Events

"Appearance of the concept of regional aid toward three Indochina countries"

Presenter :SHIMABAYASHI, Takaki

PhD Student at Graduate School of Asia-Pacific Studies (GSAPS), Waseda University.

Mr. Shimabayashi's research discusses the Japanese ODA policy toward three Indochina countries from the time when Japan returned to international community to the time when the Cambodian conflict was over. In particular, his presentation analyzes when the concept of ODA focusing on a "region" emerged as well as the factors caused the emergence.

Abstract [139KB]

Poster [96KB]

Date: Friday, May 14th, 2010
Time: 10:30-12:30
Venue: Waseda University, Building No.19, Room 310

Presentation in Japanese (No Interpreter)
Admission Free / No Pre-Registration Required

Organized by: Waseda University Doctoral Student Network (WUDSN)
Supported by: Global Institute for Asian Regional Integration (GIARI)

"A Bad Rap: Democracies as Terrorist Targets"

Presenter :Joseph T. Walsh

PhD student of International Relations at University of Alabama. USA.

Nearly every study conducted the past twenty years finds that terrorists are more likely to attack democracies, yet this literature fails to account for the wide variation of attacks found within regime types. Walsh argues that contested territory is a cause of regime type and terrorism, and therefore the democracy-terrorism link may be spurious. Using the Global Terrorism Database to identify transnational terrorist attacks from 1970 to 2001, he finds little evidence that democracies are more prone to terrorist attacks than other regimes but strong evidence that states with territorial disputes are.

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Poster [80KB]

Date: Monday, May 17th, 2010
Time: 12:15-14:15
Venue: Waseda University, Building No.19, Room 310

Presentation in English (No Interpreter)
Admission Free / No Pre-Registration Required

Organized by: Waseda University Doctoral Student Network (WUDSN)
Supported by: Global Institute for Asian Regional Integration (GIARI)

The Social Construction of Sino-Japanese Relations and Northeast Asian Politics

Presenter 1: Karl Gustafsson

PhD Candidate, Stockholm University

Title: RETHINKING THE 'HISTORY PROBLEM' IN SINO-JAPANESE RELATIONS

Presenter 2: Christian Wirth

PhD Candidate, Waseda University

Title: OCEAN GOVERNANCE, MARITIME SECURITY, AND THE CONSEQUENCES OF MODERNITY IN NORTHEAST ASIA

Discussant: Hiro Katsumata, PhD

Assistant Professor at WIAPS, Waseda University

Poster [78KB]
Abstract [19KB]

Date: Friday, May 28th, 2010
Time: 12:30-14:30
Venue: Waseda University, Building No.19, Room 711

Presentation in English (No Interpreter)
Admission Free / No Pre-Registration Required

Organized by: Waseda University Doctoral Student Network (WUDSN)
Supported by: Global Institute for Asian Regional Integration (GIARI)