U.S. ET: November 13 (Thursday), 8 – 9 PM JST: November 14 (Friday), 10 – 11 AM Zoom Registration: Link  Paper: Link Author(s): Erik H. Wang (New York University) and Weiwen Yin (University of Macau) Abstract: How does state-building fail? Existing scholarship emphasizes both territorial reach and administrative capacity as keys to state-building, but these […]

U.S. ET: March 5 (Thursday), 8 – 9 PM JST: March 6 (Friday), 10 – 11 AM Zoom Registration: Link Paper: Idomoto paper Author & Presenter: Yuji Idomoto Abstract: Japan’s postwar security identity has been defined by anti-militarism, rooted in Article 9 of the Constitution. Existing scholarship has examined its normative foundations, erosion under regional […]

US ET: April 9 (Thursday), 8 – 9 PM JST: April 10 (Friday), 9 – 10 AM Zoom Registration: Link Paper: Link Authors: Christina Davis (Harvard University), Jialu Li (independent […]

US ET: May 21 (Thursday), 8 – 9 PM JST: May 22 (Friday), 9 – 10 AM Zoom Registration: Link Paper: to be posted. Authors: Sho Miyazaki (Waseda University), Andrew […]