Hideaki
Shinoda
Professor, Graduate
School of Global Studies, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies;
Director, Hiroshima
Peacebuilders Center (HPC)
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 and
Main Lecturer/Facilitator, Hiroshima Peacebuilders Center (HPC) for the Program
for Human Resource Development for Peacebuilding, commissioned by the Ministry
of Foreign Affairs of Japan (2007 ~ present).
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, 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
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
1.
“Problematic Nature of Conceptualizing the
Russo-Ukrainian War” with Pavlo Fedorchenko-Kutuyev
in The Impacts of the Russo-Ukrainian War (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.
“Beyond the War on Terror against the
Ethnic Conflicts”, Gandhi Marg, vol. 46, no. 1, 2024, pp. 113-130.
8.
“A Critical Examination of Theories and
Practices of Conflict Resolution: How do we approach ‘international intra-state
armed conflicts’?”, ROLES Working Paper, 2024.
9.
“The Impact of the Global War on Terrorism
upon International Peace Operations”, Kosaikankeironso,
vol.12. no.1, 2023, pp. 19-34.
10. With
Ferdorchenko- Kutuyev
Pavlo, “The Problematic Nature of the Naming of the ‘Ukraine War’”, ROLES
Insights No. 2023-4, 6 October 2023.
11. “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.
12. “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.
13. “The
Task of Ownership in State-building and the Stagnation of International
Constitutionalism”, Kokusai Mondai, No. 706,
April 2022, pp. 5-12.
14. “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.
15. “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)
16. “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)
17. “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)
18. “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)
19. “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)
20. “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)
21. “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)
22. “International
Criminal Court and Africa” Takehiko Ochiai, Introduction to African Security
Theory (Akihiro Shobo, 2019), pp. 198-207. (Japanese)
23. “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)
24. “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)
25. 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>.
26. “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.
27. “Political
Implications of the “Withdrawal Strategy” of African States from the
International Criminal Court (ICC)”, Hiroshima Peace Science, 39, 2017, pp.
31-42.
28. “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)
29. “The
Present of the United Nations and the Rule of Law,” International Affairs, No.
666, November 2017, pp. 6-17. (Japanese)
30. “The
Whereabouts of Sovereignty”, Atsushi Sugita (eds.), Politics in
Globalization (Iwanami Lecture, Hyundai, Volume 4) (Iwanami Shoten, 2016), pp. 59-79. (Japanese)
31. “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)
32. “Significance
of Policies of Peacebuilding”, Ken Endo (ed.), Global Commons (Iwanamishoten, 2015), pp.245-274. (Japanese)
33. “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)
34. “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)
35. “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)
36. “Human
Rights, Democracy and Peace in International Constitutionalism of University
International Society”, Kokusai Kankei Ronso, vol.4, no.1, pp.21-42. (Japanese).
37. “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)
38. “Constitutional
Nature of International Society: Critique of the Myth of Westphalia”, Kokusaiho Gaiko Zasshi, vol.113, no.3, 2014, pp.374-396. (Japanese)
39. “Peacebuilding
and State-building from the Perspective of the Evolution of International
Society”, Kokusai Seiji, 2013, pp.13-26. (Japanese)
40. “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
41. “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.
42. 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.
43. “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)
44. “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)
45. “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.
46. “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.
47. “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.
48. “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)
49. “The
Rule of Law,” Kiichi Fujiwara, Ryo Oshiba, and
Tetsuya Yamada(eds.), Introduction to Peacebuilding (Yuhikaku,
2011), pp. 153-172. (Japanese)
50. “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.
51. “The
Significance of Ownership in Local Societies,” Hiroshima Peace Science, vol.
31, 2009, pp.163-202. (Japanese)
52. “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)
53. “Woodrow
Wilson: Interventionism, State Sovereignty, and League of Nations” in Ken Endo
(ed.), Global Governance: History and Thought (Yuhikaku,
2010), pp.81-101. (Japanese)
54. “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.
55. “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.
56. “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)
57. “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.
58. “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.
59. “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)
60. “The
Difficulty and Importance of Local Ownership and Capacity Development in
Peacebuilding,” Hiroshima Peace Science, vol. 30, 2008, pp. 95-115.
