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 […]
On June 20, 2023, Ms. Hnin Htet Htet Aung, an assistant at GGR, participated as a speaker in the “Webinar on “Myanmar’s Humanitarian Challenges in 2023” organized by the Yusof Ishak Institute in Singapore. The webinar, which attracted 104 participants, shared assessments from experts on the humanitarian challenges and responses faced by Myanmar in the […]
On June 28, 2023, Asahi Shimbun posted a comment by Professor Maiko Ichihara at the Graduate School of Law, Hitotsubashi University, on the article “The Decline of ‘Virtue’ in Globalization: Rebuilding Democracy”. The article explains how Professor Izuru Makihara at the Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Tokyo, views the social and […]
