The Role of Think Tanks in Foreign and Security Policymaking: the Case of the U.S.-Japan Alliance
| Project/Area Number |
21K13235
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Review Section |
Basic Section 06010:Politics-related
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| Research Institution | Teikyo University |
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Principal Investigator |
松岡 美里 帝京大学, 外国語学部, 准教授 (60823177)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2021-04-01 – 2024-03-31
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| Project Status |
Granted (Fiscal Year 2022)
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| Budget Amount *help |
¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
Fiscal Year 2023: ¥520,000 (Direct Cost: ¥400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥120,000)
Fiscal Year 2022: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000)
Fiscal Year 2021: ¥260,000 (Direct Cost: ¥200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥60,000)
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| Keywords | hegemony / knowledge production / think tanks / Japanese foreign policy / US-Japan alliance / Indo-Pacific |
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| Outline of Research at the Start |
This project reveals the role of think tanks and other involving actors in forming policy recommendations that may exert their political influences informally on foreign and security policymaking. It closely examines think tanks' discursive contribution for shaping foreign and security policymaking.
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| Outline of Annual Research Achievements |
The research objective for 2022 was to focus on data collection and analysis of symposiums and reports of think tanks that are related to the Indo-Pacific and international liberal order (ILO) to identify the frequencies of those concepts that are used. Furthermore, discourse analysis of reports and the content of symposiums and workshops of think tanks were conducted in an attempt of answering the research question which is the following: "in what ways the role of think tanks contributes to shaping foreign and security policymaking". Some of the findings from this project were presented at academic conferences (‘Reinterrogating Security Discourses in Japan～', 2022/7/7; 'The Role of Think Tanks in Knowledge Production～', 2022/9/3, 'Japan’s Knowledge Production of Liberal International Order～', 2023/3/17) and an invited lecture (‘Japan's Responses and Adaptations～,’ IPERID Global Trends 2023, 2023/3/2). The above 2022 research activities will also be continued to be conducted in the year of 2023 by focusing on the analysis part of symposiums and reports of think tanks that used the concepts Indo-Pacific and the ILO. Additionally, this project will be further work on additional cases in the year of 2023.
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| Current Status of Research Progress |
Current Status of Research Progress
2: Research has progressed on the whole more than it was originally planned.
Reason
As mentioned earlier, during the year of 2023, data collection and analysis of symposiums and reports of think tanks relating to the Indo-Pacific and international liberal order (ILO) were conducted and discourse analysis of reports and the content of symposiums and workshops of think tanks were intended to be conducted in an attempt of answering the research question “in what ways the role of think tanks contributes to shaping foreign and security policymaking". Some of the findings from this project were presented at the academic conferences and/or equivalent academic platforms. Still, there are the need for further work which will be conducted further in the year of 2023.
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| Strategy for Future Research Activity |
The research aim for 2023 is to conduct the following in addition to the task that will be continued from the year of 2022: 1. additional data collection and analysis of symposiums and reports of think tanks relating to the Indo-Pacific and international liberal order (ILO), 2. participating in symposiums and workshops held in Tokyo and/or elsewhere, and 3. aim at presenting and/or publishing work (e.g. peer-reviewed article).
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Report
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Research Products
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