61. “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)
62. “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)
63. “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)
64. “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)
65. “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.
66. “Peacebuilding
in Afghanistan and its limitations,” in The Japan Institute of International
Affairs (ed), International Affairs, no. 564, 2007, pp.13-22. (Japanese)
67. “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)
68. “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)
69. “'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)
70. “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)
71. “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)
72. “Restoration
of Peace: Judicial Activities in Peacebuilding,” Shisou
No. 993: Justice in International Society, 2007, pp.203-214. (Japanese)
73. “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)
74. “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.”
75. “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)
76. (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.
77. “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)
78. “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)
79. “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)
80. (with
Yuji Uesugi) “Conclusion: In Search for New Approaches of Peacebuilding” in
Shinoda and Uesugi (eds.), Conflict and Human Security, pp. 291-296. (Japanese)
81. “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)
82. (with
Yuji Uesugi) “Introduction: Conflict and Human Security” in Shinoda and Uesugi
(eds.), Conflict and Human Security, pp. 17-27. (Japanese)
83. “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)
84. “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.
85. “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.
86. “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.
87. “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)
88. “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)
89. “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)
90. “Peace-building
and Electoral Assistance” in The Japan Institute of International Affairs
(ed.), Conflict Prevention, 2003, pp. 6-16. (Japanese)
91. “Peace”
in Takashi Oshimura and Ikushi
Soeya (eds.), Access Political Philosophy (Nihonkeizaihyouronsha, 2003), pp. 217-233. (Japanese)
92. “The
Rule of Law Approach of Peace-building: An Examination from the Strategic
Perspective,” Hiroshima Peace Science, vol. 25, 2003, pp.189-218. (Japanese)
93. “Issues
of the Coming War with Iraq,” Sohbun, No.450, 2003,
pp. 46-50. (Japanese)
94. “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.
95. “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)
96. “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)
97. “The
Use of Depleted Uranium in Armed Conflict”, IPSHU Research Report No. 29. (Japanese)
98. “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.
99. “Reconsidering
the Concept of Peace-building from the Perspective of International Peace
Operations,” Hiroshima Peace Science, vol. 24, 2002, pp. 21-45. (Japanese)
100. “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)
101. “Peace-building
and International Criminal Tribunals: International Judicial Intervention as
Humanitarian Intervention,” Social Sciences Studies, Hiroshima University, vol.
27, 2001, pp. 91-111. (Japanese)
102. “Rule
of Law in International Society and a New Paradigm of Conflict Resolution,” Sohbun, 2001, pp. 7-12. (Japanese)
103. “Historical
Development of International Norms: Order, Justice and State Sovereignty,” Japan
Peace Research Association (ed.), Heiwa Kenkyu (Peace
Studies), 2001, pp. 86-96. (Japanese)
104. “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)
105. “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)
106. “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)
107. “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.
108. “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)
109. “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.
110. 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)
111. “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)
112. “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)
113. “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.
114. “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 21st
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 21st
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”, 21st 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”, 22nd 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?”
3rd 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”,
2nd 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 21st
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).
8
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:
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Facilitator, “Training of Media and Police
Personnel on Early Warning Information Management” in Freetown, Sierra Leone
(2016).
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Lecturer, UNITAR, South Sudan Fellowship Programme Workshop One, Resource Person (2015).
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Panelist, Symposium of the Center for
International Peace Cooperation (2015, 2016, 2017, 2018); Chair (2019~).
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Lecturer, All Japan Research Group (2015).
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Member, Public Servant National
Examination Board, National Personnel Authority (2015~).
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Lecturer, Curriculum on Peacebuilding,
Tokyo Gakugei Daigaku Fuzoku High School (2015).
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Instructor, Japan-Israel-Palestine Student
Conference (2015).
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Lecturer, “Conflict and
Peacekeeping/Peacebuilding,” TAC Human Resource Development Training Course for
International Organizations (2014).
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Lecturer, The Right of Collective
Self-Defense,” Saitama Bar Association (2014).
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Lecturer, “JICA Alumni Training [Gaza]”
(2013).
