Religion and Global Security Division
Activity records
2025.12.19 (Fri.)
Event
Seminar
Guest Lecture "How We Could 'Contend' with Fake News?--Computational Social Science and International Security"
2025.10.30 (Thu.)
Event
Seminar
Guest Lecture "GCC Taking Over the Trends"
2025.09.21 (Sun.)
News
Announcements
The University of Tokyo and Qatar Foundation Sign Comprehensive MOU in Global Health
2025.05.14 (Wed.)
News
Announcements
MOU for Academic Exchanges between RCAST and TRENDS Research & Advisory
2024.10.17 (Thu.)
News
Publications and Reports
ROLES Review Vol. 5, focusing on North Korea's Global Activities, is now available
2024.09.28 (Sat.)
Event
Symposium
Symposium (at Doshisha University): “Grand Strategies after Biden and Kishida: Whither US-Japan Alliance?”
2023.12.01 (Fri.)
News
Announcements
Yu Koizumi promoted to Associate Professor
2023.10.01 (Sun.)
News
Announcements
Dr. Takuya Matsuda appointed as Project Researcher
2023.10.01 (Sun.)
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Announcements
Dr. Yoshihisa Nishiyama appointed as Project Assistant Professor
2023.09.01 (Fri.)
News
Announcements
Mr. Yuma Tanaka appointed as Project Researcher
2023.08.01 (Tue.)
News
Announcements
Dr. Kazumasa Hayamaru appointed as Project Assistant Professor
2023.04.11 (Tue.)
News
Announcements
Interview article with Prof. Satoshi Ikeuchi published in Ortadoğu Analiz
2023.03.30 (Thu.)
News
Announcements
ROLES pamphlet released
2023.03.12 (Sun.)
Event
Lecture
Webinar on technologies and the human essence
2022.10.25 (Tue.)
Event
Symposium
"Japan’s Global Strategy and the Middle East" a Lecture and Discussion at Tel Aviv University
2022.09.07 (Wed.)
News
Events
Dr. Naphtali Meshel's Tokyo College Lecture/Symposium on "The Ritual Environment"
2022.08.25 (Thu.)
Video
Lecture
How the Russo-Ukrainian War is Changing European International Order: The Perspective from Japan
2022.08.10 (Wed.)
News
Publications and Reports
ROLES INSIGHTS No.2022-04: "On Abe's Legacy" by Guibourg Delamotte
2022.07.29 (Fri.)
Event
Lecture
Tokyo College Lecture “How the Russo-Ukrainian War is Changing European International Order: The Perspective from Japan”
2022.05.08 (Sun.)
News
Announcements
Prof. Satoshi Ikeuchi Affiliated as Senior Visiting Scholar at the Moshe Dayan Center of Tel Aviv U.
2021.12.27 (Mon.)
News
Publications and Reports
Agreement of cooperation with MGIMO(Russia)
2021.12.10 (Fri.)
Event
Lecture
Special Lecture on the International Relations and Alliances of the Indo-Pacific
2021.08.20 (Fri.)
News
Publications and Reports
[International Collaboration] Conclusion of MOU with the Institute for Security and Development Policy (ISDP)
Members
Satoshi IKEUCHI
Satoshi Ikeuchi is Professor of the Division of Religion and Global Security at the Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology (RCAST) of the University of Tokyo. He is the founding head of the RCAST Open Laboratory for Emergence Strategies (ROLES).
For the year 2022-2023, he is Senior Visiting Scholar in Residence at the Moshe Dayan Center (MDC) for Middle Eastern and African Studies of Tel Aviv University.
He is a scholar on Islamic political thought and the Middle East politics. As a leading public intellectual in Japan, he has been vigorously publishing on the Middle East and Islamic affairs.
His first publication based on his doctoral studies, Gendai Arabu-no Shakai Shiso: Shumatsuron-to Isramu-shugi (Contemporary Arab Social Thought: Eschatology and Islamism), was published in 2002 and earned Osaragi Jiro Prize for Critical Works. He also earned Suntory Prize for Social Sciences and Humanities in 2009 for his book Islamu Sekai-no Ronjikata (Methods of Discussing Islam).
