On November 1, 2023, Asahi Shimbun introduced a comment by Professor Maiko Ichihara at the Graduate School of Law on the article titled, “Myanmar’s Ethnic Minority Militants are on the Offensive in North-Eastern Myanmar, with the Occupation of Many Military Bases and Other Locations.” This article is about the increased attacks on the army in […]

On November 15, the Institute for Global Governance Research (GGR) hosted the 22nd GGR Brown Bag Lunch Seminar “Welfare and Violence in Contemporary Philippines: Hoping for ‘Rebirth,’” with Wataru Kusaka (Professor, Graduate School of Global Studies, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies). Professor Kusaka began his field research in 1997 and has been studying contemporary Philippine […]

On October 25, 2023, Asahi Shimbun introduced a comment by Professor Maiko Ichihara at the Graduate School of Law to the article titled, “No Matter Who is the Next President, China is the Top Priority, and the U.S. Cannot Afford a ‘Multi-Pronged Strategy.’” This article is about President Biden, who is running for a second […]

Spanish General Election 2023: The Retreat of Populism, Including the Far Right, and Its Lessons for Liberal Democracies Around the World Shingo Kato (Assistant Professor, Faculty of Economics, Keio University) December 27, 2023 Introduction This paper is a briefing on the Spanish general election held on July 23, 2023, focusing especially on the results of […]

On October 25, 2023, Asahi Shimbun introduced a comment by Professor Maiko Ichihara at the Graduate School of Law on the article titled, “‘Foreign Languages are the Gateway’ According to the President of Tokyo University of Foreign Studies (TUFS), the Reason for Accepting the Afghan Teacher.” This article is about TUFS’ acceptance of Hasibullah Mowahed, […]