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Global Risk and Crisis Management Program

The TPNW Conference Closes, Challenges to Overcome Political Agendas [in Japanese]

AuthorAKIYAMA, Nobumasa
DateJune 25, 2022

AbstractProfessor Akiyama shares his thoughts on the TPNW convention held in Vienna which ended on June 23. He indicates the significance of the number of countries that participated and the importance of how these countries displayed the will to ban nuclear weapons. However, he also points out the challenges of the meeting’s outcomes and Japan’s role in nuclear disarmament.

Global Risk and Crisis Management Program

The U.S.-Russia Arms Control Regime Ended by the Russo-Ukrainian War: The Implications of Nuclear Intimidation for Deterrence Against China (Part 2) [in Japanese]

AuthorAKIYAMA, Nobumasa
DateJune 14, 2022

AbstractAs the strategic goals of the status quo state(the United States), the revisionist state (China), a­nd the declining state (Russia) are different, it is not easy to establish an arms control system among the three. In addition, the development of hypersonic glide vehicles a­nd other developments have blurred the boundaries between nuclear a­nd non-nuclear assets. As the institutional design of the Cold War era finally comes to a true end, how should Japan get involved in the search for a new system?

Global Risk and Crisis Management Program

The U.S.-Russia Arms Control Regime Ended by the Russo-Ukrainian War: The Implications of Nuclear Intimidation for Deterrence Against China (Part 1) [in Japanese]

AuthorAKIYAMA, Nobumasa
DateJune 13, 2022

AbstractThe nuclear threats made by Russia have transformed nuclear weapons into weapons that can be "used" in regional-level combat. The United States will have no choice but to establish new regulations with Russia and China. However, the premise of order itself, on which the U.S.-Russian arms control system has been based since the Cold War, has broken down.

EU Taxonomy: Commission’s Complementary Climate Delegated Act [in Japanese]

AuthorNAKANISHI Yumiko
DateApril 7, 2022

AbstractThe article explains the Complementary Climate Delegated Act published by the European Commission, which includes nuclear and gas energy in the economic activities under the EU taxonomy.

Global Risk and Crisis Management Program

The Reality of the Stability-Instability Paradox: “Hybrid War under Nuclear Intimidation” Exposed in the Russia-Ukraine War [in Japanese]

AuthorAKIYAMA, Nobumamsa
DateMay 6, 2022

AbstractIn the strategic environment of "hybrid war under nuclear intimidation," this article discusses the way Japan should deal with nuclear risks from three levels: the nature of deterrence posture; the role of arms control in defining strategic competition; and the norms that should serve as the basis for the nuclear international order.

The Democratization Movement and Korean Literature, Korean Literature Confronts “Loss” and “Trauma”: Seongsu Bridge, Sampoong Department Store, Sewol [in Japanese]

AuthorKWON Yongseok
DateJune 23, 2021

AbstractThis paper describes the historical background of the democratization movement in South Korea and its relationship to literature. In addition, South Korea has experienced shocking catastrophes due to the strain of “compressed growth” since the 1990s. It then reveals how South Korean literature has faced up to the social “loss” and people's “trauma.”

Reactions of the EU Institutions towards Problems regarding the Rule of Law in Poland [in Japanese]

AuthorNAKANISHI Yumiko
DateFebruary 28, 2022

AbstractDespite the fact that he EU Court of Justice has acted to prevent the collapse of judicial independence in Poland, the issue of the independence of the Polish judiciary continues to have a ripple effect on EU law.

Democracy and Human Rights Program

An International Relations Theory Guide to the War in Ukraine [in Burmese]

AuthorAUNG, Hnin Htet Htet
DateApril 30, 2022

AbstractThis article is a Burmese translation of “An International Relations Theory Guide to the War in Ukraine” published by Foreign Policy.

What is the International Criminal Court?

AuthorTAKEMURA, Hitomi
DateMay 23, 2022

AbstractWhat the International Criminal Court is, which has gained increasing interests in the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, is explained from several perspectives, including the "principle of complementarity" and the "relationship with Non-States Parties.”

Democracy and Human Rights Program

Now that norms are wavering, essential measures must be taken

AuthorICHIHARA, Maiko
DateMay 26, 2022

AbstractWhat is important in preventing the normalization of normative violations in the future is to maintain a posture of not making concessions to Russia, but to take care not to alienate non-Western countries and to gain their understanding and participation on an aligned footing.