Religion and Global Security Division
Religion and Global Security Division is one of the constitutent divisions of RCAST of the University of Tokyo. Religion and Global Security Division has initiated and established in 2020 the RCAST Open Laboratory for Emergence Strategies (ROLES) as a research project of RCAST.
Activity records
2025.09.21 (Sun.)
News
Announcements
The University of Tokyo and Qatar Foundation Sign Comprehensive MOU in Global Health
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?”
2023.10.01 (Sun.)
News
Announcements
Dr. Yoshihisa Nishiyama appointed as Project Assistant Professor
2023.10.01 (Sun.)
News
Announcements
Dr. Takuya Matsuda appointed as Project Researcher
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
2023.03.12 (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)
Members
Satoshi IKEUCHI
Professor
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.
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.
Senior Program Coordinator
Koji YAMASHIRO, Ph.D.
Project Researcher of RCAST, University of Tokyo (2020-2025)
Amane TANAKA
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.
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
Project Researcher
Working Group 2 on Middle Eastern and Islamic Alternatives (Coordinator)
Working Group 2 on Middle Eastern and Islamic Alternatives (Coordinator)
Israel Week @ UTokyo Komaba Research Campus
Working Group 5 on Indo-Pacific Transport Security (Coordinator)
Sub-Working Group 2 on Tabletop Exercises (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
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
Visiting Senior Research Fellow
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.
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.
Project Researcher
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
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
Education: PhD 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).
Professional Positions) After working as a part-time teacher at LSE and Keele University, he took a research fellow position at the Institute for Peace Science of Hiroshima University, where he became Associate Professor. Then, he took the current position at the Tokyo University of Foreign Studies in 2013. He has been a visiting scholar at the Lauterpacht Research Centre for International Law, Cambridge University (2000) and at the Center for the Study of Human Rights, Columbia University (2002). He was Visiting Professional at the International Criminal Court (2017).
Publications) He is the author of many books and articles including Partnership Peace Operations: UN and Regional Organizations in Multiple Layers of International Security (Routledge, 2024). He has received academic awards including Osaragi Jiro Rondan Award of Asahi Newspaper (2003), Suntory Academic Award (2012), Yomiuri Yoshino Sakuzo Award of Yomiuri Newspaper (2017).
Nozomi KANO
Co-operative Research Fellow
Kohei TOYODA
Associate Member of ROLES
Associated Researcher of RCAST, University of Tokyo
Working Group 2 on Middle Eastern and Islamic Alternatives
Associated Researcher of RCAST, University of Tokyo
Working Group 2 on Middle Eastern and Islamic Alternatives
Working Group 5 on Indo-Pacific Transport Security (Assistant Coordinator)
Sub-Working Group 2 on Tabletop Exercises (Assistant Coordinator)
Twitter: @toyodadesuyo
Twitter: @toyodadesuyo
Ryo HINATA-YAMAGUCHI, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, at the Institute for International Stragety of Tokyo International University
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)
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)
Sub-Working Group 1 on Satellite Imagery Analysis Project
Sub-Working Group 2 on Tabletop Exercises (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
Visiting Senior Research Fellow
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.
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
Project Professor
Shaun Ketch, Ph.D.
Co-operative Research Fellow
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.
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.
Lecturer, Hokkaido University of Education
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.
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
Project Researcher of RCAST, University of Tokyo
MIYAJIMA, Akio
Senior Advisor of ROLES
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.
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 has held a series of posts addressing successive challenges and opportunities of Japan's foreign affairs, including Director of Oceania Division (July 1999 – November 2001), Director of First North America Division (November 2001 - August 2003), Counsellor (August 2003 – January 2005) and Minister of the Embassy of Japan at the Republic of Korea (January 2005 – January 2007), Minister of the Permanent Mission of Japan to the United Nations (January 2007 - January 2011), Deputy Director-General of Foreign Policy Bureau and Ambassador in charge of UN Affairs (January 2011 - January 2013), Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the Embassy of Japan in Great Britain (February 2013 - July 2014).
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 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.
After taking up the post of Director-General of International Peace Cooperation Headquarters at the Cabinet Office (February 2016 - August 2017), he became Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Republic of Turkey (August 2017 - October 2020) and Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Republic of Poland (November 2020 - October 2024) where he was faced with the Russian aggression on Ukraine in February 2022 and met the surprise visit of Prime Minister Fumio Kishida to Ukraine in March 2023.
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
Associate Member of ROLES
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:
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:
Conflict Resolution, Countering Violent Extremism, Peacebuilding, Frontline Negotiations, Strategic Dialogue
Dr. Yosuke Nagai is the Executive Director of Accept International, and Founder of the Global Taskforce for Youth Combatants. Since 2011, he has dedicated himself to implementing deradicalization, reintegration, and rehabilitation programs for disengaged combatants of non-state armed groups worldwide, and also actively fostered dialogue and reconciliation in some countries. Dr. Nagai holds a PhD in Social Science from Waseda University and a Master’s degree in Conflict Studies from the London School of Economics and Political Science, has served as a visiting fellow at the Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights, currently serves as a visiting fellow at the University of Oxford, and is a member of a Youth Advisory Board, an Expert Group Meeting, and a Technical Working Group within various UN agencies.
Publication
Nagai, Yosuke (2025) “Unique Potential of Youth Associated with Non-State Armed Groups (YANSAG): Case in Indonesia and the Philippines”, Peacebuilding in Southeast Asia, Springer, Forthcoming
Harper, Erica & Nagai, Yosuke (2024) “Unpacking the Climate Migration Extremism Nexus Mapping the Coping Strategies of Kenyan Pastoralists,” Research Brief, 4, pp.1-16.
