Maria TANAKA

Specially-appointed Assistant Professor, Akita University Graduate School of International Resource Sciences

Maria Tanaka is a Specially-appointed Assistant Professor at Akita University Graduate School of International Resource Sciences. Her research interests focus on China’s foreign policy, China - Central Asia relations and IR theory. Her recent publications include “Greening the Belt and Road Initiative in Central Asia: The Case of Uzbekistan’s Renewable Energy Sector” (Conference Proceedings: The Twelfth International Convention of Asia Scholars, 2022); “China’s Security Engagement with Greater Central Asia (GCA): The Case of Afghanistan” (co-authored; Roles Review, 2022); and “Debating and Implementing Epidemic Prevention in China: Ancient and Modern Perspectives” (Shizen to Jitsugaku, vol. 8, 2023).

Activities

Working Group

"Emerging Security Landscape in Greater Central Asia" Working Group

Single Author

Papers

Tanaka, Maria. "Debating and Implementing Epidemic Prevention in China: Ancient and Modern Perspectives." 自然と實學 8 (2023): 2-38.

Tanaka, Amane, and Maria Tanaka. “China’s Security Engagement with Greater Central Asia (GCA): The Case of Afghanistan.” ROLES Review 2 (2022): 21-38.

Tanaka, Maria. “Greening the Belt and Road Initiative in Central Asia: The Case of Uzbekistan's Renewable Energy Sector.” In Conference Proceedings: The Twelfth International Convention of Asia Scholars (ICAS 12), 2022, 691-700.

Tanaka, Maria. “Research Trends on the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) in Japan: A Systematic Review of Literature.” Asia Research Trends New Series 16 (2021): 65-121.

Tanaka, Maria. “Reconceptualizing Regional Order: A Critical/Scientific Realist (CR/SR) Intervention.” Journal of Contemporary East Asia Studies 6, no. 1 (2017): 79-105.

Kolodziejczyk Tanaka, Aleksandra Maria. “Continuity and Transformation in the Early Modern East Asian Regional System (EMEARS): The Case of the 'Practical Learning' Movement.” 韓国実学研究 31 (2016): 183-217.

Social Publications

Tanaka, Maria. "Debating and Implementing Epidemic Prevention in China: From Zhang Zhongjing to Wu Lien-teh and Beyond", 第16回東アジア実学国際シンポジウム, December 16, 2022.

Tanaka, Maria. "Greening the Belt and Road in Central Asia: Opportunities and Challenges", The 12th International Convention of Asia Scholars, August 28, 2021.

Tanaka, Maria. "The Potentials and Limitations of Polycentric Environmental Governance in Northeast Asia: The Case of China's Environmental Policy and Diplomacy under Xi Jinping", The International Symposium on International Specialization and Sustainable Utilization of Resources in Northeast Asia, November 10, 2018.

Tanaka, Maria, Amane Tanaka. "The Structure and Content of China's Counter-terrorism Policy: The Case of Uyghur Islamist Terrorism", Xinjiang in the Context of Central Eurasian Transformation, December 19, 2015.

Tanaka, Maria. "Continuity and Transformation in the Early Modern East Asian Regional System (EMEARS): The Case of the 'Practical Learning Movement'", 第13回東アジア実学国際学術会議：批判談論としての実学, November 27, 2015.

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