On February 28, 2025, Hitotsubashi University’s Institute for Global Governance Research (GGR) hosted “GGR Webinar: Impact of Geopolitical Confrontation on Myanmar.” GGR invited four panelists, Mr. Mai Kyaw Oo (Spokesperson, Association of United Nationalities Japan), Mr. Myo Min Swe (Director, We For All), Professor Kei Nemoto (Professor Emeritus, Sophia University), and Dr. Noriyuki Osada (Research […]

The Making of International Human Rights Norms: Contestation, Norm Clusters, and Actor Engagement in SOGI Takahiro Nakajima (Master’s student, Graduate School of Law, Hitotsubashi University) June 16, 2025   Introduction The path toward a world free from discrimination and violence based on sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) is full of uncertainty. About 15 years […]

Liberal Features of the Liberal International Order: Tools for the Understanding and Typology of Liberal Elements   Yuki MORITANI (Doctoral student, Graduate School of Law, Hitotsubashi University) June 11, 2025   Introduction The owl of Minerva takes its flight only when the shades of night are gathering[1] ―Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel   There is much […]

Fear of Influence Operations: Role and Challenges for Researchers   Arild Bergh  (Principal Scientist, Norwegian Defense Research Establishment) June 9, 2025   Introduction This research note is based on research the author undertook as a visiting scholar at Hitotsubashi University where he worked with Professor Maiko Ichihara in 2022/23. The purpose of the visit was […]