Message from the Faculty

Students in G Cube program have diverse experiences from all over the world. Most of the courses are specially tailored for G-cube students, which provides suitable environment for understanding their policy issues from a broad and deep perspective by interacting with colleagues and faculty members actively. For their dissertation, students have been challenging new research themes based on their working experiences and analytical skills obtained in the coursework.

G-cube program is full of highly motivated students and faculty. Most of the students already have a certain working experience in various institutions. Because they are from different countries or regions, they often play the role of the representatives of each country or region and compete with each other. At the same time, they can nurture communication skills and life-long friendship through various assignments they have to work as a team. We the faculty are very much excited at working with this vibrant student body. We look forward to seeing you as a new member of our dynamic journey.

Yoko Iwama

Associate Director, Professor

Indo-Pacific region will remain the growth center of the world for decades to come. Nowhere better suited than GRIPS to study this exciting region. G-Cube SIS concentration offers great chance for you to study this area, which includes the world’s next generation superpowers like China and India, as well as the growing middle powers of ASEAN. The region presents both tremendous chances and challenges, and GRIPS in Tokyo offers you great opportunities to come into contact with both researchers and practitioners of the region.

LIM Guanie

Associate Professor

Guanie Lim is Associate Professor at the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS), Japan.

His main research interests are comparative political economy, value chain analysis, and the Belt and Road Initiative in Southeast Asia. His latest project is on sovereign wealth funds in the Global South. Guanie is also interested in broader development issues within Asia, especially those of China, Vietnam, and Malaysia. He teaches graduate courses focusing on the political economy of Southeast Asian countries as well as other emerging markets.

Nobuhiro Aizawa

Professor

Tetsushi Sonobe

Professor

For those who aspire to work on the global stage for the benefit of humanity, a Ph.D. in economics or political science 
is virtually a passport. Without it, your journey cannot begin. Equally essential is having trustworthy peers around the world. 
One of the best places to obtain both is the G-cube Program of GRIPS. 
While we cannot guarantee every student will earn a Ph.D., we can confidently say it is a highly supportive program. 
It is also remarkable that, despite being such a small graduate school, GRIPS has produced so many graduates who are 
now active in governments, universities, and international organizations around the world.