Topics
IIRAS has conducted research concerning peace and sustainable development in the world. We have focused on problems such as terrorism, poverty, environmental degradation, natural disasters, socio-economic cleavages, religious-ethnic conflicts, and regional integration/disintegration, that are all transnational in nature. How should we deal with these cross-border issues? IIRAS has promoted an integrative approach of International Relations and Area Studies for the better understanding of these complicated issues we are facing in the globalizing 21st Century.
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Current Projects
Priority Projects
1. Conflict and Peacebuilding Studies ⟨CAPS⟩ (4 Units)
| Project | Conflict and Peacebuilding in Northeast Asia |
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| Chief Researcher | Kenki Adachi (College of International Relations) |
| Project | Conflict and Peacebuilding in Southeast Asia |
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| Chief Researcher | Jun Honna (College of International Relations) |
| Project | Conflict and Peacebuilding in Central Asia |
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| Chief Researcher | Noboru Miyawaki (College of Policy Science) |
| Project | Conflict and Peacebuilding in Middle East |
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| Chief Researcher | Kota Suechika (College of International Relations) |
2. China’s Expanding Influence and the International Order (3 Units)
| Project | China’s Economic Development |
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| Chief Researcher | Ryoji Nakagawa (College of International Relations) |
| Project | China's Diplomacy |
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| Chief Researcher | Miwa Hirono (College of Global Liberal Arts) |
| Project | China’s Business Market |
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| Chief Researcher | Masaki Mori (College of Business Administration) |
Ongoing Projects
| Project | Society for the Study of Contemporary Africa |
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| Chief Researcher | Shirato Keiichi (College of International Relations Department of International Relations) |
| Project | Afghanistan Studies |
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| Chief Researcher | Haruyuki Shimada (College of International Relations) |
| Project | Politics and Economies of Japan, United States and China |
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| Chief Researcher | Satoru Nakamoto (College of Economics) |
| Project | Studies on Asian and Chinese Law |
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| Chief Researcher | Misako Oda (College of Law) |
| Project | African Studies |
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| Chief Researcher | Takuo Iwata (College of International Relations) |
| Project | Peace Studies |
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| Chief Researcher | Akihiko Kimijima (College of International Relations) |
| Project | Experimental Political Studies |
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| Chief Researcher | Go Murakami (College of Law) |