Experts
Senior Fellow
Yu Koizumi
Expertise/Areas of interest
Russian Military Thought/Russian National Security Policy/Politics and International Relations of the Former Soviet Republics/Defence Technologies
Academic/Professional Background
Previously, Yu has held various positions, including Assistant Analyst at Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, Research Fellow at Institute for Future Engineering (IFENG), Research Fellow at the National Diet Library, and also a visiting researcher at the Institute of World Economy and International Relations of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IMEMO RAN).
His book "Teikoku" Roshia no Chiseigaku (Geopolitics of Russian "Empire") published in 2019 was awarded Suntory Prize for Social Sciences and Humanities in that year.
Yu has presented and published extensively on national security policies and strategies of Russia and the former Soviet republics, as well as defense technologies.
Yu holds a BA in Social Sciences and a MA in Political Science from Waseda University.
Publications
| Publications | Publishing company | Date of Publication |
|---|---|---|
| "China’s ICBM Silo Constructions In Hami Area (1)"
(ROLES SAT ANALYSIS No.1 China’s ICBM Silo Constructions In Hami Area (1) |
November 27, 2023 | |
| "Military Strategy in Contemporary Russia Hybrid, but Violent Way of War" (Japan Forum for International Relations, 2021) | March 7, 2021 | |
| "Russian Military Modernization in the Northern Territories and Its Implications for Japanese Foreign Policy" (IINA, Sasakawa Peace Foundation, 2021) | May 31, 2021 |
As of July 1, 2024