Associate Professor

Areas of Expertise:
Russian Military Thought
Russian National Security Policy
Politics and International Relations of the Former Soviet Republics
Defence Technologies

Previously, Yu has held various positions, including Assistant Analyst at Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, Research Fellow at Institute for Future Engineering (IFENG), Research Fellow at the National Diet Library, and also a visiting researcher at the Institute of World Economy and International Relations of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IMEMO RAN).

His publication in Japanese includes (in English translation titles): Russian MIlitary Strategy Today, 2021; The War in Ukraine, 2022; Okhotsk Nuclear Bastion, 2024. 

His book "Teikoku" Roshia no Chiseigaku (Geopolitics of Russian "Empire") published in 2019 was awarded Suntory Prize for Social Sciences and Humanities in that year.

Yu has presented and published extensively on national security policies and strategies of Russia and the former Soviet republics, as well as defense technologies.

Yu holds a BA in Social Sciences and a MA in Political Science from Waseda University.

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Senior Program Coordinator

Project Researcher

Amane TANAKA is a Project Researcher at the Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology (RCAST), the University of Tokyo.

His research interests include Contemporary Chinese Politics and China-Central Asia relations. He is a co-editor of Changing Politics and Social Groups in China: The Challenges of Transition (2013, in Japanese) and Chinese Muslims Area Studies (2012, in Japanese). In addition, he has published articles on China-Central Asia relations through the lens of the security-development nexus, China’s state-building processes under the CCP rule, and regional autonomy in Xinjiang in the 1950s.

Alumni- Former Project Researcher

Assitant Professer at the National Chengchi University of Taiwan
Project Researcher of RCAST of the University of Tokyo (October 2020-June 2021) 

Professor, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo

Shin Kawashima is the professor of the Department of International Relations, the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, the University of Tokyo.
He earned his Ph.D.in Literature from Graduate School of Humanities and Sociology, the University of Tokyo in 2000.
He was an associate professor at Hokkaido University (1998-2006) and at the University of Tokyo (2006-2015), and then as professor in 2015.
He is also an executive director of the Nakasone Peace Institute, a Senior Fellow of National Security Agency, an associate member of Science Council of Japan, the advisory member of the Committee for the Promotion of the Declassification of Diplomatic Records, Ministry Foreign Affairs, the member of The Advisory Panel on Communications Concerning Territorial Integrity, the Office of Policy Planning and Coordination on Territory and Sovereignty, an academic advisor of Mt. Fuji Dialogue Young Forum and so on.
He was engaged in education and research at Institute of Modern History, Academia Sinica (Taipei), Beijing Center for Japanese Studies, Peking University, National Chengchi University (Taipei), and Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.
His research covers Chinese/Taiwanese diplomatic history and the contemporary international relations in East Asia. His first book, Formation of Chinese Modern Diplomacy (2004), was awarded the Suntory Academic Prize in 2004. He, among others, authored Frontier of China (Iwanami Shoten, 2017), Japan–China Relations in the Modern Era (co-authored, Routledge, 2017), 20th century East Asia : a new history (coauthored, University of Tokyo Press, 2020), Emerging countries after Covid-19 (coauthored, University of Tokyo Press, 2021), Xi Jinping’s China (co-authored, University of Tokyo Press, 2022), Japan-China Relations, 2001-2022 (co- authored, University of Tokyo Press, 2023) and so on.
He received Foreign Minister’s Award in 2023.

Selected recent publications and commentaries in English
Shin Kawashima, “The Evolution of Japanese Perceptions of China since 1945”, Asia Pacific Review, 2023, 30(2), pp. 148-166.
Shin Kawashima, “War in Ukraine from China’s Perspective: Limited Options for State that Cannot Reject Existing Policies”, Asia Pacific Review, 2022, 29(2), pp. 35–55.

Shin Kawashima’s articles published at Think China (Singapore online media)
https://www.thinkchina.sg/shinkawashima (Shin Kawashima’s page)
Shin Kawashima’s articles published at The Diplomat (Australian online media)
https://thediplomat.com/search?gcse=shin+kawashima (Shin Kawashima’s articles)
Shin Kawashima’s articles published at Discuss Japan (Japanese online media)
https://www.japanpolicyforum.jp/?s=shin+kawashima&submit=Search
(Shin Kawashima’s articles)
Shin Kawashima’s articles published at nippon.com (Japanese online media)
https://www.nippon.com/en/search.html?s=shin%20kawashima
(Shin Kawashima’s articles)
Shin Kawashima’s articles published at East Asian Forum (online media)
https://www.eastasiaforum.org/index.php?s=shin+kawashima
(Shin Kawashima’s articles)

Professor, Faculty of Political Science & Economics, Seigakuin University
Visiting Fellow, RCAST, University of Tokyo

Professor, Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia, The University of Tokyo

Professor, Faculty of Letters, Kyoto Prefectural University

Professor, Ph.D.
The Institute for Oriental Studies, Daito Bunka University (Tokyo, Japan)

Takashi Suzuki is a professor at Daito Bunka University. He specializes in Chinese politics, especially domestic trends. He received his Ph.D. degree from Keio University in Japan. Before current position, he worked at The Japan Institute of International Affairs (JIIA) as a research fellow and Aichi Prefectural University as an associate professor on the Chinese politics and its foreign policy. He was also a visiting researcher at the Russian National University of St. Petersburg.
Dr. Suzuki’s current research interests include Xi Jinping’s personal study, the future prospect for Xi era, and Sino-Russian relations. Using a lot of PRC’s internal resources 内部資料, he just finished writing a book on Xi’s personal history, political career and his leadership style. The book written in Japanese will be soon published by the University of Tokyo Press in 2024. He has published many articles and books. His book, titled The Rule and Power of the Chinese Communist Party in the 21st Century (in Japanese, 2012) was received Award for the Promotion of Studies on Developing Countries of IDE-JETRO. And he is a co-author of Xi Jinping’s China (The University of Tokyo Press, 2023); Governance and Peace in Asia (Yushindo, 2023) etc.
Details for his publications and research and educational activities are consulted from his researchmap page.

Shinji YAMAGUCHI is a Senior Research Fellow in the Regional Studies Department of the National Institute for Defense Studies (NIDS), Ministry of Defense, Japan, located in Tokyo, and was a Visiting Scholar at Sigur Center for Asian Studies of George Washington University. He specializes in Chinese politics, China’s security policy, and contemporary Chinese history. He earned his B.A., M.A., and Ph.D. from Keio University. His publications include “Strategies of China’s Maritime Actors in the South China Sea: A Coordinated Plan under the Leadership of Xi Jinping?” China Perspective, 2016 No.3, (October 2016), pp.23-31; Mou Takuto no Kyokoku ka Senryaku (Mao’s Grand Strategy to Build Strong Country) (Keio University Press, 2021, winner of the 34th Mainichi Shimbun Asia Pacific Grand Prix Award). He is a co-author of the NIDS China Security Report 2012, 2013, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2023.

Professor, Faculty of Law, Doshisya University

Deputy-Director, Southeast Asian Studies Group I, Area Studies Center, Japan External Trade Organization, Institute of Developing Economies

Associate Professor, Graduate School of International Development, Nagoya University

Professor, Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University

Associate Professor, Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University

Associate Professor, School of Arts and Sciences, Tokyo Woman's Christian University

Professor, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo