Vietnam My Tales of the Past and Present
KAWAHARA Eiichi Vietnam is a vibrant country with one of the highest economic growth rates among ASE…
The Global South and the War in Ukraine
MATSUNAGA Daisuke War keeps raging in Ukraine. Russia’s invasion is outrageous. We must strongly con…
Don’t let the term ‘Global South’ deceive you
AKASAKA Kiyotaka Lately, everyone is using the term ‘Global South’. Although the definit…
CULCON AT 60: Tracing Its History Alongside the Japan-U.S. Alliance
ITO Misako On June 21, 1961, U.S. President John F. Kennedy and Japanese Prime Minister Ikeda Hayato…
The Time Has Come to Think about Post-SDGs
AKASAKA Kiyotaka The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) have become widely known in Japan. Accordi…
Ozawa v. United States: 1922 US Supreme Court Decision and Limits of Diplomacy
Shotaro OSHIMA1 One hundred years ago in November 1922, the Supreme Court of the United States decid…
The Lessons of the Ukraine War for the Indo-Pacific Region: A Preview of, Rather Than a Change, What We Will Face in Ten to Fifteen Years
ISHII Masafumi The Ukraine war has not changed the fundamental geopolitical dynamics in the Indo-Pac…
Whither Japan’s Russia Policy? Lessons from the Invasion of Ukraine
HARADA Chikahito Relations between Japan and Russia have deteriorated dramatically since Moscow laun…
Queen Elizabeth II Symbolized the Monarchy in Evolution
NUMATA Sadaaki Billions of people worldwide were riveted to the television screen depicting the pomp…
Thoughts on the United States of America: Coming Together as One
KATO Ryozo I was in the nation’s capital, Washington, D.C., when I heard about the assassination att…