![ABOUT US](/is/ir/wordpress/wp-content/themes/jyouchi/images/sp_main_img_about.jpg)
ABOUT US
Affiliated Faculty
Director
![Tadashi Anno](/is/ir/wordpress/wp-content/themes/jyouchi/images/greet_6_4.jpg)
- Tadashi Anno
- -Professor, Faculty of Liberal Arts
- Areas of Expertise:
Nationalism, Security Studies, Russo-Japanese Relations
Vice Directors
![Kazuhiro Maeshima](/is/ir/wordpress/wp-content/themes/jyouchi/images/greet_4.jpg)
- Kazuhiro Maeshima
- ―Professor, Faculty of Global Studies
- Areas of Expertise:
Contemporary American Politics, Media and Politics
![Yasuhiro Ueki](/is/ir/wordpress/wp-content/themes/jyouchi/images/greet_8.jpg)
- Yasuhiro Ueki
- -Specially Appointed Professor
- Areas of Expertise:
UN Studies, Peace Building
Members of the Institute
![ANNE MACDONALD](/is/ir/wordpress/wp-content/themes/jyouchi/images/greet_7.jpg)
- Anne McDonald
- -Professor, the Graduate School of Global Environmental Studies
- Areas of Expertise:
Global Environmental Policy, Environmental History
![Takeshi Kishikawa](/is/ir/wordpress/wp-content/themes/jyouchi/images/greet_9.jpg)
- Takeshi Kishikawa
- -Professor, Faculty of Global Studies
- Areas of Expertise:
Comparative Politics, Democratization
![Daisaku Higashi](/is/ir/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/staff_091.jpg)
- Daisaku Higashi
- -Professor, Center for Global Education
- Areas of Expertise:
International Relations, Peace Building
![Kazutoshi Suzuki](/is/ir/wordpress/wp-content/themes/jyouchi/images/greet_13.jpg)
- Kazutoshi Suzuki
- ―Professor, Faculty of Global Studies
- Areas of Expertise:
International Relations, International Political Economy
![Yasuko Tsuru](/is/ir/wordpress/wp-content/themes/jyouchi/images/greet_12.jpg)
- Yasuko Tsuru
- ―Professor, Faculty of Global Studies
- Areas of Expertise:
International Relations, Peace Studies
![NoPhoto](/is/ir/wordpress/wp-content/themes/jyouchi/images/no_photo.jpg)
- Yuko Adachi
- ―Professor, Faculty of Foreign Studies, Department of Russian Studies
- Areas of Expertise:
Russian Area Studies
![Midori Okabe](/is/ir/wordpress/wp-content/themes/jyouchi/images/greet_14.jpg)
- Midori Okabe
- ―Professor, Faculty of Law
- Areas of Expertise:
International Relations, International Migration Studies, EU Studies
![Takeshi Yuasa](/is/ir/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/greet_16.jpg)
- Takeshi Yuasa
- ―Professor, Faculty of Foreign Studies, Department of Russian Studies
- Areas of Expertise:
International Relations, Russian and Eurasian Area Studies
![Ayako Kobayashi](/is/ir/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/AyakoKobayashi.jpg)
- Ayako Kobayashi
- Assistant Professor by Special Appointment, Faculty of Global Studies, Department of Global Studies
- Areas of Expertise:
International Politics, Conflict Resolution and Peacebuilding, International Organizations
![Masataka Nakauchi](/is/ir/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/MasatakaNakauchi.jpg)
- Masataka Nakauchi
- Professor, Faculty of Global Studies, Department of Global Studies
- Areas of Expertise:
International Politics, Peacebuilding, Regional Integration, Regional Organizations
![Kousuke Saitou](/is/ir/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/img2.jpg)
- Kousuke Saitou
- Professor, Faculty of Global Studies, Department of Global Studies
- Areas of Expertise:
International Relations、Security Studies, Science and technology, Innovation
![Takeshi Kawasaki](/is/ir/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/img1.jpg)
- Takeshi Kawasaki
- Professor, Faculty of Foreign Studies, Department of Germain Studies
- Areas of Expertise:
Contemporary German Politics, Party Politics
![Machiko Kojima](/is/ir/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/greet_19.jpg)
- Machiko Kojima
- Associate Professor, Faculty of Foreign Studies, Department of French Studies
- Areas of Expertise:
French Politics and Diplomacy, European Security, Arms Control
Visiting Fellows
![Hideshi Tokuchi](/is/ir/wordpress/wp-content/themes/jyouchi/images/greet_10n.jpg)
- Hideshi Tokuchi
- Former Vice-Minister of Defense for International Affairs
- Areas of Expertise:
Japan-U.S. Alliance,
Japanese Security Legislation, Defense Strategy
![Masatsugu Naya](/is/ir/wordpress/wp-content/themes/jyouchi/images/greet_3n.jpg)
- Masatsugu Naya
- ―Professor Emeritus at Sophia University / Hitotsubashi University
- Areas of Expertise:
International Relations
![Yumi Hiwatari](/is/ir/wordpress/wp-content/themes/jyouchi/images/greet_02.png)
- Yumi Hiwatari
- ―Professor Emeritus at Sophia University
- Areas of Expertise:
foreign policy,
security studies
![Nobuhiro Hiwatari](/is/ir/wordpress/wp-content/themes/jyouchi/images/greet_17.jpg)
- Nobuhiro Hiwatari
- ―Professor Emeritus at Tokyo University
- Areas of Expertise:
Political economy,
international political economy
Visiting Researchers
![Masayasu Tsuzuki](/is/ir/wordpress/wp-content/themes/jyouchi/images/greet_16.png)
- Masayasu Tsuzuki
- Former Deputy Cousellor of National Security Secretariat (NSS), Cabinet Secretariat, Government of Japan
- Areas of Expertise:
International Relations, UN studies, Peacebuilding, Security Policy Studies
![NoPhoto](/is/ir/wordpress/wp-content/themes/jyouchi/images/no_photo.jpg)
- Kuniko Ozaki
- Former Judge, International Criminal Court
- Areas of Expertise:
International law, International Human Rights Law, International Criminal Law
![NoPhoto](/is/ir/wordpress/wp-content/themes/jyouchi/images/no_photo.jpg)
- Goro Onojima
- Former Secretary of the United Nations Human Rights Council
- Areas of Expertise:
International Human Rights Law; International Organizations (United Nations Human Rights Council)
![Achim Alan de MERLO](/is/ir/wordpress/wp-content/themes/jyouchi/images/no_photo.jpg)
- Osamu Nishiwaki
- Former Professor of National Graduate Institute of Policy Studies (GRIPS)
- Areas of Expertise:
Internatinal Relations, International Political Economy, Trade Policy, Economic Security
![Akiko Ito](/is/ir/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/greet_17.jpg)
- Akiko Ito
- Chief, Secretariat for the Convention on the rights of persons with disabilities/programme on disability
- Areas of Expertise:
Rights of persons with disabilities; women’s rights and empowerment of women and girls and gender equality and the rights of minorities and the global agenda; Inclusion and Diversity for co-creation of an inclusive, accessible and sustainable Society
![Shigeki Sumi](/is/ir/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/greet_18.jpg)
- Shigeki Sumi
- Former Japanese Ambassador to Ukraine
Visiting Professor, Tamagawa University, Iwate University, Asahi University
- Areas of Expertise:
Human Rights and Christian Teaching, Humanitarian Law, Ukuraine, United Nations and Peace Building