Featured Speakers
Riho Aizawa, Research Fellow, National Institute for Defense Studies
Aizawa specializes in the U.S.-Japan security alliance and sea lanes in the Indo-Pacific region and the Arctic. She previously served as a Policy Research Fellow at the Reischauer Center for East Asian Studies and as a Research Intern at the Hudson Institute. She earned her MAfromthe Graduate School of Gakushuin Women’s College.
Ryosuke Hanada, Research Student, Macquarie University
Hanada has been a Research Fellow at the Japan Institute of International Affairs, researching Japan’s foreign policy in the Indo-Pacific region since 2016. He also worked for the Council of Security Cooperation in the Asia Pacific. He holds an MA from the University of Warwick and a BA in Law from Waseda University.
Naritada Miura, Program Assistant, Sasakawa Peace Foundation USA
Miura previously interned at the Hudson Institute, focusing on the U.S.-Japan security alliance, Japan’s national defense strategy, and Japan’s economic security strategy. While attending University of Maryland, he conducted research on the Constitution of Japan. Miura holdsa BA in Government and Politics and a certificate in East Asian Studies.
Ippeita Nishida, Senior Research Fellow, Sasakawa Peace Foundation, Japan
Nishida also serves onthe Development Assistance Accountability Committee at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, and he teaches at the Hosei University and the Aoyama GakuinUniversity. He previously was a research fellow at the Tokyo Foundation.He earned his MSc in Development Studies from the London School of Economics.