Research Findings (Middle East & Africa)

Explore our research findings on the Middle East & Africa.

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JIIA Strategic Comments (2025-13) The Tense Israel-Iran War and Japan's Middle East Diplomacy

Koichi Nakagawa (Adjunct Fellow, The Japan Institute of International Affairs)
09.07.2025
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JIIA Strategic Comments (2024-08) Policy Brief: "Fall of Bashar al-Assad and Future Prospect of a new Syria and beyond"

Futoshi Matsumoto (Executive Director of the JIIA and former Chargé d’Affaires of Japanese Embassy in Syria)
26.12.2024
#Europe#Middle East & Africa#Security #JIIA Strategic Comments

JIIA Strategic Comments (2024-04) Germany and Conflict in the Middle East: A Focus on German-Israeli Relations

Asako Takashima (Research Fellow, The Japan Institute of International Affairs)
26.07.2024
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JIIA Strategic Comments (2024-03) Iran's Direct Attack on Israel and Its Aftermath

Koichi Nakagawa (Adjunct Fellow, The Japan Institute of International Affairs)
23.05.2024
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[Research Reports] Continuing Turmoil in Domestic Politics of Israel: Growing Resistance to Netanyahu's New Government

Ryoji Tateyama (Professor Emeritus, National Defense Academy of Japan)
03.02.2023
#China#Middle East & Africa#Security#Economy & Global Issues #Research Reports

[Research Reports] Current Status of China-Middle East Relations: What Xi Jinping's Visit to Saudi Arabia Means

Masaaki Yatsuzuka (Senior Research Fellow, The National Institute for Defense Studies)
23.01.2023
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JIIA Strategic Comments (2022-11) The Iranian nuclear issue - shadows of the past hanging over the present

Tomiko Ichikawa (Director General, The Japan Institute of International Affairs)
24.11.2022
#Americas#Europe#Russia, Central Asia & the Caucasus#Middle East & Africa#Security #Research Reports

[Research Reports] What's Behind Israel's "Ambiguity" over the Ukraine Conflict?

Akifumi Ikeda (Former President, Toyo Eiwa University)
01.08.2022
#Indo-Pacific#Americas#Europe#Russia, Central Asia & the Caucasus#Middle East & Africa#Security #Research Reports

[Research Reports] The Ukraine crisis and its impact on Turkey and the Middle East

Meliha Benli Altunışık (Professor, Middle East Technical University)
14.06.2022
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[Research Reports] US-Middle East Relations in Biden's First Year

Toru Onozawa (Professor, Kyoto University)
31.03.2022
#Indo-Pacific#China#Korean Peninsula#Americas#Europe#Russia, Central Asia & the Caucasus#Middle East & Africa#Security#Economy & Global Issues

Strong Partners: Japanese and American Perceptions of the US and the World

30.03.2022
#China#Middle East & Africa#Economy & Global Issues #Research Reports

[Research Reports] The UAE's Economic Development and the Belt and Road Initiative

Jun Saito (Associate Senior Researcher, Institute of Developing Economies)
27.12.2021
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[Research Reports] Saudi Arabia's Foreign and Security Policy Focus: Intervention in the Yemeni Civil War and Prospects for Regional Stability

Toshihiro Nakanishi (Professor, Teikyo University)
22.12.2021
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[Research Reports] Turkey-China Relations amid COVID-19: Has Turkey Truly Changed Its Policy?

Masaki Kakizaki (Associate Professor, Temple University, Japan Campus)
02.11.2021
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JIIA Strategic Comments (2021-07) The United States and the World in the Post-Afghanistan Era: The Hopes and Anxieties of the International Community

Matake Kamiya (Professor, National Defense Academy of Japan; Adjunct Fellow, JIIA)
01.11.2021