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  KIKKAWA Takuro
   Department   Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University College of Asia Pacific Studies
   Position   Professor
■ Education
1. 2000/04~2003/03 〔Doctorial Course〕 Comparative Politics, International Relations, Graduate School Division of International Relations, Ritsumeikan University, Accomplished credits for doctoral program
2. 2004/03/31
Degree Acquisition
Ritsumeikan University, PhD in International Relations
3. 〔Master Course〕, School of History, Classics and Archaeology, University of Edinburgh, Completed, Master of Science
■ Message
Message to undergraduate students: I am interested in the study of political science at all levels from local to international. My current research interest focuses on the Middle East and social activism occurring there. I hope that my excitement for this area of research is contagious. Message to graduate school students: Professional thesis writing is craftwork. It’s hard work but it could be your greatest asset. Here we study comparative politics with interdisciplinary methods. If you are interested in this, please join us.
■ Current specialized field
Politics, Area Studies, International Relations 
■ Books and theses
1. 2024/10/23 Article Jordan’s Regime Security Under the COVID-19 Pandemic Alternatives: Global, Local, Political  (Single) 
2. 2024/08 Article A comparative study of work-integrated learning experiences International Journal of Work-Integrated Learning 25(3),pp.469-489 (Collaboration) 
3. 2024/04/25 Article Exploring university-industry collaboration in Vietnam: An in-depth review of types and influencing factors Industry and Higher Education 38(6),pp.499-514 (Collaboration) 
4. 2024/03 Article Middle East Public Opinion Survey: Lebanon 2024  12,pp.1-11 (Collaboration) 
5. 2023/12/20 Article How Neighbours Perceive the Israeli-Gaza War: The Case of Jordan  pp.49-54 (Single) 
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■ Academic or professional association memberships
1. 2010/09 International Studies Association
2. 2020/02~ Middle East Studies Association
3. 2005/04 Japan Association for Comparative Politics
4. 2003/04 Japan Association for Middle East Studies
■ Conference presentations
1. 2025/11/14 "Water Security in the Middle East: A Historical Examination of the Formation of the Conflict Structure Surrounding the Jordan River Water Sources in the 1960s and Its Impact on Jordanian Water Policies" (中華民國國際關係學會2025 年會暨 Panel F-1:Conflict and Transformation in the Middle East: New Trends in Statecraft, Resistance, and Regional Order)
2. 2025/12/12 “Security Policy Turning Crisis to Advantage: Jordan’s Globally Deployed ‘Buffer State’ Diplomacy and Business” (Symposium "Beyond Europe. The Indo-Pacific Region: New Perspectives and Challenges, Session 2")
3. 2025/07/02 "Rethinking the 1990-1991 Gulf Crisis in Jordan: Contesting Security Interests and Identities, and the Consensus" (BRISMES 2025)
4. 2024/12/08 Rebuilding the kingdom: Jordan in the 1990-1991 Gulf crisis and its consequences (15th Conference of the Asian Federation of Middle East Studies Associations)
5. 2024/11/08 External Crisis’s Impact on the Regime Reconfiguration: Jordan under 1990-91 Gulf Crisis (中華民國國際関係学會2024 年國際關係年會)
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■ Works
1. 2024/11/07 ‘Royal Diplomacy in Jordan: The King's Personality, Network, and Policy Inputs and Outputs’ (台北)
■ Research topic, funded research and KAKENHI
1. 2017~2019  Monarchical States' Resilience in the Middle East  (Key Word : Monarchy, Middle East, resilience, authoritarianism, Islam)
2. 2009  Politics and social movements in Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan  (Key Word : Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, the Middle East, Arab, politics)
3. 2005  Qatar's political system and foreign relations  (Key Word : Qatar)
4. 2009~2010  Audio visual material in the field of social science  (Key Word : social science, audio visual material, pedagogy)
5. 2019~2021  Jordanian politics and tribal society: Fieldwork-based research on politics, society, and economies in the south  (Key Word : )
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■ Educational ability
● Practice example of education method
1. 2017/04/01 Comparative Culture
2. 2015/04/01 Comparative Politics and Government
3. 2012/04/01 Identity and Politics
4. 2009/10/01 Ethnicity and Nationalism
5. 2009/04/01~2013/09/30 Introduction to Political Science
■ External Researcher ID
orcID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7176-3713