His book on the Islamic State Isulamu Koku no Shogeki (The Impact of the Islamic State) published in January 2015 was a nation-wide best seller in Japan and awarded Mainichi Publishing Cultural Prize. His recent publication includes Saikusu Piko Kyotei: Hyakunen no Jubaku (Sykes-Picot Agreement: One Hundred Years of Obsession) in 2016 and Shiiaha to Sunniha (Shite and Sunnite) in 2018 both published from Shinchosha. He is the recipient of the 12th Nakasone Yasuhiro Prize in 2016 for his academic works and social engagements.
His collection of literary essays and book reviews Shomotsu not Unmei (The Fate of Books) published in 2006 and earned Mainichi Book Review Award for the year.
He was a visiting professor at the Alexandria University 2007-2008, Japan Scholar chair visiting scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in 2009 and Visiting Fellow at the Clare Hall, University of Cambridge in 2010.
He specializes in Middle East politics and Arab-Islamic Thought, particularly on global Jihadism and its implications for international security.
Wakako ITO, Ph.D.
Koji YAMASHIRO, Ph.D.
Amane TANAKA
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.
Yukie TATTA
Working Group 2 on Middle Eastern and Islamic Alternatives (Coordinator)
Professional Experience
2024 - : Project Researcher, Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo
2024 - : Part-Time Lecturer, School of Global Studies, Tama University
2020 - 2023: Part-Time Lecturer, School of Global Studies, Tama University
2018 - 2020: Other, School of Global Studies, Tama University
Toshiya TSUJITA
Associate Professor, Center for the Study of Co* Design, Osaka University
Dr. Toshiya Tsujita is Associate Professor, Center for the Study of Co* Design, Osaka University, concurrently a Visiting Senior Fellow at RCAST.
He was a Project Research Associate/Adjunct Assistant Professor at the RCAST of the University of Tokyo from 2021-2022, working for ROLES, particularly on projects regarding Israel and the international security in the Middle East.
Ichiro KAJI, Ph.D.
Ichiro Kaji is a Project Researcher of Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology (RCAST), the University of Tokyo.
His research focuses on the provisions of the Japan-US Security Treaty, especially Article X which defines the duration of the treaty. He is currently building an online database of historical records of Japan-US relations on ROLES website.
He obtained his Ph.D. in Law and Politics from Osaka University in 2021. He was a Specially Appointed Fellow at Center for the Study of Co*Design, Osaka University(2018-2021).
Degree
Ph.D. (March 2021, Osaka University)
Professional Experience
Apr, 2021 - : Project Researcher, Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo
Apr, 2021 - Mar, 2023: Invited Researcher, Center for Co-Design, Osaka University
Jun, 2018 - Mar, 2021: Project Researcher, Center for Co-Design, Osaka University
Hideaki SHINODA
Nozomi KANO
Kohei TOYODA
Associated Researcher of RCAST, University of Tokyo
Working Group 2 on Middle Eastern and Islamic Alternatives
Twitter: @toyodadesuyo
Ryo HINATA-YAMAGUCHI, Ph.D.
Former Project Assistant Professor/Project Research Associate (Aug. 2021-Aug. 2024)
His areas of specializations are Asian Politics and International Relations, Strategy and Defense, Transport Security
Working Group 4 on the Emerging Issues in Security Studies
Working Group 5 on Indo-Pacific Transport Security (Chair)
Ryo HINATA-YAMAGUCHI is a Project Assistant Professor at the Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, the University of Tokyo; Senior Non-Resident Fellow at the Atlantic Council Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security Indo-Pacific Security Initiative; and Adjunct Senior Fellow at the Pacific Forum. Ryo has presented, published, and consulted on a variety of topics relating to defense and security, and transport governance in the Indo-Pacific. Ryo previously served as a Non-Commissioned Officer in the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (reserve) and also held positions at the Pusan National University, Universitas Muhammadiyah Malang, FM Bird Entertainment Agency, International Crisis Group Seoul Office, Sasakawa Peace Foundation, Embassy of Japan in Australia, and the Japan Foundation Sydney Language Centre. Ryo received his PhD from the University of New South Wales, MA in Strategic and Defense Studies and BA in Security Analysis from the Australian National University and was also a Korea Foundation Language Training Fellow.
