March 31, 2025	MAESHIMA Kazuhiro Professor. Sophia University	The Growing Importance of U.S.-Japan Cooperation on Non-Military Issues Under the Second Trump Administration
March 28, 2025	MIMAKI Seiko Associate Professor, Doshisha University	The Shaken U.S.-Japan “Alliance of Shared Values” — Over the Gaza Strip
March 27, 2025	Nicholas SZECHENYI Senior Fellow at Japan Chair and Vice President of the Geopolitics and Foreign Policy Department, Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)	U.S.-Japan Relations in a Period of Disruption
March 26, 2025	Kristi GOVELLA Associate Professor, Nissan Institute of Japanese Studies, University of Oxford / Senior Adviser and Japan Chair, Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)	Strengthening Economic Resilience and Security through US-Japan Cooperation on Undersea Cables
March 21, 2025	Paul SRACIC Professor, Youngstown State University / Adjunct Fellow, Hudson Institute	Polarization and Foreign Policy
March 18, 2025	SUZUKI Kazutoshi Professor, Sophia University	The Intersection of Economics and Security: The Future of the Alliance
March 17, 2025	OBI Michiyo Professor, Nanzan University	Prospects for Japan–U.S. Cooperation on Climate Change and the Transition to a Decarbonized Society
March 16, 2025	Mary Alice HADDAD Professor, Wesleyan University	U.S.-Japan Cooperation on the Environment
March 14, 2025	Zack COOPER Senior Fellow, American Enterprise Institute (AEI) Lecturer, Princeton University	U.S.-Japan Energy Cooperation in the “Golden Era”
January 31, 2025	Paul SRACIC Adjunct Fellow, Hudson Institute / Professor, Youngstown State University / Senior Advisor, Logos Group Internationa	What to look for in a foreign policy president
January 31, 2025	William CHOU Deputy Director and Japan Chair, Hudson Institute Paul SRACIC Adjunct Fellow, Hudson Institute / Professor, Youngstown State University / Senior Advisor, Logos Group International	The Real Deal for US Steel: A Comprehensive Analysis of the Nippon Steel–US Steel Purchase
January 24, 2025	Thomas WILKINS JFIR Distinguished Research Fellow / Associate Professor, the University of Sydney	“Middle Power Minilateralism”: The Australia-Japan-Korea Trilateral
December 12, 2024	MIFUNE Emi JFIR Distinguished Research Fellow / Professor at the Faculty of Law, Komazawa University	China’s Aim to Build an “All-Weather China–Africa Community with a Shared Future for the New Era ” with Africa Reflections from the Forum on China–Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) 2024 Beijing Summit
October 18, 2024	SEKIYAMA Takashi Professor at Kyoto University	Business Risks Posed by Climate Change: From a Japanese Perspective
August 09, 2024	MIFUNE Emi JFIR Distinguished Research Fellow / Professor at the Faculty of Law, Komazawa University	Japan–China Relations and Developments in Northeast Asian Affairs
July 26, 2024	Thomas Wilkins Distinguished Research Fellow, JFIR / Associate Professor, the University of Sydney	Australia steps up to play a bigger role in regional defence
May 30, 2024	Paul SRACIC Adjunct Fellow, Hudson Institute / Professor, Youngstown State University / Senior Advisor, Logos Group International	Protectionism Won’t Save U.S. Steel’s Jobs
May 09, 2024	MIFUNE Emi JFIR Distinguished Research Fellow / Professor at the Faculty of Law, Komazawa University	China–Cambodia “Diamond Hexagon” Cooperation Framework and Japan
May 07, 2024	SEKIYAMA Takashi Associate Professor, Kyoto University	Growing Interest in Climate Security in Japan
April 03, 2024	OGASHIWA Yoko Professor, Hiroshima University	The “Blue Pacific” and U.S.–China Confrontation
April 01, 2024	MIFUNE Emi JFIR Distinguished Research Fellow / Professor at the Faculty of Law, Komazawa University	Implications for the Pacific Islands and China Risks in the Sphere of Influence Competition: A Study of Palau, Kiribati, and the Solomon Islands
February 09, 2024	UETA Takako Former Deputy Ambassador / Japanese Delegation to the EU	The Need for a Permanent Cooperative Security Dialogue Mechanism as the Keystone of Diplomacy and Defense
December 28, 2023	ENDO Mitsugi Professor, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo	Weakening Hegemony and Increasing Polarization in Africa
December 10, 2023	OGASHIWA Yoko Professor, Hiroshima University	Transformation of Regional Order in Oceania and the “Internal Logic” of the Pacific Island Countries
