Kunihiko MIYAKE
Research Director
President, the Foreign Policy Institute
- ［Research Themes］
- Security and international politics studies for resolution of new social issues
- Enhancing dissemination of Japan's views and information to other countries, and international networking
- Assessment and analysis of long-term strategic trend in East Asia
- Study on policy simulation
Expertise
- Foreign Affairs, National Security
Columns
2024.11.20
What does Trump's victory mean for Japan?
2024.11.14
Japan's October surprise
2024.10.18
The Shigeru Ishiba I personally know
2024.07.01
Putin’s Pyongyang visit, pivotal talks and a generational shift reshape regional dynamics
2023.08.30
Where is the America I once knew headed?
2023.08.23
Is America’s soft power eroding?
2023.08.08
Tips for better diplomatic commentary
2023.04.19
Is 'Americanness' in peril?
2023.03.08
Off the record should mean off the record
2022.11.25
What does Donald Trump do now?
2021.12.14
Shinzo Abe’s no-nonsense message to Beijing
2021.11.12
Unpacking Japan’s post-election narratives
2021.11.04
Tokyo's fond memories of Colin Powell
2021.08.26
How many Olympic medals are enough? ~Is the national passion for winning Olympic glory misplaced?~
2021.06.29
The Biden-Putin summit through Tokyo's eyes
2021.05.12
Will the Suga-Biden summit provoke China?
2021.05.12
Salvaging the Iran nuclear deal
2021.04.28
Will the U.S. end its ambiguity over Taiwan?
2021.04.28
Two very different ‘two-plus-two’ meetings
2021.04.28
Moon must stop daydreaming about North Korea
2021.01.28
Will Biden undo Trump’s last minute legacy?
2021.01.25
I beg your 'pardon,' Mr. Trump
2021.01.04
Dear Canberra, you are not alone
2020.12.28
Who were those Trumpists marching in Tokyo?
2020.12.07
Is China a free trader or just a free rider?
2020.12.07
Tokyo-Seoul morass awaits Biden White House
2020.11.12
Nine scenarios for the 2020 U.S. elections
2020.09.30
What if U.S. forces return to Taiwan?
2020.09.30
Is the world ready for a Trump re-election?
2020.08.25
Tokyo wonders who Kamala Harris is
2020.08.07
Senkakus battle: Just a war game for now
2020.08.04
Peak China: an illusion or wishful thinking?
2020.07.06
Japan-China relations: Xi said, Xi said
2020.06.25
Trump vs. Biden: Who is better for Japan?
2020.06.23
But the president has nothing on at all
2020.06.11
So far it's two strikes for China
2020.05.28
A welcome move by the U.S. Marines
2020.05.22
Remembering Yukio Okamoto
2020.05.01
The post-COVID-19 international order
2020.04.24
Don't run after 'four hares' in the pandemic
2020.04.10
Can a dictatorship better control COVID-19?
2020.04.02
COVID-19: A modern Tower of Babel?
2020.03.26
China's information warfare is failing again
2020.03.12
Abe has crossed the coronavirus Rubicon
2020.02.20
Japan and the former Kingdom of Hawaii
2020.02.18
Defending against the coronavirus
2020.02.05
What goes up must come down
2020.01.30
Why think tanks matter in Japan
2020.01.23
What won't happen in the world in 2020
2020.01.20
The ominous killing of Soleimani
2020.01.10
Beacons in the stormy seas of 2020
2019.12.27
What does Kosovo mean to Japan?
2019.12.20
Three front-line nations drifting into chaos
2019.12.05
Was Seoul's decision on GSOMIA strategic?
2019.11.29
Will Tokyo's 'deep state' strike back?
2019.11.26
Why Japan's English education is a fiasco
2019.11.07
Erosion of America's reliability for allies
2019.10.29
Ending a war isn't the same as winning it
2019.10.08
Keep South Korean judiciary independent
2019.09.19
Boris Johnson's dismay over whaling
2019.09.10
Protests in 1969 Tokyo and today's Hong Kong
2019.09.03
The silent foreign policy establishment
2019.08.27
How to deal with the Trump tantrum?
2019.08.20
How to deal with Islamic Republic
2019.08.13
Who lost South Korea?
2019.08.06
The 'Chinese Union' and the Korean Peninsula
2019.07.24
Is John Bolton our last hope?
2019.07.24
Tragedies over the trade spat with Seoul
2019.07.10
What a difference a day makes after the G20
2019.06.25
Is U.S. attention on the Mideast yet again?
2019.06.18
What's not happened since May 35, 1989
2019.06.04
Is Trump's state visit only ceremonial?
2019.05.31
The Showa Era is growing distant
2019.05.22
U.S.-China trade talks as seen from Tokyo
2019.05.10
On the last day of Heisei
2019.05.07
'Hawkins of Arabia'
2019.04.23
Two Chinese women indicted in America
2019.04.16
What does Reiwa really mean to Japanese?
2019.04.09
The most famous person you've never heard of
2019.04.02
Time for America to see the real world
2019.03.28
U.S. version of 'one country, two systems'
2019.03.19
What does the 'Indo-Pacific strategy' mean?