Twitter: @tigerrhy
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tigerrhy/
Blog (Japanese): https://note.com/tigerrhy/
Guibourg Delamotte
Professor of Political Science at the French Institute of Oriental Studies (Inalco)
Areas of Expertise:
Security and International Relations in Asia
Japanese Foreign and Defense Policies
Japanese Internal Politics and Political System
Guibourg was a Visiting Associate Professor at the Tokyo College of the University of Tokyo, from October 1, 2021 to September 30, 2022. Her in-person stay in Tokyo was from July to August 2022 and she gave an intensive lecture course at the Graduate School of Public Policy (GraSPP) of the University of Tokyo in early August.
Guibourg was Visiting Fellow of the Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology (RCAST) of the University of Tokyo during her visit to Tokyo and participated in research activities and education at the Division of Religion and Global Security of RCAST and in particular ROLES (RCAST Open Laboratory for Emergence Strategies).
In 2023, now a Full Professor at Inalco, she is invited as Visiting Senior Research Fellow of RCAST and Associate Research Fellow of Tokyo College.
Her latest books are:
Le Japon, un leader discret - Eyrolles, 2023.
La Democratie au Japon, singuliere et universelle - ENS Ed. 2022.
The Abe Legacy. How Japan has been shaped by Abe Shinzo (coed. J. Brown, R. Dujarric) - Lexington, 2021.
Geopolitique et geoeconomie du monde contemporain. Puissance et conflits (coed. C. Tellenne) - La Decouverte, 2021.
Norito KUNISUE
Shaun Ketch, Ph.D.
15+ years of international government, military, and industry consulting experience, with engagement experience in defense and national security policy analysis, anti-money laundering and economic sanctions compliance, cybersecurity resilience and strategy, emergency management, international development programming design, political and economic risk analysis, and speechwriting and communications. Master’s degrees in Public Policy from The University of Tokyo, and in Public Administration from Columbia University in the City of New York. Ph.D. in International Public Policy from The University of Tokyo’s Graduate School of Public Policy, with a research focus on international security and economic statecraft.
Ryoya ISHIMOTO, Ph.D.
Ryoya ISHIMOTO was Project Researcher at the Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, the University of Tokyo from April 2024 to March 2025.
His research interests are International Relations, especially American diplomatic history, international security, and the history of U.S.-Japan security relations.
He holds a Ph.D. from Doshisha University, Japan.
Hiroyuki KOBAYASHI
MIYAJIMA, Akio
Advisor of Division of Religion and Global Security, RCAST of the University of Tokyo
略歴（日本語）
Akio Miyajima is a former diplomat who was Japanese Ambassador to Turkey and Ambassador to Poland.
Born in Kanazawa in Ishikawa Prefecture, he graduated from Waseda University's Faculty of Political Science and Economics. He entered the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan in 1981 and served there until October 2024. He holds a M.A. degree in International Relations from Yale University.
He was Special Advisor to the Governor on International Affairs at Tokyo Metropolitan Government (July 2014 – February 2016) while Tokyo was preparing to host the 2020 Olympic Games.
He is Advisor of Division of Religion and Global Security of the Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology (RCAST) of the University of Tokyo. He is concurrently Senior Advisor to RCAST Open Laboratory for Emergence Strategies (ROLES) since July 2025.
Yosuke NAGAI
Associated Researcher of RCAST, The University of Tokyo
Visiting Fellow, The Strategy, Statecraft, and Technology (Changing Character of War) Centre (SST-CCW), The University of Oxford
Areas of Expertise:
Koki SHIGENOI
Associated Researcher of RCAST, The University of Tokyo
Visiting Researcher, Interfaculty Initiative in Information Studies Graduate School of Interdisciplinary Information Studies, The University of Tokyo
Areas of Expertise:
Yuki TOKUNAGA
Associated Researcher of RCAST, University of Tokyo
Yuki Tokunaga is an Associated Researcher at the Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology (RCAST), University of Tokyo, where he is affiliated with the Division of Religion and Global Security. He has also been an Associated Member of the RCAST Open Laboratory for Emergence Strategies (ROLES) since April 2023. His research interests include international political economy—particularly Russia, Israel, and contemporary Africa—as well as the sustainability and transmission of traditional culture.
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