Lasting Peace and Post-Conflict Resource Exploitation: A Scientific Study.

• Project/Area Number: 24730135
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: International relations
• Research Institution: Hokkaido University
• Principal Investigator: KOHAMA Shoko 北海道大学, 大学院公共政策学連携研究部, 准教授 (90595670)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2014)
• Budget Amount: ¥4,160,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥960,000); Fiscal Year 2014: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000); Fiscal Year 2013: ¥1,690,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥390,000); Fiscal Year 2012: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
• Keywords: 国際紛争 / 紛争管理 / 資源 / 国際情報交換 / アメリカ / 停戦 / 領土変更 / 国際情報交流

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This research uncovers why certain ceasefire lasts longer than others, using scientific methods including formal modeling, statistical analysis, and in-depth case study. Precisely, this study demonstrates that resource transfer during conflict causes ceasefire to fail under certain conditions. The hypotheses of the model are tested against data on ceasefire after WWII and cases including ECSC and Sino-Vietnamese conflicts. This project yields the following published and/or presented studies: “Peace and Violence after Conflict;” “The Logic of Mass Destruction: A Political-Economic Approach;” “Unilateral Defense in International Crises.”

Research Products

• [Presentation] 破壊と汚染の論理：政治経済的アプローチ (2015)
  • Author(s): 小浜祥子、大槻一統
  • Organizer: ゲーム理論ワークショップ2015
  • Place of Presentation: 京都大学吉田キャンパス（京都市）
  • Year and Date: 2015-03-07
  • Invited
• [Presentation] The Logic of Mass Destruction: A Political-Economic Approach (2014)
  • Author(s): Kohama, Shoko & Ohtsuki, Kazuto
  • Organizer: American Political Science Association Annual Conference
  • Place of Presentation: Washington Marriott Wardman Park, Washington D.C., U.S.A.
  • Year and Date: 2014-08-30
• [Presentation] The Logic of Mass Destruction (2014)
  • Author(s): Kohama, Shoko & Ohtsuki, Kazuto
  • Organizer: KUBEC IR Research Seminar 2014
  • Place of Presentation: Kobe University Brussel Office, Brussels, Belgium
  • Year and Date: 2014-06-22
  • Invited
• [Presentation] Lasting Peace and Post-Conflict Resource Exploitation (2014)
  • Author(s): Kohama, Shoko
  • Organizer: Workshop for Comparative Politics Studies: Status Quo, Cutting-Edge Trends, and China
  • Place of Presentation: Fudan University, Shanghai, China
  • Year and Date: 2014-05-17
• [Presentation] Lasting Peace and Post-Conflict Resource Exploitation
  • Author(s): Shoko Kohama
  • Organizer: Kobe Sakura Meeting 2013 for Scientific IR Studies
  • Place of Presentation: 神戸大学（神戸市）
  • Invited
• [Presentation] Post-Conflict Peace and Uncertain Resource Exploitability
  • Author(s): Shoko Kohama
  • Organizer: Joint Conference of Peace Science Society and International Studies Association
  • Place of Presentation: Corvinus University, Budapest, Hungary
• [Presentation] 国際紛争における停戦後の平和構築と戦後復興
  • Author(s): 小浜祥子
  • Organizer: 日本国際政治学会2012年度研究大会
  • Place of Presentation: 名古屋国際会議場（名古屋市）
• [Presentation] 国際紛争における停戦後の平和構築と戦後の資源利用
  • Author(s): 小浜祥子
  • Organizer: 東京大学比較現代政治研究会
  • Place of Presentation: 東京大学（東京都）
• [Presentation] 国際紛争における停戦後の資源利用と平和構築
  • Author(s): 小浜祥子
  • Organizer: 鈴木基史（京都大学教授）代表・基盤研究(B)「国際ガバナンスにおける提携形成と制度設計の政治経済分析」研究会
  • Place of Presentation: 京都大学（京都市）
• [Remarks] Shoko Kohama
  • URL: http://lex.juris.hokudai.ac.jp/~skohama/home.html