Why did “Africa+1” summitry emerge despite limited material gains and donors’ divided attention? Our article (led by Dr. Tomohiro Hosoi) traces TICAD to Japan’s quest for status and African efforts to challenge Western aid schemes. Open access: academic.oup.com/isagsq/artic...

On May 26 Tuesday (10 am-12:30 pm, JST), we will be hosting a workshop in Tokyo and on Zoom. Please join us! Politics of the “Global South”: China’s Narrative and the Indian Question www.ioc.u-tokyo.ac.jp/en/news/news... @yuanzhouir.bsky.social @raphaellekhan.bsky.social @danielleflonk.bsky.social

I am deeply grateful to @danielleflonk.bsky.social and her colleagues for hosting me at Hitotsubashi University. I look forward to your feedback and comments! ggr.hias.hit-u.ac.jp/en/2026/05/1...

As I wrap up my first year at @weatherheadcenter.bsky.social, I am deeply grateful to @cseas.kyoto-u.ac.jp and JSPS for this opportunity. Leaving CSEAS with much nostalgia, I look forward to working with the community for years to come! kyoto.cseas.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/event/202...

We are pleased to welcome Dr. Siwage Dharma Negara at @cseas.kyoto-u.ac.jp, for his seminar entitled "Assessing the Current Japan–Indonesia Bilateral Economic Relations". Please join us in Kyoto or online on May 28! kyoto.cseas.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/event/202...

New paper with Yusra Koops-Abdullahi: we analyze Japanese debates on sanctions against South Africa and show how economic activities can be explained with securitization theory. Many thanks to “Scoping ‘New Diplomatic History’ in Asia” for hosting our presentation! ari.nus.edu.sg/events/diplo...

If you happen to be around Cambridge/ Boston, or able to join online, there is a full-day symposium "Japan in the Age of Disruption: Domestic and Global Policy Challenges" on March 30 (10:00AM - 04:30PM EDT) at Harvard: us-japan.wcfia.harvard.edu/event/sympos...

If you happen to be at the International Studies Association, "WC042: Shifting Powers, Shifting Rules: The Global South, Multilateralism and Global Governance" is happening today at 1:45 pm (A112, Greater Columbus Convention Center)-- I would be grateful for any comments!

【公募】東南アジア地域研究研究所 2026年度共同利用・共同研究 共同利用・共同研究拠点「グローバル共生に向けた東南アジア地域研究の国際共同研究拠点（GCR）」では2026年度共同利用・共同研究の公募を開始しました。応募締切は2026年4月6日。ふるってご応募ください。応募要領はこちら： kyoto.cseas.kyoto-u.ac.jp/news/2026/01...

Our PR team at CSEAS, Kyoto University has published the latest Center Report in English. Please take a look at our center's activities and research highlights! @cseas.kyoto-u.ac.jp

Please join us for the panel at APSA 2025--happening soon! Fri, September 12, 8:00 to 9:30am PDT (Sat, September 13, 12:00 to 1:30am JST), Pinnacle Hotel Harbourfront, Port of NYC tinyurl.com/2x7x2w7v And I deeply appreciate our wonderful chair, discussants and panelists for making this happen.

Our article on a new database on the executive heads in 18 multi-issue international organizations from 1980 to 2020 is available (open access). It constitutes of two datasets on institutionalized authority and personal traits/ biographical information. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Thank you to the generous support from the Heisei Commemorative Grant, the Japan Prize Foundation. Yuan Zhou, @raphaellekhan.bsky.social, Juan Acevedo and I are working on the project "China and India in the Changing Global Order" with a focus on the ‘Global South’”. www.japanprize.jp/subsidy.html

My article “Two Questions of Sovereignty: China and the Third World Countries in the United Nations General Assembly (1971–1990)” is now available (open access) with Global Studies Quarterly. Thank you to everyone’s advice throughout the process. academic.oup.com/isagsq/artic...

Join us tomorrow at 8 am (Marriott Philadelphia Downtown, Franklin 9) for the #APSA2024 panel "Reshaping the Liberal Order: Strategies of Contestation and Change"... tinyurl.com/2835huav

Thank you for this opportunity to join the 2024 JPSA-APSA Working Group on “Civically Engaged Research for Critical Issues in Society” with an emphasis on environmental issues🌱 #APSA2024 #JPSA #日本政治学会 #CERforCIS connect.apsanet.org/asia/cer-for...

June 19, 11am (JST)-Hybrid 🌏Join us for "China and India’s Perspectives on the Global South in a Changing Global Order" with @raphaellekhan.bsky.social Dr. Raphaëlle Khan, Dr. Yuan Zhou, and Juan Acevedo, and for Dr. Alanna O'Malley's comments! * Zoom: kyoto.cseas.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/event/202...

Join us to discuss international cooperation and domestic politics at #ISA2024 I will be presenting about the "habitat differentiation" of norms regarding disaster risk reduction🌱

March marks the end of the academic year in Japan with the cherry blossoms. Thank you so much to my colleagues at Kyoto University, and especially to the scholars leaving the institute.

It was fun to present at the International Seminar “Next-Generation Human Resource Development for Harnessing the Forces of Culture and Nature for Peace and Sustainability” on the role of International Relations in the context of peace/SDG goals🌏 www.kura.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/event/202...

It was a pleasure to come back to the JAIR Annual Convention 🗾after four years and present “Departing from the Majority: Case Study of China and the Global South in the United Nations” jair.or.jp/en/event/202...

Thank you to CSEAS for featuring me! kyoto.cseas.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/news/2023...

I am humbled to introduce one of my most favorite books in the world; "Managing the Frozen South: The Creation and Evolution of the Antarctic Treaty System" by Professor M.J. Peterson (University of California Press, 1988). Please see the link for my essay: kyoto.cseas.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/news/2023...