REGULAR STUDY SESSIONS

The 195th Regular Study Session

Our next study session has been scheduled to take place as follows. We extend a warm welcome to all interested parties. Please feel free to attend the session, even if you are not a regular member of our association.

Date: March 23, 2016 (Wed.)18:45-20:45
Venue: Room 308, Building 2, Komaba Campus, University of Tokyo（A map is available here.）
Title: Challenges of Constructing Legitimacy in Peacebuilding: Experiences of Academic Research and Practice
Presenter: Daisaku Higashi
Chair: Hideo Kimura

This session is co-hosted by Graduate Program on Human Security, University of Tokyo (HSP) and the Association of International Relations Studies.

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Record of Recent Study Sessions

【2015】

Date: October 24, 2015 (Sat.)13:00-
Venue: Room 308, Building 2, Komaba Campus, University of Tokyo
Title: （Kenji Aramaki）

Date: May 9, 2015 (Sat.)13:00-
Venue: Room 308, Building 2, Komaba Campus, University of Tokyo
Title: Nuclear Proliferation and Double Standards: Segregation and Dissent of Norms in Conflict（Jin HAMAMURA）

Date: April 11, 2015 (Sat.)13:00-
Venue: Room 308, Building 2, Komaba Campus, University of Tokyo
Title1: Multilayered Structure of the International Relations Seen from the Establishment of International Labour Standards: Differences in Socio-economic Situation between Japan and Britain（Hajime Onozaka）
Title2: Fukuda Takeo's Foreign Policy toward Korea in the 1970s: Revision of the Korea Clause and the Carter Administration's Troop Withdrawal Policy（Dong Myung Kim）

【2014】

Date: March 14, 2015 (Sat.)13:00-
Venue: Room 308, Building 2, Komaba Campus, University of Tokyo
Title1: Rethinking the International Responses to Regional Conflict: Strctural and Strategic Causes of Success and Failure（Nagafumi Nakamura, Kosuke Togashi）
Title2: The Critical Juncture on the Kurile Islands Dipute: Why Did Japan Start Claiming the Four Islands?（Shuhei Mizoguchi）

【2013】

Date: 22nd March 2014 (Sat.) 15:00-
Venue: Room 308, Building 2 of the University of Tokyo Komaba Campus
Title: Sustainability of Mobile Life: African Pastoralists, Complex System, and Human Security (Takuto Sakamoto)

Date: 28th September 2013 (Sat.) 13:00- (cum annual association meeting)
Venue: Room 308, Building 2 of the University of Tokyo Komaba Campus
Title: UN Administration and Peace Building (Misako Kaji)

Date: 15th June 2013 (Sat.) 13:00-
Venue: Room 308, Building 2 of the University of Tokyo Komaba Campus
Title1: The Causes of Asymmetric Compellence Failure: Theory Construction and Iraq War (Tomoyuki Matsuoka)
Title2: Stability of the International Economic Order in Power Transition and Domestic Factors: IMF Reforms and U.S. Domestic Politics (Masashi Fujita)

Date: 20th April 2013 (Sat.) 13:00-
Venue: Room 308, Building 2 of the University of Tokyo Komaba Campus
Title1: Japanese Diplomacy and The Making of International Jurisdiction in Interwar years: Compulsory Jurisdiction at Permanent Court of International Justice and Arbitration Treaties (Kenji Banjo)
Title2: Rethinking the Causes and Conditions of Humanitarian Intervention after the End of the Cold War：The Twenty Years' Humanitarian Crisis (Nagafumi Nakamura)

【2012】

Date: 16th March 2013 (Sat.) 16:30-
Venue: Room 308, Building 2 of the University of Tokyo Komaba Campus
Title: Public Participation in Local Governance in the Philippines (Risako Ishii)

Date: 16th February 2013 (Sat.) 13:00-
Venue: Room 308, Building 2 of the University of Tokyo Komaba Campus
Title: International Relations and Public Philosophy (Naoshi Yamawaki)

Date: 6th October 2012 (Sat.) 13:00-
Venue: Collaboration Room 1, Building 18 of the University of Tokyo Komaba Campus
Title1: Credibility Test in Refugee Status Determination (Satoshi Yamamoto)
Title2: From Collision of Power to Competition of Power?: A Study on Framework for Internaitonal Cooperation Concerning Refugee Management (Midori Okabe)

Date: 21st July 2012 (Sat.) 13:00- (cum annual association meeting)
Venue: Room 308, Building 2 of the University of Tokyo Komaba Campus
Title: Land in African State Building (Shinichi Takeuchi)

【2011】

Date: 17th March 2012 (Sat.) 15:00-
Venue: Conference Hall, Building 18 of the University of Tokyo Komaba Campus
Title: Meeting IR, Wandering its frontier (Susumu Yamakage)

