Faculty of Liberal Arts, Department of Liberal Arts
Job title
Professor
Degree
教養学士(The University of Tokyo), M.A.(Political Science)(University of California,Berkeley), Ph.D.(Political Science)(University of California,Berkeley)
Other Affiliation
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Research funding number
40327870
J-Global ID
200901023851974219
Profile
I study international relations and comparative politics, with a focus on the problems of nationalism and national identity, especially in Russia and Japan. So far, my research has focused on the process of formation of national identities and their impact on foreign policy. More recently, I have broadened my interest to include how “globalization” is transforming nationalism as the constitutive principle of political communities. I teach the following classes to undergraduates and master-level students: 1) Introduction to IR, 2) IR theory, 3) Japanese foreign policy, 4) comparative politics of post-communist states, 5) nationalism, citizenship, and democracy in Japan, and 6) regional security in Northeast Asia.(Subject of research) Revision and publication of Ph.D. dissertation (UC Berkeley, 1999) entitled "The Liberal World Order and Its Challengers: Nationalism and the Rise of Anti-Systemic Movements in Russia and Japan” Globalization and the Transformation of Russian national identity Japan's Responses to the Liberal International Order: 1920's and 1990's
AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS 65(1) 24-39 2011
Security cooperation between Japan and Australia over the last several decades has been largely underpinned by common factors and interests in the international system. As with most bilateral relationships, however, cooperation has also been encou...
The Fourth Forum of Berdiaev's Readings 17 Aug 2015 Institute of Socio-Economic and Political Research [Invited]
Presented my comparative research on national identity formation in Russia and Japan at a conference, held against the background of the "Asian pivot" of Russian foreign policy after the Ukrainian crisis.
The Second Japan-GUAM Dialogue 17 Jul 2015 The Japan Forum for International Relations and GUAM-Organization for Democracy and Economic Development [Invited]
Examines the public opinion in Okinawa regarding US bases and particularly the issue of relocation of Futenma bases, and explores its implications for the US-Japan alliance.
Perils from the Periphery? The Politics of International Inequality: A Symposium in Honor of Andrew C. Janos 23 Apr 2010 Institute of Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies, UC Berkeley
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