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Lecturer, “JICA Seminar on Development of
an Assistance System for Conflict Victims” at Tokiwa University(2012,
2013).
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Lecturer, “Workshop for Peacebuilding and
Reconstruction in Iraq,” JICA Chugoku Center (2012).
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Instructor, Café Workshop for Peace
(2012).
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Lecturer, JICA Seminar for Iraqi
administrative staff (2011, 2013).Lecturer, Training
Course for Japan Peacekeeping Training & Research Center (2011).
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Lecturer, United States- Japan GPOI Senior
Mission Leaders' Course (2011).
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Lecturer, Seminar on International
Institutions, Japan Federation of Bar Association (2011).
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Lecturer, “Sudan: Governance Capacity
Development as Peacebuilding”, JICA Chugoku Center (2010).
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Lecturer, Peace Forum, Hiroshima Peace
Culture Foundation (2010).
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Lecturer, JICA Seminar on ODA in Kosovo
(2010).
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Lecturer, JICA Training Course for
Technical staff (2010, 2011).
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Course Leader / Facilitator, “Liberia:
Governance Capacity Development as Peacebuilding,” JICA Chugoku Center (2010).
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Panelist, International Symposium on
Security, Peacebuilding and Military Organization: Searching for Conflict
Settlement for the 21st century (2009).
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Lecturer, “Education Development for
Post-conflict Reconstruction in Africa”, JICA Osaka Center (2009)
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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).
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Director/Facilitator, “Establishment of
Conflict Prevention Networks in Sierra Leone,” Peacebuilders Japan (2008, 2009,
2010).
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Lecturer, Seminar for Iraqi Diplomats, JICA
(2008).
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Lecturer, “National Reconciliation of Iraq”,
JICA (2007, 2008).
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Testimonial, Special Committee on ODA,
House of Counsellors (2007).
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Lecturer, Seminar for High-school Students
from Abroad, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (2007).
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Course Leader / Facilitator, “Enhancement
of Governance Capacities for Peacebuilding in Sub-Sahara Africa” (2007, 2008).
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Lecturer, “JICA Training Course for
Peacebuilding and Reconstruction”, (2006).
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Lecturer, “JICA Seminar for Students from
Abroad” (2006, 2007).
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Research Member, “Challenges in
Post-conflict Societies in Africa,” JETRO-IDE (2006-2007).
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Lecturer, Intensive Course on
Peacebuilding, Graduate School of International Development, Nagoya University
(2006).
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Research Member, “Aid Policies based upon
Capacities to respond to Risks”, JICA Training Center (2006).
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Lecturer and Mentor, UNITAR Afghan
Fellowship Program (2005-2006).
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Lecturer, “Conflict Prevention Course”,
Japan Center for Conflict Prevention (2005).
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Coordinator, “International Cooperation
Seminar for Reconstruction of Sierra Leone”, JICA Chugoku Center (2005).
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Chief, “Joint Project for Academics and
Practitioners on Peacebuilding”, (2005).
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Lecturer, “Expert Training Course” JICA
(2005-2006).
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Course Leader / Facilitator, “Training
Project for Enhancement of Education Networks for Peace in Bosnia and
Herzegovina”, JICA Chugoku Center (2004).
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Member of the Research Board of “GSG”,
Cabinet Office (from 2004 onward).
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Research Member of “Reconfiguration of
Discussions on Global Governance”, Project for the Promotion of Human and
Social Sciences (2004).
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Member of the Peace Forum of Hiroshima
Prefecture (2003).
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Member of the Advisory Board of Peace
Contribution Policies of Hiroshima Prefecture (2003-2005).
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Research Member, “The Range of Human
Security in Africa,” JETRO-IDE (2003-2004).
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Lecturer, “Rethinking International Peace
Activities,” ANT-Hiroshima (2003).
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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).
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Member of the Editorial Board of
Contemporary Political Theory (2001)
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Member of the International Advisory Board
of First Press: New Writing on World Politics, Society and Culture (2000).
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Research Member, “Legitimacy and
Rationality of New Interventionism,” Institute of Peace, Hiroshima City
University (2000-2001).
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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).
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)