2019.03.12
Is Pyongyang slicing the salami too thin?
2019.03.05
In the age of AI, think tanks must evolve
2019.02.26
Is Europe still complicated and mysterious?
2019.02.20
The state that accepted Japanese-Americans
2019.02.12
Are the neocons back in Washington?
2019.02.05
How Japanese is Naomi Osaka?
2019.01.29
How will AI change domestic politics?
2019.01.23
How will AI change international politics?
2019.01.15
Is Trump suffering from the China syndrome?
2019.01.15
What will not happen in 2019
2019.01.04
Busting myths about Fukushima No. 1
2018.12.25
Japanese education for Egyptian kids?
2018.12.18
Japan, look in the mirror called Germany
2018.12.11
The last president from good old America
2018.12.04
The Protestant ethic and Carlos Ghosn
2018.12.03
From entertainment sushi to pension sushi
2018.11.20
How Tokyo saw the U.S. midterm elections
2018.11.13
Seoul moves the goalposts yet again
2018.10.30
A third gulf war? Unlikely but ...
2018.10.23
How much do we know about Saudi Arabia?
2018.10.17
Northeast Asia as seen from Okinawa
2018.10.03
Thucydides's fallacy, not a trap
2018.09.27
Putin's unacceptable peace treaty condition
2018.09.18
How much damage was done?
2018.09.11
Killing the peace process with kindness
2018.09.04
Paying tribute to a man of American dignity
2018.08.29
Are the Uighurs one of China's 56 nations?
2018.08.21
Birds of a feather do fall out sometimes
2018.08.15
Strike while the iron is hot
2018.08.15
The mother of all wars
2018.08.15
Why do you keep silent, Mr. Xi?
2018.08.15
America's narcissistic national disorder
2018.08.15
The empires strike back
2018.08.15
Who is making China great again?
2018.08.15
Beginning of the end to the 1953 regime?
2018.08.15
The 'Indo-Pacific' is nothing new
2015.07.27
An Iran Nuclear Deal Seen from Tokyo
2015.07.10
Another Debate on Constitutionality
2015.05.18
Lessons Learned from the UK Elections
2015.05.08
Abe Did What Koizumi Could Not
2015.04.16
U.S.-Japan Relations 70 Years After WWII
2015.04.07
Who Lost Iraq?
2015.03.25
At Noon in Tunisia
2015.03.19
The Silent Minority on Okinawa
2015.03.10
Is Appeasing Iran Pleasing North Korea?
2015.03.04
More Empty Propaganda From China
2015.02.26
Russia and China: Cast From The Same Mold
2015.02.16
America's Belated Third War on Terror
2015.01.20
ASEAN and Japan
2015.01.15
Should Japan Learn From Europe's Lessons?
2015.01.07
2015: A Year for National Minimum Consensus
2014.12.22
Myths about Abe's Victory
2014.12.17
Another Great Game in Central Asia
2014.12.11
From Ferguson and NYC to Urumqi
2014.12.04
Another Case of Chinese Double-Tongue?
2014.11.26
General Election in Japan - Why Now?
2014.11.18
Marginal Utility of Summit Meetings
2014.11.10
Another Friendly Overdose
2014.10.28
Hundreds of Japanese Citizens in North Korea
2014.10.21
A Submarine Deal With Australia?
2014.10.15
A Nation That Remembers Its Friends
2014.10.08
Japanese Media Oddly Silent on Hong Kong
2014.10.02
There America Goes Again
2014.09.24
The Asahi President's Apology, At Last
2014.09.19
Not Every Coalition Member Behaves Itself
2014.09.08
It's Political Longevity, Stupid
2014.08.25
Dear Seoul, You Are Not Beijing
2014.08.04
Corruption Crises in China
2014.07.30
Do We Know What Time it is in the Mideast?
2014.07.29
Never Surprise Your Boss
2014.07.18
Two Dialogues in Beijing and Canberra
2014.06.30
North East Asia's Geopolitical Delicacy
2014.06.24
The Haunted House of Hashim
2014.06.16
Another Naiveté of Washington
2014.06.03
What Makes Thailand Different From Egypt?
2014.05.27
What Was Not Reported about Bibi in Tokyo
2014.05.20
Tokyo's Maturing Democracy
2014.05.14
The U.S. is Back to the South China Sea
2014.05.09
What Did President Park Apologize For?
2014.04.24
What Was The Sacrifice in Iraq For?
2014.04.08
The United Kingdom and Japan
2014.03.26
China in Quandary over Crisis in Crimea
2014.03.19
No Revision of Apology to Comfort Women
2014.03.04
Why Use Real Human Bones for Propaganda?
2014.02.25
Disappointed by Disappointment?
2014.02.17
Energy: a Commodity or a Weapon?
2014.02.07
First Real Threat since 1945
2014.01.30
Dear Ambassadors, Be Diplomats
2014.01.21
Scars on Modern Chinese History
2014.01.21
The Gloomy Geopolitics of Georgia
2014.01.07
Imperial Japan and Communist China
2013.12.03
No New Airspace for China
2013.11.26
China's New NSC or KGB?
