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September 19 (Mon), 2022 - 3:30 PM (JST)

TIU Global Dialogue: Sri Lanka’s International Relations and Maritime Politics


Speaker:Dr. Chulanee AttanayakeResearch Fellow, Institute of South Asian StudiesNational University of Singapore Moderator:Dr. Jeffrey OrdanielAssociate Professor of International Security StudiesTokyo International University(Click HERE for Dr. Ordaniel’s profile.) Description:As the Indo-Pacific geopolitics evolves with the emergence of new great power competition, small Island States have become important stakeholders in international politics. They are seen as objects that can be shaped and used in various ways to enhance major players’ strategic positions – in terms of defense, military operations, and offshore presence. On Sri Lanka’s part, maritime diplomacy and aspirations are beginning to take a more assertive characteristic after…


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June 15 (Wed), 2022 - 5:00 PM (JST)

TIU Global Dialogue #20: China’s New World Order – Changes in the Non-Intervention Policy


Speaker:Hak Yin LiAssociate Professor of International RelationsTokyo International UniversityFor more details on Professor Li’s book “China’s New World Order – Changes in the Non-Intervention Policy,” click HERE. Moderator:Christopher LamontAssociate Professor of International RelationsAssistant Dean of E-TrackTokyo International University Description:China’s foreign policies show a discrepancy between principle and practice. Instead of a rhetorical insistence on the country’s traditional principle of non-interference, China has developed a soft-intervention policy towards North Korea, Myanmar and the two Sudans. By examining China’s diplomatic statements and behavior though empirical discussions of key Chinese mediations, interviews with Chinese scholars and analysis of official…


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May 12 (Thu), 2022 - 11:00 AM (JST)

TIU Global Dialogue 17: En route to Authoritarianism? Democratic Backsliding in Bangladesh


Speaker:Dr. Ali RiazDistinguished Professor of Political ScienceDepartment of Politics and GovernmentIllinois State University Description:Is Bangladesh hurtling towards authoritarianism? The country has been witnessing a slow but steady erosion of democracy for the past decade, but the process has accelerated in recent days as the ruling Bangladesh Awami League (BAL) is further tightening its grip over the country. This presentation explores the pathway of Bangladesh’s transformation from electoral democracy to electoral authoritarianism.


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April 27 (Wed), 2022 - 5:00 PM (JST)

TIU Global Dialogue 18: Roundtable on the Russian Invasion of Ukraine – Causes, Prospects, and Implications


Panelists:James Brown, Temple University JapanKyoko Hatakeyama, University of Niigata PrefectureChris Lamont, Tokyo International UniversityOr Honig, Tokyo International UniversityMedlir Mema, Tokyo International University Moderator:Akitoshi Miyashita, Tokyo International University Description:The Russian invasion of Ukraine shook the world. The war has forced more than 4 million Ukrainians to leave their home country and has resulted in the killing of many civilians, including women and children. Not only does the invasion constitute a serious violation of international law but it also poses a major challenge to the post-Cold War international order. How can we make sense of this war?…


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April 14 (Thu), 2022 - 1:30 PM (JST)

TIU Global Dialogue 16: Overcoming Isolationism: Japan’s Leadership in Promoting Regional Security Multilateralism


Speaker:Dr. Paul MidfordProfessor of International StudiesDepartment of Transcultural and Global StudiesMeiji Gakuin University Description:This presentation asks why, in the wake of the Cold War, Japan suddenly reversed years of steadfast opposition to security cooperation with its neighbors. Long isolated and opposed to multilateral agreements, Japan proposed East Asia’s first multilateral security forum in the early 1990s, emerging as a regional leader. It explores what led to this surprising about-face and offers a corrective to the misperception that Japan’s security strategy is reactive to US pressure and unresponsive to its neighbors. Drawing on newly released official…


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December 16 (Thu), 2021 - 9:00 PM (JST)

TIU Global Dialogue 15: Doing IR Differently: Relational Cosmologies Around the World


Based on a forum in International Studies Perspectives and a forthcoming special issue in Review of International Studies, this online panel addresses two challenges. First, what happens if we conceive of International Relations (IR) from a relational perspective by assuming relations as prior to the existence of entities. Second, it seeks to pluralize the sources of relational thinking in IR by showing how different cosmological traditions view relationality, suggesting the possibility of a pluriversal IR. Each participant will be asked to speak to the challenges above when answering the following question: how are they doing…


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November 25 (Thu), 2021 - 3:45 PM (JST)

TIU International Affairs Seminar Series: Confronting or Engaging the DPRK?


TIU International Affairs Seminar Series: Confronting or Engaging the DPRK? “Fire and Fury”, Summit Diplomacy, and Declaration to End the Korean War When:Nov 25, 2021 03:30 PM Japan TimeRegister:bit.ly/aseandprkGuest Lecturer:Dr. Hoo Chiew Ping, Strategic Studies & International Relations Program, National University of Malaysia (UKM) Description:In the 1980s, the United States first engaged the DPRK through the “Modest Initiative”, while simultaneously confronting North Korea over its nuclear development program. Since then, U.S.-DPRK relations have had their ups and downs and questions still remain regarding how best to manage North Korean nuclear, missile, and military provocations and which is the right approach to…


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November 10 (Wed), 2021 - 7:00 PM (JST)

TIU Global Dialogue 14: Re-Orienting the History of International Relations


In 1685, a Persian embassy from the Safavid Empire (Iran) embarked upon a journey across the Indian Ocean to Siam (Thailand). A relic of this journey is the diplomatic account the Saf¨©na-i Sulaim¨¡n¨© – the Ship of Sulaim¨¡n – written by the scribe of the Persian envoy. On the basis of this primary Persian source and other materials, Dr. Anahita Arian unsettles in this talk the conventional and Eurocentric narratives about the history of international relations in which Europe is routinely identified as the most powerful center and agent of the world economy, and as…


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October 22 (Fri), 2021 - 4:00 PM (JST)

TIU International Affairs Seminar Series Event: “From ‘Golden Era’ to ‘Seriously Poisoned'”


As recently as 2018, the UK government was continuing to describe the UK-China relationship as being in a ‘golden era’, following a deliberate effort to position the UK as China’s number one partner in Europe even before the decision to leave the EU was taken. By the summer of 2020, China’s ambassador described the relationship as ‘seriously poisoned’ following a series of UK policy decisions that negatively impacted on China. Rhetoric aside, the trajectory of the UK-China relationship has changed substantively in a relatively short space of time. In this talk, I identify key developments…


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October 6 (Wed), 2021 - 6:00 PM (JST)

TIU Global Dialogue 13: Tibet Question in China-Ascendant Geopolitics?


While China-ascendant geopolitics becomes an increasing reality, and the focus in Asia and beyond is on how other states can cooperate, compete, adjust or contain China, what is often missed is the weaponization of emotions, sensitivity, and “hurt” by the Chinese state. Any criticism of China on Uyghurs, Hong Kong, or Tibet leads to a reaction along the lines of “this is our internal affairs”, or “this hurts our national sentiments.” In this book talk, Prof. Dibyesh Anand will discuss how “hurt”, “national humiliation,” and “national sensitivity” are politically constructed foreign policy tools for China,…


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