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（Last updated : 2022-05-18 13:26:50）

SUECHIKA Kota

Department / Course College of International Relations Department of International Relations

Title / Position Professor

Other Affiliations
1.	Graduate School of International Relations
2.	Kinugasa Research Organization Center for Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies
3.	Kinugasa Research Organization Institute of International Relations and Area Studies

Academic background
1.	～2004/03	Doctorial Course │ Southeast Asian Area Studies │ Graduate School of Asian and African Area Studies │ Kyoto University │ Completed Ph.D. (Area Studies)
2.	～1998	Doctoral Program (1st Semester) │ Middle East Politics │ Centre for Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies │ [UK] University of Durham │ Completed
3.	1998/12 Degree Acquisition	│ University of Durham │ MA in Middle East Politics with distinction
4.	～1997	Humanities Course │ Faculty of Liberal Arts and Science (Humanities) │ Yokohama City University │ Graduated

Business career
1.	2015/10/01 ～ 2016/08/31	Visiting Scholar │ School of Oriental and African Studies │ London Middle East Institute

Research activities
1.		Japan Association for Middle East Studies
2.		The Japan Association of International Relations
3.		Japan Association for Comparative Politics
4.		Association for Islamic Studies in Japan
5.		British Society for Middle Eastern Studies (BRISMES)
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Subject of research
1.	Nations/Races/Religions in Globalization
2.	Islam and Politics in Present Syria: Relationship Between Nation’s Transformation and Islamic Thought
3.	Formation and Transformation of Social Order in Southeast Asia of Islamic Zone
4.	People’s Movement and "Human Security" in East Mediterranean Sea Area
5.	Empirical Study and Interregional Comparison of National Administration Mechanism in Present Middle East
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Research summary
Politics and International Relations in Contemporary Middle East We study politics and international relations in the Middle East countries, mainly analysis of political movements and principles of Muslims. Our main fields are Syria, Lebanon and Palestine.

Present specialized field
Area Studies, International Relations, Politics, Religious Studies, History of Thought (Keyword：Middle Eastern Studies, International Relations, Comparative Politics)

Books
1.	2005/12	State-transformation and Islam in Contemporary Syria │ (Sole-authored)
2.	2020/04	“Sectarian Fault Lines in the Middle East: Sources of Conflicts or Communal Bonds?,” Larbi Sadiki ed., Routledge Handbook of Middle East Politics │ ,pp.269-280 (Co-authored)
3.	2011/03	“Arab Nationalism Twisted?: The Syrian Ba‘th Regime’s Strategies for Nation/State-building,” Yusuke Murakami, Hiroyuki Yamamoto and Hiromi Komori (eds.), Enduring States: In the Face of Challenges from Within and Without. │ ,pp.84-98 (Co-authored)

Papers
1.	2019/02	Report of Simple Tally of ‘Middle East Public Opinion Survey (Syria Internally Displaced Persons 2018) │ CMEPS-J Report │ (46) (Co-authored)
2.	2019/01	“2017 Opinion Poll in Syria: Sampling Method and Descriptive Statistics” │ “Relational Studies on Global Crises” Online Paper Series No. 5, Research Report No. 3 │ (Sole-authored)
3.	2018/03	Strategies, Dynamics and Outcomes of Hezbollah's Military Intervention in the Syrian Conflict │ Asian Journal of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies │ 12 (1),pp.89-98 (Sole-authored)
4.	2015/03	Comment │ Masamichi Iwasaka and İdiris Danişmaz eds., Preventing Collapse of the Middle East (Proceedings of GRM International Conference, Doshisha University, January 28, 2015) (Kyoto: GRM Program, Doshisha University │ ,pp.27-29 (Sole-authored)
5.	2015/03	“Re-Configured Islamist Geopolitics after the Arab Spring: Emergence of New Islamic Community in Muslim Brotherhood’s International Nexus” │ Takayuki Yokota ed., Revisiting Islamism in the Middle East after the “Arab Spring” (SIAS Working Paper Series No. 25). Tokyo: IAS Center at Sophia University (SIAS), 2015 │ ,pp.57-79 (Co-authored)
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Academic conference presentation
1.	2021/10/15	“Hezbollah’s Framing of Resistance: A Quantitative Text Analysis of Hasan Nasrallah's Speeches, 2005-18” (The KAMES-AFMA International Conference)
2.	2021/07/10	“Israeli Zionists or Syrian Takfiris: A Quantitative Analysis of Hezbollah’s Framing of Resistance” (The IPSA 26th World Congress of Political Science, “New Nationalisms in an Open World”)
3.	2021/05/28	“Critical Geopolitics of the Syrian Conflict: The Territorial Partitions of Bilad al-Sham and Beyond” (Panel 6B “Critical Perspectives on Eastern Mediterranean Security,” The 23rd Mediterranean Studies Association Annual International Congress)
4.	2021/01/18	“Syria, JCPOA and the New US Administration” (The 8th IPIS-SPF Joint Roundtable, Webinar “Regional and International Issues”)
5.	2019/08/02	“Reconsidering the State-Convergence Thesis in Syria under Conflict: A Poll Survey Data Analysis,” Panel FD01 “Actors, International Security and Intelligence Education” (ISA International Conference 2019)
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Other research achievements
1.	2016/03/18	“Can Japan Help End the War in Syria?: Interview with Kota Suechika of Ritsumeikan University in Kyoto, Japan” (New Atlanticist)
2.	2016/03/11	“With the Middle East in Turmoil, Japan Looks to Diversify its Energy Options” (New Atlanticist)

Winning science prize
1.	2018/12	Hadhari Global Network Hadhari Award for Islamic Civilizational Studies 2018