Foundation B(1) at Tokyo University (2002-2004).

- Member of the Editorial Board of Contemporary Political Theory (2001)

- Member of the International Advisory Board of First Press: New Writing on World Politics, Society and Culture (2000).

- Research Member, “Legitimacy and Rationality of New Interventionism,” Institute of Peace, Hiroshima City University (2000-2001).

- Lecturer, Asia School, Hiroshima International Center (1999-2000).

Research Grants

Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Kiban Grant B “Partnership Peace Operations: Division of Labor of International Security Cooperation” (2020-2022)

Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Kiban Grant B “Significance of Partnership Peace Operations from the Perspectives of International Constitutionalism and Security” (2017-2019)

Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Kiban Grant B “The Rule of Law and Ownership in Peacebuilding with special reference to International Constitutionalism and Gradual Social Development Theories” (2014-2016).

Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Kiban Grant A “Research on Ownership on Local Society in Peacebuilding” (2009-2011)

Hiroshima University, Discretionary Grant from the president “Collaborative Research Project with UNITAR on Hiroshima Post-war Reconstruction” (2007)

Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Wakate Grant A “Research on the Security Sector in Peacebuilding: The Establishment of Security, Law and Order in Post-conflict Societies” (2005-2007)

Program for Assisting in Overseas Advanced Education and Research “Research on Capacity Development of Personnel for International Peace Cooperation” (2004)

Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Promotion of the Research Result “Peacebuilding and the Rule of Law” (2003)

2002-2004

Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Wakate Grant A “Establishment of the Rule of Law in Peace Operations with Special Reference to the Former Yugoslavia” (2002-2004)

Ceter for Global Partenership, Japan Foundation, “Conflict and Human Security: In Search of New Approaches of Peace-building” (joint-project with Institute of Conflict Analysis and Resolution, George Mason University) (2002-2003)

Nomura Foundation of Promotion of Science, “Database on peace operations and humanitarian activities in conflict-ridden societies” (2001)

Hiroshima University Research Fund “The Use of Depleted Uranium in Armed Conflict” (2001)

Japan-US Commission, Fulbright Grant for the Visiting Fellowship at the Center of the Study of Human Rights, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University, USA (2002)

Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Short-time Scholarship Grant for the Visiting Fellowship at the Lauterpacht Research Centre for International Law, Cambridge University, UK (2001)

Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Shorei Grant A “Theory and Practice of Peace-building Activities from the Perspective of the Rule of Law”, (2000-2001)

International Academic Exchange Fund of the Japan Association of International Relations Grant for the presentation at the annual convention of the International Studies Association at Los Angeles (2000)

Uehiro Ethics Foundation Grant (1999)

Overseas Research Student Award of the British Government Assistance in Ph.D. study at the London School of Economics and Political Science (1995)

Ito International Education Exchange Foundation Scholarship to study at the LSE (1993-1994)

Okuma Sholarship of Waseda University (1992)