2013.11.19
China's Lost Decade : Redux
2013.11.11
Too Many Indians but No Chiefs
2013.11.06
Are Uyghurs Terrorists?
2013.10.30
Trust Korean Style?
2013.10.25
Democracy American Style?
2013.10.16
Japan-U.S. 2+2＞4
2013.10.11
What If the DPRK Had a Rouhani?
2013.10.03
Two Different Dreams on One Bed
2013.09.26
It Takes Two to Tango
2013.09.18
Could This Happen to Us in Asia?
2013.09.13
Not All Diplomacy is Domestic
2013.09.04
A Tokyo Perspective on the Bo Xilai Trial
2013.08.28
Bad News Isn't Like Wine
2013.08.22
On August 15 in Beijing
2013.08.13
Stop Moving the Goal Posts
2009.08.05
PAC Dojo Activity Report (3)
2009.07.09
PAC Dojo Activity Report (2)
2009.07.08
PAC Dojo Activity Report (1)
Working papers, Papers and Reports
2017.03.16
"The 23rd PAC Policy Simulation: A Restoration of the Persian Empire?" Summary Report and Assessment
2016.12.06
CIGS-EASQ 2016 Q2-3 (July-November 2016) A View on Regional Political-Military Developments
2016.02.16
CIGS-EASQ 2015 Q4 (October-December 2015) A View on Regional Political-Military Developments
2015.05.15
CIGS-EASQ 2015 Q1 (January-March 2015) A View from Tokyo on Regional Political-Military Developments
2014.07.18
CIGS-EASQ 2014 Q2 (April - June 2014): A View from Tokyo on Regional Political-Military Developments
2013.08.13
CIGS-EASQ 2013 Q2 (April- June 2013): A View from Tokyo on Regional Politico-Military Developments
Event Reports
April 23, 2020, 9:00 - 10:00
CIGS and Stimson Joint Webinar The Road Ahead: The Post-COVID-19 International Order
June 13, 2019, 12:15 - 13:15
CIGS and Stimson Joint Seminar "Policy vs. Politics: Tackling the myth that voters are disconnected from foreign policy"
March 4, 2019, 16:00 - 17:30
CIGS Daniel C. Sneider & Kuni Miyake Dialogue "The 2nd. U.S.-North Korea Summit talks"
January 25, 2019, 15:30 - 17:00
Jason Isaacson Seminar "Trump's Middle East Policy and the Revival of Anti-Semitism"
November 2, 2018, 11:00 - 12:00
CIGS and Stimson Joint Seminar "Course Change or Full Speed Ahead? Post-Midterm U.S Foreign Policy's Impact on Indo-Pacific"
November 12, 2018, 15:00 - 16:30
Daniel C. Sneider Seminar "The U.S. Midterm Elections: What happened and what it means for U.S. foreign policy"
September 19, 2018, 14:00 - 15:00
CIGS and Stimson Joint Seminar "Post-Election Priorities for Japan and the United States"
July 10, 2018, 13:00 - 14:30
CIGS Northeast Asia Security Seminar "Security Challenges in the Post "Trump - Kim Summit" Northeast Asia"
March 23, 2018, 15:00 - 16:30
Daniel C. Sneider Seminar "Managing Japan-U.S. Relations in the Era of Donald Trump"
December 14, 2017, 9:30 - 10:30
CIGS and Stimson Joint Seminar "The Impact of the Trump Presidency, Year 1: American and Japanese Perspectives"
June 16, 2017, 9:30 - 11:30
CIGS and Stimson Joint Seminar "Eurasia Strategy: American and Japanese Perspectives"
January 25, 2017, 14:30 - 16:30
CIGS and Stimson Joint Seminar "The United States, Japan and the World: Opportunities and Challenges"
, 13:00 - 14:30
"Discussion with Professor Aaron L. Friedberg"
January 25, 2013
Mr. Tom Malinowski Special Lecture
Profile
Education
| 1978 | Graduated from the Law Faculty of the University of Tokyo |
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Career
| 2023.11 - present | Board Member and Special Advisor, CIGS |
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| 2020.10 - 2024.10 | Special Advisor to the Cabinet (Suga and Kishida administrations) |
| 2009.04 - 2023.10 | Research Director, The Canon Institute for Global Studies |
| 2006 - 2007 | Exective Assistant to Mrs. Akie Abe in the Office of the Prime Minister of Japan. |
| 2007 - present | Visiting Professor, Ritsumeikan University |
| 2005 - present | President, the AOI Foreign Policy Institute |
| 2004.07 | Deputy Director-General of Middle East Bureau, MOFA |
| 2004.01 | Minister at the Embassy of Japan in Iraq and Japan’s Representative to the CPA |
| 2000.09 | Minister at the Embassy of Japan in China |
| 1998.08 | Director of the Japan-US. Security Treaty Division, MOFA |
| 1998.01 | Director of the First Middle East Division, MOFA |
| 1996.07 | Director of the Second Middle East Division, MOFA |
| 1978.04 | Joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) |