METRO

• “Council is facing a new challenge” agenda : Does the UNSC provide enough international security?, March 14, 2018
• “Member states began to use the UNSC” agenda : Have member states failed the UN Charter?, March 28, 2018
• “Progress is facing an intensification of violence” agenda : The essence of the conflict in Syria, April 11, 2018
• “The divide between Russia and the West has recently deepened” agenda : The West and Russia, April 25, 2018
• “Sanctions are an entry point to negotiations” agenda : [Sanctions]Tool of diplomacy, tool of coercion, May 9, 2018
• “Trump provoked a third Middle East crisis” agenda : Israel, Saudi Arabia, the West and Iran, May 23, 2018
• “Three powerful countries are now confronting the crumbling US” agenda : A reshaped national interest in American foreign policy?, June 6, 2018
• “Trump has built a valuable bridge across a gorge of mutual distrust” METRO, June 20, #8
• “Acceptance of immigrations used to be at the core of the nation” METRO, July 2, #9
• “Cooperation between China and Africa is developing irreversibly” METRO, July 20, #10
• “Problems of economic management remain challenging” METRO, August 1, #11
• “Brics countries are scattered in terms of action” METRO, August 29, #12
• “Brexit will leade to the discovery of a new EU vision” METRO, September 12, #13
• “A conflict between idealism and Realism” METRO, September 26, #14
• “The enforcement of justice can sabotage the peace” METRO, October 10, #15
• “The Iranian challenge to US security policy” METRO, October 24, #16
• “The Saudi cornerstone of US Middle Eastern policy” METRO, November 7, #17
• “On the move: The World’s migration and Refugee challenge” METRO, November 21, #18
• “Human Rightd: A Western Policy Tool?” METRO, December 5, #19
• “Yemen- what each party to the conflict has to do now” METRO, December 19, #20

Other issues

• “Growing Tension in East Asia” Minato-UNESCO Bulletin, March 1, 2018
• “Japan’s Reconciliation Diplomacy in Northeast Asia”, James DJ Brown and Jeff Kingston edited “Japan’s Foreign Relations in Asia”, Routledge, 2018, pp.144~157
• “Japan’s Relations with Russia and China and the Implications for the U.S.-Japan Alliance” The NBR Commentary, May 16 2018
• “Can Abe kick two foreign policy goals in three years?” East Asia Forum, 25 September 2018
• “The UNESCO World Heritage at Risk” Minato-UNESCO Bulletin, December 1, 2018