The 2023 Annual Convention ofthe Japan Association of International Relations (JAIR)
November 10 (Friday) – 12 (Sunday), 2023
Fukuoka

November 10 (Friday)
Afternoon Sessions (13:00~15:30)
Session1: Cooperation and Conflict over International Rivers
Chair:HOSHINO Masahiro (Nanzan University)

Speakers:
YAMADA Tetsuya (Nanzan University)“Normative Structure of International Rivers: Navigational and Non-Navigational
Use”
CHIDA Tetsuro (Nagoya University of Foreign Studies)“Evolution of Japan’s Foreign Aid to Central Asia for Saving the Aral Sea:
Lessons Learned”
DARWISHEH, Housam（Institute of Developing Economies）“The Role of Non-Riparian States in the Reconfiguration of the Hydro PoliticalLandscape in the Nile Basin”
Discussants:
IWASHITA Akihiro (Hokkaido University)

Session 2: Political Economy of Settlement Systems: Significance, Current Status, and Future
Prospect of Digital Currencies
Chair:TADOKORO Masayuki （International University of Japan）

Speakers:
HASEGAWA Masanori（Shonan Institute of Technology）“Internationalization and Digitalization of the Renminbi: Their Geopolitical
Implication”
EGASHIRA Susumu (Otaru University of Commerce)
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“Simulation Model of the Impact of Virtual Currencies on the International
Financial Order"
KAWANAMI Ryuzo（Osaka International University）“Turmoil in the Cryptocurrency Market and Sovereign States"
Discussants:
SAGARA Yoshiyuki (Asia Pacific Initiative)
SUZUKI Kazuto (The University of Tokyo)

Session 3: COVID-19 and International Labour Migration
Chair:SHUTO Motoko (University of Tsukuba)

Speakers:
OKABE Midori (Sophia University)“A Puzzle on Migration Diplomacy - States, the EU and the Global Political Spacein Entanglement over Migration Policy: With a Focus on COVID-19 and theUkraine Crisis”
OGAWA Reiko (Chiba University)“Migration of Care Workers and COVID-19”
TEZUKA Saori (Nanzan University)“U.S. Politics of Border Control during the COVID-19 Pandemic”
Discussants:
AKASHI Junichi (University of Tsukuba)
KOMATSU Shiro (University of Yamanashi)

Session 4: Frontiers of International Relations
Chair:SHINOHARA Hatsue (Waseda University)

Speakers:
HATTORI Satoshi (Ritsumeikan Univercity)“International Economic Order and the League of Nations”
SYU Min (Waseda University)“The Liberal International Order and East Asia: A Borderland Perspective”
TAKAHASHI Tomoko (Kyoto University)“Departing from the Majority: Case Study of China and the Global South in theUnited Nations”
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OHIRA Tsuyoshi (The University of Kitakyushu)
SHINOHARA Hatsue (Waseda University)

November 11 (Saturday)
Morning Sessions (09:30~12:00)
Session 5: Dialogue between Area Studies and International Relations
Chair:MIZOGUCHI Shuhei (Hosei University)

Speakers:
TAMAKI Nobuhiko (Chuo University)“Alliance Theories and the Ukrainian War”
MADOKORO Daisuke (The University of Kitakyushu)“Justifying Intervention: Russian Invasion of Ukraine and Legitimacy Claims”
NAKAMURA Nagafumi (The University of Tokyo)“Mapping Different Arguments for Jus Post Bellum : The Case for RussoUkrainian War”
Discussants:
YAMAZOE Hiroshi (National Institute for Defense Studies)
KATO Mihoko (Hiroshima City University)

Session 6: International Organization and Global Politics
Chair:

UEKI Yasuhiro (Sophia University)

