Author - Sumie Nakaya

Dr. Sumie Nakaya is an Associate Professor of Peace and Conflict Studies at the Institute of Global Studies, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies. She served in the United Nations Department of Peace Operations from 2007 to 2022, where she oversaw peacekeeping efforts in Sudan and South Sudan, crisis management, strategic mission planning, and research on the UN Charter and the Security Council. Prior to that, she worked with the Conflict Prevention and Peace Forum of the Social Science Research Council and the UN Development Fund for Women. She has published on post-war state building and the gendered dimensions of peace negotiations in edited volumes (UN University Press, University of Alberta Press) and academic journals (Central Asian Survey, Global Governance), and has taught at Queens College, NY. She has a Ph.D. in Political Science from the City University of New York, a Master's Degree in Law and Diplomacy from the Fletcher School in Boston, and a Bachelor's Degree from Sophia University in Tokyo.