Date: 3rd December 2011 (Sat.) 13:00-
Venue: Room 306, Building 2 of the University of Tokyo Komaba Campus
Title: Organic Farming and the Community: a Comparitive Analysis of the Philippines and Mexico (Toru Nakanishi and Hiroyuki Ukeda)

Date: 1st October 2011 (Sat.) 13:00-
Venue: Collaboration Room 1, Building 18 of the University of Tokyo Komaba Campus
Title: Power in International Politics: A Theoretical Analysis (Yoshinobu Yamamoto)

Date: 16th July 2011 (Sat.) 13:00- (cum annual association meeting)
Venue: Room 308, Building 2 of the University of Tokyo Komaba Campus
Presenter: Challenges in Peace Building in Afghanistan: First-hand Experience and Eexperience as a Researcher (Daisaku Higashi)

Date: 25th June 2011 (Sat.) 13:00-
Venue: Room 306, Building 2 of the University of Tokyo Komaba Campus
Title1: In search of a Global League of Nations: Expansion of the League of Nations Council in 1926 and Chaco War, as Seen from the Perspective of Japan (Shunsuke Obiya)
Title2: Change of Regime in Japan and the Standstill of the "East Asian Community": The Domestic Conditions for Regional Economic Cooperation (Hiroyuki Hoshiro)

Record of Recent Study Sessions (continued)

【2010】

The League of Nations and the Russian Female Refugee Problem in China in the 1930s (Harumi Goto)

Advocacy of NGOs and the Internal Environment of Networks: a Case Study on the Activity of NGOs in Arms Reduction and Control Areas (Akihito Hayashi）
Why Anti-war Movements Are Unable to Stop the Onset and Proliferation of wars: the Motives, Strategies and Impact of the Activities of NGOs (Gyon Mook, Kim)
The Soft Power and Environment Diplomacy of Japan: Local Environmentalism and the Role of NGOs (Isao Sakaguch)

Dilemma of the Leading Nations in Negotiations Pertaining to the Establishment of Multilateral Institutions: A Examination of the Various Motivations for Institutionalism in the ICC's Process of Establishment (Kenjiro Sato)
Collective Security and the Political Legitimization of the Kosovo War (Satoshi Hoshimura)

The Impact of Labor Unions on the Formation of Commercial Policies in America：A Case Study on the Fast-Track Recognition Problem of 1997/98, and the USA's Safeguard on Tire Imports from China (Terumasa Tomita)
The Dispersion of Soft International Institutions and Domestic Regulations：The Politics behind the Implementation of the Basel Accords (Iku Yoshimoto)

【2009】

The Scope of "Occupation" as Defined by theLlaws and Regulations Pertaining to Military Occupation (Kentaro Wani)

The Protection of "Individual Rights" in International Law (Yumi Nishimura)

【2008】

"Welfare" beyond Political Boundaries：The Politics and Social liberalism of L.T. Hobhouse (Tomohito Baji)
The Naval Laws of Great Britain in the Early 20th Century：The Interplay of Naval military strategies, Foreign Policies and Domestic Policies (Ami Wada)

Economic Liberalization and Social Solidarity：Toward a Comparative Empirical Analysis (Rieko Kage)

The Role of NGOs in Transgovernmental Networks：A Case Study on Domestic Human Rights Institutions in the Asia Pacific (Yuya Ouchi)
Economic Sanctions and Resistance of Authoritarian Regimes (Taku Yukawa and Seiki Tanaka)

【2007】

The Significance of the "Principle of Circumstantial Change" in Contemporary Times (Tomofumi Kitamura)

Protection of Intellectual Property Rights and International Public Health: From the Viewpoint of Governments and Firms (Yoshiko Kojo)

The Anti-Communist Movement in Japan, "Axis" Diplomacy and Policies towards Asia (Tatsushi Hirano)
Rethinking Constructivism in ASEAN Studies: the Origin of the "ASEAN Way" (Taku Yukawa)

【2006】

The Existence of "Detente" between Japan and the Soviet Union in the 1970s: One Aspect of Multi-polarization in Northeast Asia (Aoi Fujita)
Health Administration in the Far East during the Interwar Period and Japan's Diplomacy towards the League of Nations (Kayo Yasuda)

Restrictions on Capital Transactions and the Flow of International Capital：the Experience of Japan and Asia (Kenji Aramaki)

The Possibility of Inefficient Violation of Rules in the WTO's Procedure of Dispute Resolution: a Legal and Economic Analysis (Takashi Shimizu)

Rethinking the "First Debate" between Realism and Idealism during the Interwar Period (Seiko Mimaki)
The Birth of "International Politics" and "International Relations" as Independent Academic Disciplines at the Tertiary Level (Nobuo Haruna)

Records of study sessions that were organized in 2005 and before can be seen here (in Japanese).