Nagai, Yosuke & Harper, Erica (2023) “Youths Associated with Non-State Armed Groups: A New Perspective to Youths in Armed conflicts with Non-State Armed Groups,” Academy Briefing, Vol 23, pp.1-25.
Nagai, Yosuke (2023) My life towards armed conflicts and terrorism: the ambitious challenge from Japan to overcoming the chain of hatred in the world, Shogakan, Tokyo, Japan.
Nagai, Yosuke & Maeda, Kanu (2021) “PRACTICE-BASED EVIDENCE AND BEYOND: A CASE OF VIOLENT EXTREMIST OFFENDER CORRECTION IN A CONFLICT ZONE,” Advancing Corrections Journal, #11, pp.170-180.
Nagai, Yosuke (2021) “Reintegration of Al-Shabaab’s Defectors in Somalia: An Examination of Conditions for Successful Reintegration,” Peace and Conflict Studies, Volume 27, Number 3, pp.1-34.
Nagai, Yosuke (2021) “Re-Thinking the Role of Civil Society in the Problematic Ongoing Process of Post-Conflict Reconstruction,” Peace Studies Journal, Volume 14, Issue 1, pp.65-77.
Nagai, Yosuke (2020) “A Critical Analysis of ‘Security-Development’ Nexus: United Nations, Peacekeeping Operations, and Peacebuilding Framework,” NUST Journal of International Peace & Stability, 3 (1), pp.1-12.
Nagai, Yosuke (2017) I’m 13 years old and my mission is suicide bombing, Godo Press, Tokyo, Japan
Nagai, Yosuke (2016) We are talking with Somalia gangs about dream, Eiji Press, Tokyo, Japan.
Koki SHIGENOI
Associate Member of ROLES
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:
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:
International Politics
Islamic Political Thought
Economic Security
Prior to join UTokyo III-GSII, Koki Shigenoi held several research position include Al Jazeera Centre for Studies (2018-19), College of Humanities and Social Sciences at Hamad Bin Khalifa University (2018-19), Intelligence and Analysis Services at Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan (2019-20), Asia-Pacific Department at Konrad Adenauer Foundation (2020-21), National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS) (2022-23), Graduate School of Public Policy at The University of Tokyo (UTokyo GraSPP) (2023-24).
Edited Volume
· Japan's Role for Southeast Asia Amidst the Great Power Competition: and its Implication to the EU-Japan Partnership. Hanoi: Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, 2022.
Publication
· “Evaluating the effect of military intervention on rebel governance in terms of disaggregated human security.” (with Wakako Maekawa) Small Wars & Insurgencies 33/6 (2022): 1059-1084.
· “Strangeness and Strangers: An Annotated Translation and Introduction to Shāṭibī’s Iʿtiṣām.” [in Japanese] (with Nozomi Tajima) Journal of Global Studies 11 (2020): 339-372.
· “Strangeness and Strangers: A Translation and Introduction of a Hadīth Commentary on ‘Blessed Are the Strangers’ from Ibn Qayyim's Madārij al-Sālikīn.” [in Japanese] Journal of Global Studies 10 (2019): 191-225.
· “Strangeness and Strangers: Translation and Bibliographical Introduction on the Hadith Commentary Essay from “Majmūʿah al-Fatāwā” on “Blessed Are the Strangers” by Ibn Taymīyah.” [in Japanese] Journal of Global Studies 8 (2017): 177-204.
MISC.
· “The New Geopolitics of the Middle East (Part 3 & 4) : Shifts in Regional Dynamics 2001-2023.” [in Japanese] Foresight. February 16, 2025.
· “The New Geopolitics of the Middle East (Part 1 & 2) : Syrian Revolution and Geopolitical Setback for Russia and Iran.” [in Japanese] Foresight. December 28, 2024.
· “Small Yard, High Fence.” The Berlin Pulse 2023/2024. pp. 16-17.
· “Economic Zeitenwende? Lessons from Japan’s Economic Security Policy.” 49 security. December 2022.
· “Japan’s Chinese lesson: diversifying only production is not enough.” (with Aya Adachi) Mercator Institute for China Studies (MERICS). November 2022.
· “Beyond Indo-Pacific, Toward Great Power Competition: German Indo-Pacific Engagement Under the New Government.” (with Kikyo Taguchi) Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung. March 2022.
· “The Geo-economics of US-China Relations: What Does it Mean for ASEAN?” (with David Merkle) Diplomatic Briefing 4. February 2022. pp. 24-28.
Yuki TOKUNAGA
Associate Member of ROLES
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.
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.
He graduated from Waseda University’s Faculty of Political Science and Economics and is fluent in Japanese, English, and Russian. After working as a Russian interpreter, he joined Mitsui & Co. in 2015, engaging in the steel products division and later serving at the Mitsui & Co. Global Strategic Studies Institute (2021–2024). He left Mitsui & Co. in July 2024 to focus on academic and cultural research.
In 2020, he founded Culpedia, a research initiative dedicated to the study and international exchange of traditional culture. He has conducted a comprehensive survey of Kyoto’s 74 designated traditional crafts and organized cross-cultural exhibitions connecting Japanese artisans with overseas artists. He has also interviewed more than 100 long-established Japanese firms (shinise), documenting their philosophies and adaptive strategies in response to social and geopolitical change.
Tokunaga’s work lies at the intersection of political economy and cultural studies, aiming to provide insights into how traditions and long-lived organizations contribute to resilience, identity, and sustainability in contemporary society.
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