On November 11, 2023, Professor Maiko Ichihara from the Graduate School of Law gave a talk at the “2023 GCTF Media Literacy Forum.” The forum aims to explore effective strategies on how democracies in the Asia-Pacific region, including Taiwan, the United States, Australia, and Japan, can work together globally to foster democratic resilience in the […]

On December 22, 2023, the Institute for Global Governance Research (GGR) held a talk session entitled “Kazakhstan at the Crossroads: Geopolitical Battles between Great Powers” with Dr. Aida Aidarkulova (Executive Director of Central Asian Policy Studies Unlock, Kazakhstan). The talk session was conducted in English and intriguingly, participants from diverse countries contributed to the event, […]

On December 4, 2023, Berlingske published comments by Democracy and Human Rights Program Visiting Fellow Chihhao Yu in the article “Outlandish Conspiracy Theories and False Rumors Are China’s New Weapon” in the newspaper Berlingske. The article writes about a global network of influencers, media, and young people who hope to make people love Beijing and […]

Humanitarian Assistance to Myanmar: Assessing Aid Delivery in Conflict Zones Masao Imamura (Professor, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Yamagata University) February 2, 2024 Does humanitarian assistance from a faraway country like Japan actually reach people in need of international aid in Myanmar? Those who donate to a humanitarian cause will naturally want to know […]