Sub-Project II: China’s Foreign Policy and Other Countries’ Policies Toward
China(China Study Group)
Research Overview
There is no doubt that China, which has rapidly stepped up its presence in both theeconomic and security spheres, is one of the biggest variables determining the trendof the international order. Having grown in self-confidence in its leverage overneighboring countries, especially since the 2008 financial crisis, China has evenmore actively developed its diplomacy to forge a new cooperative internationalframework while become increasingly assertive in the seas surrounding China. It
would not be an exaggeration to state that the recent international situation in theAsia-Pacific region has developed mainly by the interaction of China’s aggressive
and assertive foreign policies and other countries’ reactions and precautions.
Therefore, we need to continuously explore the issue of how the influence of China’s
economic and military power affects the existing order in the internationalcommunity.
This issue includes two questions. One is that of how China uses its increased
economic and military power in its foreign relations, and the other is that of howother countries perceive and react to China’s increased power and its foreignpolicies.
To address this issue, this sub-project will organize two research teams. Team A
will analyze how China’s domestic situation, including an economic slowdown andan intensification of the power struggle, influences its foreign actions, i.e., theconcrete causal relations between domestic politics and foreign policies in China.
Team B will conduct research on foreign countries’ views and policies vis-à-vis
China and elucidate the trends and determining factors therein. We will then use
these findings to make recommendations on foreign policies Japan should adopt tomaintain the existing international order and rules, as well as its national interests,in collaboration with other countries over the medium to long term.

1Research Teams (China Study Group)
The research for this project will primarily be carried out through the following twoteams. The teams will continually share their research findings with each other.
Team A: Causal Analysis of Domestic Situation and Foreign Policy in China
Team Leader/Group Sub-leader
Akio TAKAHARA

Dean, Graduate School of Public Policy / Professor,Graduate School of Law and Politics, The University ofTokyo/ Senior Adjunct Fellow, The Japan Institute ofInternational Affairs (JIIA))Team Members:
Asei ITO

Associate Professor, Institute of Social Science (ISS),The University of Tokyo

Kazuko KOJIMAAssociate Professor, Faculty of Law, Keio University

Hao LI

Junior Research Fellow, JIIA

Jaehwan LIM

Associate Professor, School of International Politics,
Aoyama Gakuin University

Shino NISHIMOTO

Research Fellow, Hokkaido University Graduate School of
Public Policy

Seiichiro TAKAGI

Senior Research Advisor, JIIA

Shino WATANABE

Professor, Faculty of Global Studies, Sophia University

Shinji YAMAGUCHI

Senior Research Fellow, China Division, Regional Studies
Department, National Institute for Defense Studies (NIDS)

Team Members / Secretaries:
Yasunori NAKAYAMA

Deputy Director (Acting), JIIA

Shu NAKAGAWA

Director of Research Coordination, JIIA

Shinya KADOZAKI

Research Fellow, JIIA

2Team B: Development of Foreign Countries’ Policy toward China and Trends inthe International OrderTeam Leader / Group Leader
Seiichiro TAKAGI

Senior Research Advisor, JIIATeam Members:
Teruhiko FUKUSHIMAProfessor, Department of International Relations,
National Defense Academy

Hironori FUSHITA

Research Fellow, JIIA

Daisuke HAYASHI

Assistant Professor, Faculty of International
Communication, Musashino Gakuin University

Shinji HYODO

Director, Regional Studies Department, National Institutefor Defense Studies (NIDS)

Toru ITO

Associate Professor, Department of International
Relations, National Defense Academy

Yuko ITO

Professor, Faculty of International Relations, Asia
University

Hideya KURATA

Professor and Director, Global Security Center, National
Defense Academy / Adjunct Fellow, JIIA

Shunsuke SATO

Research Fellow, JIIA

Tomotaka SHOJI

Head, America, Europe and Russia Division, Regional
Studies Department, National Institute for Defense
Studies (NIDS)

Tetsuya UMEMOTO

Professor, School of International Relations, University of
Shizuoka

Team Members / Secretaries:
Yasunori NAKAYAMA

Deputy Director (Acting), JIIA

Shu NAKAGAWADirector of Research Coordination, JIIA

Shinya KADOZAKI

Research Fellow, JIIA3