Do alliances curb efforts by states to develop nuclear weapons? Atomic Assurance looks at what makes alliances sufficiently credible to prevent nuclear proliferation; how alliances can break down and so encourage nuclear proliferation; and whether security guarantors like the United States can use alliance ties to end the nuclear efforts of their allies. Alexander Lanoszka finds that military …

What is the cue to strengthen the system in order to prepare for future pandemics? Six panelists discuss the topic from various perspectives.

In this seminar, we will study the present state and the prospect of United Nations peace operations so as to consider how we may contribute to the lasting peace of the world through United Nations peace operations.

This is a fireside chat with Mr. Keith Krach, Under Secretary of State for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment. He talks with Prof. Kiichi Fujiwara about U.S. international economic engagement. [Sponsorship] The University of Tokyo　[Co-sponsorship] UtokyoEMP / U.S. Embassy Tokyo

In this talk, Prof. David Leheny will introduce his book Empire of Hope: The Sentimental Politics of Japanese Decline (Cornell University Press, 2018), focusing on case studies illustrating how a national narrative of “the long postwar” has shaped the ways in which emotion can be deployed in Japanese debates about politics, status, and international relations. The book challenges new analyses of …

This course aims to nail down some of the basic issues that had been argued in the current research on peace and security. The questions are all deceptively simple enough, but then the answers will all be ambiguous at best. You will be able to provide better answers than those given in the course by developing your own analytical capacity. Playlist of Part 2: Power Transition and War …

This course aims to nail down some of the basic issues that had been argued in the current research on peace and security. The questions are all deceptively simple enough, but then the answers will all be ambiguous at best. You will be able to provide better answers than those given in the course by developing your own analytical capacity. Playlist of Part 4: Conditions for Peace …

This course aims to nail down some of the basic issues that had been argued in the current research on peace and security. The questions are all deceptively simple enough, but then the answers will all be ambiguous at best. You will be able to provide better answers than those given in the course by developing your own analytical capacity. Playlist of Part 3: Democratic Peace, Democra…

This course aims to nail down some of the basic issues that had been argued in the current research on peace and security. The questions are all deceptively simple enough, but then the answers will all be ambiguous at best. You will be able to provide better answers than those given in the course by developing your own analytical capacity. Playlist of Part 1: When is War Necessary …