On July 30, 2023, the Institute for Global Governance Research (GGR) held the 3nd Zoom meeting as part of the GGR Intensive Seminar entitled “Countering Disinformation and Protecting Democracy” held in February of the same year. The participants of the GGR intensive seminar are currently working on developing essays on strategies to combat disinformation, based […]

On July 14, 2023, the Institute for Global Governance Research (GGR) hosted a GGR Talk Session titled “Understanding Indonesia’s Democratic Recession” featuring Professor Jun Honna (Professor, College of International Relations, Ritsumeikan University). Since achieving democratization in 1998, Indonesia has been highly regarded by the international community as a “stable democratic nation” or a “leader of […]

“Democracy” in Unrecognized States: Its Variations and Determinants Tohkairin Takuto (Ph.D. student, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo) August 22, 2023 1. The Issue at Hand: “Democracy” in the Unrecognized States? Since the end of the Cold War, there have been several instances of “unrecognized states” that have declared independence and […]