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Yasmin Adam (Maldives) (Ph.D. awarded in 2018)

Dissertation topic: “Security Strategies of Small States, 1992-2016: 
Maldives in Comparison with Brunei, Timor-Leste, and Seychelles”

Research interests: Small state foreign and security policies; Small power-great power dynamics and international relations in the Asia-Pacific region

e-mail: doc11113grips.ac.jp

Yuka (Uchida) Ando (Japan)　（Ph.D. awarded in 2021)

Dissertation topic: “Development of Japan’s ODA to Palestine from 1960 to 2003″

Research interests: Japanese foreign policy and Middle Eastern affairs (relationship with Western powers and the Middle East)

e-mail: yukauchidahotmail.com

Jenny De Asis Balboa (Philippines) (Ph.D. awarded in 2018)

Dissertation topic: “Policy Innovation under Democratic Leadership in a “Weak” State: Trade Liberalization and AFTA Implementation in the Philippines.”
Research interests: Philippine political economy; Asian Regional Integration; ASEAN economic reforms; Democratization and Governance
e-mail: doc10111grips.ac.jp

Orville Ballitoc (Philippines) (Ph.D. awarded in 2015)

Dissertation topic: “Conflict Cycles and Spoiler Problems in the Southern Philippines”
Research interests: Contemporary history of the Southern Philippines; Political economy of Mindanao; Conflict Resolution; Comparative politics; and International Relations in Southeast Asia
e-mail: doc10115@grips.ac.jp
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Arnold Fang (Hong Kong) (Ph.D. awarded in 2015)

Dissertation topic: “The Sociopolitical Origins of Filipino and Thai Rice Policies: Structures, institutions and money politics”
Research interests: Human security; food policies; governance and political institutions in East Asia (including North Korea)
e-mail: doc09013grips.ac.jp

Peter Van Der Hoest (Netherlands) (Ph.D. awarded in 2016)

Dissertation topic: “Deconstructing the ‘China threat’ debate; India, Japan and Australia”
Research interests: International relations in Asia; International relations theory
e-mail: doc11112grips.ac.jp

Nidya Kartikasari (Indonesia) (Ph.D. awarded in 2013)

Dissertation topic: “Effects of Labor Immigration Policies on Indonesian Migrant Workers in Japan and South Korea”
Research interests:

Immigration Policy, International Relations in East Asia
e-mail: nidya.kartikasarigmail.com

Ju Hyung Kim (Republic of Korea)

Dissertation topic: ROK-US-Japan security cooperation
Research interests: Military Alliance (Anglo-Japan alliance of 1902, ROK-US alliance and US-Japan alliance in particular)
e-mail: doc19111grips.ac.jp

Yoshikazu Kobayashi (Japan)

 Dissertation topic: Economic sanctions
Research interests: International Political Economy, Energy and 　　　　International Relations
e-mail: doc18111grips.ac.jp

Izumi Kubota (Japan) (Ph.D. awarded in 2017)

Dissertation topic: “China’s Military Diplomacy in the post-Cold War Era”
Research interests: China’s security and foreign policy
e-mail: doc09015grips.ac.jp

Oktay Kurtulus (Turkey)

Dissertation topic: TBA

Research Interests: Japanese diplomatic history, Occupation of Japan, International relations theories, international politics

e-mail: doc17011grips.ac.jp

Shengyang Li (China)

Dissertation topic:

Research interests: East Asia, China, International Political Economy, U.S.-China Relations

e-mail: doc20111grips.ac.jp

Pascal Lottaz (Switzerland) (Ph.D. awarded in 2018)

Dissertation topic: “NEUTRAL STATES AND WARTIME JAPAN:
The Diplomacy of Sweden, Spain and Switzerland toward the Empire”
Research interests: Neutrality in IR with specialization on neutrality during WWII. My dissertation itself is focusing on neutral states in Japan, their Foreign Policy and the concrete issues their embassies in Tokyo were faced with.
e-mail: pascal.lottazgmail.com

Akira Maeno (Japan) (Ph.D. awarded in 2014)

Dissertation topic: “Peace Operations in the Failed States”
Research interests: Peacekeeping Operations; State Building; State Formation
e-mail: doc06010grips.ac.jp

Pandu Utama Manggala (Indonesia)

Dissertation topic: “Developing Indonesia’s Maritime Security Strategy”
Research interests: Indonesian Foreign Policy, Maritime Security, ASEAN, Regionalism, East Asian International Relations

e-mail: doc15112grips.ac.jp

Jikichiro Matsubara  (Jiki) (Japan)（Ph.D. awarded in 2021)

Dissertation topic: “Defense Planning under Uncertainty: The Modernization program of Imperial Japanese Army during the Interwar Period.”
Research interests: Modern diplomatic/military history of Japan as well as western countries
e-mail: doc13113grips.ac.jp

Quyet Huu Nguyen (Viet Nam) (Ph.D. awarded in 2013)

Dissertation topic: “Vietnam’s ASEAN Strategic Objectives since the 1986 Doi Moi Reform”

Research interests: International Relations in East Asia, South China Sea dispute, Chinese and American Foreign Policy

e-mail: doc 10113grips.ac.jp

Jeffrey Ordaniel (Philippines) (Ph.D. awarded in 2017)

Dissertation topic: “Resisting ‘China Threat’: The Philippines, Vietnam and Malaysia in the South China Sea, 1988-2015″
Research interests: My current interests revolve around the interplay of American Politics, US Foreign Policy, the (Re)Rise of China and lately, the resurgence of Japan, in the East Asian International Relations. I am also interested in the convergence of international law, politics and security. All other interests involve East Asian affairs.
e-mail: doc13114grips.ac.jp

Andrea Pressello (Italy) (Ph.D. awarded in 2012)

Dissertation topic: “Japan’s Southeast Asia Policy and the Cambodian Conflict, 1979-1993:
Diplomacy Amid Great Power Politics and Regional Confrontation”
Research interests: Japan’s diplomatic history and international relations in Asia
e-mail: doc09014grips.ac.jp

Zulfiya Suleimenova   (Kazakhstan)

Dissertation topic:  “Political Analysis of Water Problem of Central Asia”

Research interests:

Water management, security and cooperation in Central Asia, water terrorism, impact of climate change on national security
e-mail: doc16112grips.ac.jp

Dissertation topic: “Towards Securitizing the Narcotics Problem in India?”
Research interests: International Security, Political Economy, Economic Diplomacy
e-mail: pktripathi_23grips.ac.jp, pk.tripathinic.in

Keitaro Ushirogata  (Japan) (Ph.D. awarded in 2017)

Dissertation topic: “Comparative Maritime Strategies since the Cold War Era up to Today”
Research interests: Contemporary military/maritime strategy

e-mail: doc14011grips.ac.jp

Alouni Vixayphongmany  (Laos)（Ph.D. awarded in 2021)

Dissertation topic: “The Recalibration of Lao Foreign Policy”

 Research interests: Lao Foreign Policy, Economic Diplomacy, ASEAN, Regionalism, International Relations in Asia.

e-mail: doc17111grips.ac.jp