Speakers:
TSUZUKI Masayasu (Sophia University)“UN Security Council Reform under Ukraine Crisis: What Political Dynamics
Does the U.S. ‘Proactive’ Stance Create?”
MASHIMA Asako (Nihon University)“The Role of International Organizations with a Focus on Localization ofDevelopment Assistance”
WADA Hironori (Aoyama Gakuin University)“Linkages between Competing Regimes and Major International Economic
Organizations: Sources of Legitimacy”
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Discussants:
KATSUMA Yasushi (Waseda University)
TAKEUCHI Toshitaka (Kyoto University of Foreign Studies)

Session 7: International Politics Regarding Cuba
Chair:MIYACHI Takahiro (The University of Tokyo)

Speakers:
ROMERO Isami (Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine)“Ikeda Administration and Cuban Revolution: Between Sugar and US”
OSAWA Suguru (Aichi Gakuin University)“The Transformation of Base Politics in Cuba”
KOIKE Yasuhiro (Aichi Prefectural University)“Cuban Revolutionary Diplomacy in the Post-Castro Era”
Discussants:
MATSUMOTO Yaeko (Asia University)
MORIGUCHI Mai (Meijo University)
KAMIMURA Naoki (Nanzan University)

Session 8: Cross-National Comparisons of “Realism”
Chair:NAKAMOTO Yoshihiko (Shizuoka University)

Speakers:
SHIMAMURA Naoyuki (Kyorin University)“Realism in America: From Classical Realism to Neoclassical Realism”
ZHANG Fan (General Incorporated Foundation)“The Development of 'Realism' in China since Reform and Opening-up: A
Comparative Perspective between China and Japan”
OYAMA Takatoshi (Kyushu Institute of Technology)“Fostered ‘Realism’: The Emergence and Expansion of the Multilayered Human
Network in Postwar Japan”
Discussants:
MURATA Koji (Doshisha University)
OKAGAKI Tomoko (Dokkyo University)

4Session 9: The Various Aspects of the War in Ukraine
Chair:KIKKAWA Gen (Hiroshima City University)

Speakers:
HYODO Shinji (The National Institute for Defense Studies)“The War in Ukraine and the Future of Russia”
TANAKA Kiwako (Toyo Eiwa University)“The Function of the United Nations in the Russian Invasion of Ukraine”
MASUO Chisako T. (Kyushu University)“Chinese Domestic Politics and Russia-Ukraine War”
Discussants:
SADO Noriko (Hiroshima Shudo University)
KOMORI Hiromi (Waseda University)

Session 10: JAIR/KAIS Co-Hosted Panel: Nuclear Weapons and the Foreign and Security
Policies of Japan and South Korea【Session in English】
Chair:IIDA Keisuke (JAIR President, The University of Tokyo)

Speakers: KURITA Masahiro (National Institute for Defense Studies)“Revisiting the Evolution of Nuclear Strategies in South Asia and Its
Theoretical Implications”
Jeong, Hanbeom (Korean National Defense University) ; Co-author: Yoon Sihyun(Dong-A University)“Korea-US Nuclear Consultative Group and NATO Nuclear Planning Group”
KIM Inwook (Sungkyunkwan University) ; Co-author: Paik Seungjoon (KoreaUniversity)“Theorizing the Unthinkable: Nuclear Arms Control between the US and NorthKorea”
Discussants:
MICHISHITA Narushige (National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies)
SUK Juhee (Northeast Asia History Foundation)

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Plenary Session: Two Decades after the ‘Iraq War’: How Has the War Affected IR and AreaStudies? (Round Table)(16:00〜18:45)
Chair:SAKAI Keiko (Chiba University)

Speakers:
MIMAKI Seiko (Doshisha University)“Reflections on America's War on Terror”
NISHIKIDA Aiko (Keio University)“Middle East as an Epicenter of Political Turbulence: Struggle with Islamism andTerrorism”
OYANE Satoshi (Doshisha University)“Epistemology of American IR and Phenomenology of Japanese IR”
UMEMOTO Tetsuya (University of Shizuoka)“The Iraq War, Changes in the International Order, and Japan'sSecurity”
FUJIWARA Kichi (Chiba University)“Legacies of the War on Iraq"
Social Gathering (19:00~20:30)

