Masao ShimojoThe Senkaku Islands Were No Man’s Land

Rikinobu FunasugiThe Understanding of the United States Government Regarding the Geography of Takeshima Immediately After the San Francisco Peace Treaty Came into Effect:Drawing on US Government-Issued Aeronautical Charts Published in 1953 and 1954

Wooyoun LeeRamseyer’s Paper: Criticisms of It, and Arguments in Its Favor

Kenji FujiiArticle 2 of the Treaty of San Francisco and Takeshima –With a Focus on the Negotiation Process in 1951–

Rumi AoyamaStructural Changes in Chinese Foreign Policy: From “Prosperous Nation Diplomacy” to “Strong Nation Diplomacy”

Valérie NiquetThe Limits of Repentance : Lessons from France for a Comparative Approach with the Japan-Korea History Debate

Masashi MuranoThe Challenges and Responses to Japan’s Maritime Security

Collin Koh Swee LeanBeijing’s Reach in the South China Sea

Jonathan PrykeChina’s Growing Presence in the South Pacific

Atsuko KaneharaInternational Law as a Tool to Combat China

Kotani TetsuoChina’s “Nine Gates” and Security Policy in the Indo-Pacific: Challenges for Japan

Monika ChansoriaPacific Islands: A Regional Edifice for Japan and India’s Collective Footprint

Masao ShimojoThe Name “Sea of Japan” Is the Only Internationally Established Name (The Debate Concerning the Naming of the Sea of Japan ―Analysis of the South Korean Government’s Arguments based on Historical Materials and Maps―)

Hiroshi NakanishiJapan at the Paris Peace Conference: Focusing on the Proposal to Abolish Racial Discrimination

Ryoichi TobeThe Racial Equality Proposal and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Jun’ichiro ShojiThe Racial Equality Issue and Konoe Fumimaro

Shin KawashimaChinese and Taiwanese Perspectives on Japan’s Racial Equality Proposal

Masahiko AsadaA “Winter Phase” for Arms Control and Disarmament and the Role for Japan

Takahisa KawaguchiEmergence of “State-Centrism” in Cyberspace

Shin KawashimaChina’s Foreign Policy Objectives and Views on the International Order
Thoughts Based on Xi Jinping’s Speech at the 19th National Congress

Monika ChansoriaTerritorial Revisionism via Belt and Road Initiative: Implications of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor on South Asia’s Conventional Deterrence

Paul ReichlerThe South China Sea Arbitration and Beyond: China’s Approach to the Law of the Sea and the Rule of Law

Takashi OkamotoChina’s “Territorial Sovereignty” and Its Origins

Takai SusumuDebates Concerning the Incorporation of Peripheral Islands into the Territory of Japan

Hironobu SakaiTerritorial and Maritime Issues in East Asia and International Law

Atsuko KaneharaThe Use of Force in Maritime Security and the Use of Arms in Law Enforcement under the Current Wide Understanding of Maritime Security

Takenori HorimotoRelations between Japan and India in the Indo-Pacific Age ―Transcending the Quad Framework―

Thomas S. WilkinsEvolving Security Alignments of the Indo-Pacific: The US Alliances, the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, and ASEAN

Valérie NiquetChina Maritime Strategy Since 2018: Tactical Appeasement or Strategic Evolution?

Valérie NiquetOne Hundred Years after the Paris Peace Conference: A Welcomed Change in Mutual Perceptions

Naoko ShimazuJapan at the Paris Peace Conference of 1919: A Centennial Reflection

Naoko ShimazuThe Wilsonian Vision for a New Liberal International Order: Symbolic Diplomacy at the Paris Peace Conference

Kerry BrownHundredth Anniversary of the Treaty of Versailles: Meanings and Implications

Yuichi HosoyaThe Rise and Fall of the Liberal International Order: 1919–2019

Shigeki SakamotoRestructuring the Maritime Order

Kentaro NishimotoThe Obligation of Self-Restraint in Undelimited Maritime Areas

Izumi NakamitsuThe Present and Future of Multilateralism and Expectations for Japan

Jonathan Berkshire Miller and Thomas WilkinsThe Role for Middle Powers in the Free and Open Indo-Pacific: Looking at Opportunities for Canada and Australia