December 01, 2023	SEGAWA Noriyuki Faculty of International Studies, Kindai University	China’s Growing Engagement in the Pacific Islands: Unveiling Opportunities for Island Nations
October 12, 2023	Arata Kuno Professor at Asia University	How to Manage Economic Coercion: Neutralizing Its Impact through Diversification of Sales Channels and Procurement Sources
October 01, 2023	HIROSE Yoko Professor at Keio University / Distinguished Research Fellow at The Japan Forum on International Relations	Emerging Developments in Nagorno-Karabakh (Updates Following Recent Report)
March 21, 2023	KOMORI Yuta Senior Research Fellow, Ocean Policy Research Institute of the Sasakawa Peace Foundation	Rethinking Maritime Security: Toward a Holistic Approach That Transcends Conflicts
February 27, 2023	SASAKI Takafumi Associate Professor, Graduate School of Fisheries Sciences, Hokkaido University	The current state and future prospects of Japanese fisheries in the East China Sea
February 07, 2023	WATANABE Shino Professor at Sophia University	Supply-chain resilience and marine transport: Japanese vessel ownership
February 03, 2023	ISHIKAWA Satoshi Professor, School of Marine Science and Technology, Tokai University	Promoting Transdisciplinary Research for Food Security and Shaping Public Opinion on Oceans to Resolve the Marine Litter Issue
January 12, 2023	TSURUTA Jun Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, Meiji Gakuin University	China’s Expansion into the West Pacific Geographical and Strategic Importance of “Okinotorishima”
January 07, 2023	GODA Hiroyuki Professor, Navigation Course School of Marine Science and Technology, Department of Marine Science and Ocean Engineering, Tokai University	The Creation and Expansion of Maritime “Public Opinion” from the Perspective of Merchant Shipping Routes
October 21, 2022	WATANABE Hirotaka Distinguished Research Fellow, JFIR / Professor, Teikyo University	“Pro-American yet Autonomous” in a multipolar era
August 15, 2022	TAKAHATA Yohei Distinguished Research Fellow / Director of Strategy and Policy, The Japan Forum on International Relations	Japan’s Choice for “Eurasian Diplomacy”
April 01, 2022	KAWASAKI Tsuyoshi Professor, Simon Fraser University	Japan’s Soft Power in the Struggle over International Order
March 31, 2022	KOMORI Yuta Research Fellow, Ocean Policy Research Institute, the Sasakawa Peace Foundation	Introduction to Maritime Security: Focusing on Climate Change as a Lever to Generate Public Opinion on the Ocean
March 31, 2022	ISHIKAWA Satoshi Professor, Tokai University	Development of the Blue Economy and the Formation of the Marine “Public Opinion”
March 31, 2022	WATANABE Shino Professor, Sophia University	China’s Growing Presence in Maritime Shipping
March 28, 2022	MORI Satoru Professor, Hosei University	Managing Technological Competition with China: Challenges for Japan and the United States
March 14, 2022	WATANABE Atsushi Senior Research Fellow, Ocean Policy Research Institute, the Sasakawa Peace Foundation	The Potential for Cultivating Public Opinion on the Ocean by Creating New Value of Macroalgae
March 11, 2022	FUKUDA Madoka Professor, Hosei University	Xi Jinping’s “Integrated Development” Strategy across the Taiwan Strait, and the U.S. and Japan’s Response
February 22, 2022	SAKAMOTO Shigeki Professor Emeritus, Kobe University	Searching for the Objectives of China’s Revised Maritime Traffic Safety Law of the People’s Republic of China
February 06, 2022	HAKAMADA Shigeki Trustee, JFIR / Chairman of The Council on National Security Problems / Professor Emeritus, Aoyama Gakuin University	There was no promise of NATO non-expansion: Myth made by Putin
February 02, 2022	SAHASHI Ryo Associate Professor, Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia, the University of Tokyo	Japan’s Risk Awareness and Policy Response Concerning the Taiwan Strait
January 23, 2022	GODA Hiroyuki Professor, Marine Studies Frontier Education Center, School of Marine Science and Technology, Tokai University	The Use of the Northern Sea Route by a “Japanese Shipping Company”
May 01, 2021	WATANABE Atsushi Senior Researcher, Ocean Policy Research Institute, Sasakawa Peace Foundation	Blue Carbon in International Marine Public Opinion