November 12 (Sunday)
Afternoon Sessions (14:00~16:30)
Session 11: The Nuclear Taboo in International Relations
Chair:YAMADA Yasuhiro (Hiroshima City University)

Speakers:
MATSUMURA Naoko (Kobe University), Co-author: TAGO Atsushi (WasedaUniversity), Joseph M. Grieco (Duke University)“Policy Cues and Public Support for Nuclear Sharing: Evidence from a Survey
Experiment in Japan"
ISHIKAWA Taku (National Defense Academy)“Nuclear Taboo or Nuclear Irony? :In the Crumbling Nuclear Order”
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UMEHARA Toshiya (Hiroshima City University)“Historical Paradox Embodied in Japan's Three Non-Nuclear Principles: A Studyfrom Normative Approaches”
Discussants:
ADACHI Kenki ( Ritsumeikan University)
ENDO Seiji (Seikei University)

Session 12: “The Social” in Studies of International History
Chair:KITAGAWA OTSURU Chieko (Kansai University)

Speakers:
MIZOGUCHI So（Kansai Gaidai University)“Okinawan Community in Hawaii and Perspectives on the Okinawa Status Issue:
From the Perspective of the Relationship between Immigration History andDiplomatic History”
ONOZAKA Hajime（Member of The Japan Association of International Relations)“International NGOs Embedding an Estranged International Organization intoCooperating Relationships: The ILO, China YWCA, and the International
Federation of Trade Unions during the Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945)”
TSURUMI Taro (The University of Tokyo)“International Relations within a Russian Jew: The Anatomy of D.S. Pasmanik,
Revolutionary Years in Crimea”
Discussants:
KOBAYASHI Tomoko (Fukuoka University of Education)
KITAGAWA OTSURU Chieko (Kansai University)

Session 13: Enhancing Australia-Japan Cooperation: New Approaches to Minilateralism
Chair:HATAKEYAMA Kyoko (University of Niigata Prefecture)

Speakers:
David Envall (Australian National University)“Australia, Japan and Minilateralism in the Economic-Security Nexus”
Thomas Wilkins (University of Sydney)“Australia, Japan and the Revival of Indo-Pacific Minilateralism”
HIRONO Miwa (Ritsumeikan University)““China-Japan-South Korea Minilateralism”
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Discussants:
HATAKEYAMA Kyoko (University of Niigata Prefecture)
SATAKE Tomohiko (Aoyama Gakuin University)

Session 14: The Global South Reconsidered
Chair:KOBAYASHI Akina (Tama University)

Speakers:
TAKEUCHI Shinichi (Tokyo University of Foreign Studies)“The International Order that Africa Wants”
URABE Hiroyuki (Dokkyo University)“Challenges to the World Order and Hegemonism in Latin America: InterRegional Diplomacy and Social Movements”
UYAMA Tomohiko (Hokkaido University)“Central Asia between the ‘Post-Soviet Space’ and the ‘Global South’: Political
Functions of Geographical Concepts”
Discussants:
SHIRATO Keiichi (Ritsumeikan University)
TAKENAKA Chiharu (Rikkyo University)

Session 15: Rethinking International Order between the Two World Wars
Chair:KITAMURA Atsushi (Kobegakuin University)

Speakers:
HOSOKAWA Mayu (Kyoto University)“Formation of the Interwar European International Order and French
Diplomacy in the 1920s: Focusing French Perceptions of the League of Nations”
FUJIYAMA Kazuki (Osaka University)“British Appeasement Revisited: The Chamberlain Brothers and the European
International Order between the Two World Wars”
HIGUCHI Mao (Seikei University)“The Washington System and the League of Nations System in JapaneseForeign Policy”
Discussants:
TAJIMA Nobuo (Seijo University)
HAYASHI Tadayuki (Kyoto Women’s University)8