Statement in “Two Years Since the Invasion of Ukraine: A World in Turmoil, and the Prospect of Ending the War” [in Japanese]

On March 6, 2024, NHK published an article about the February 25 broadcast of the Sunday Debate titled “Two Years Since the Invasion of Ukraine: A World in Turmoil, and the Prospect of Ending the War,” which featured Professor Maiko Ichihara of the Graduate School of Law. The article summarizes an in-depth discussion of the path to ending the war, now two years after Russia’s military invasion, as Ukraine’s counteroffensive struggles to achieve expected results and some defensive setbacks emerge. Professor Ichihara noted the need to consider the positive and negative effects of the invasion on the international community. She highlighted the difficulty of focusing public and diplomatic attention on a single crisis in today’s information-saturated society, which is also grappling with issues in places like Israel, Gaza, Myanmar, and Sudan. In the latter half of the discussion, when asked about Japan’s future role, Professor Ichihara emphasized that Japan’s diplomatic stance tends to be influenced by Western agenda-setting. However, as a leading Asian nation, Japan must pay attention to Asian issues, such as the situation in Myanmar, and actively take the lead.

https://www.nhk.jp/p/touron/ts/GG149Z2M64/blog/bl/pMlyjkN6AY/bp/pzGowxKPMz/