Project Leader	Kawashima Shin (The University of Tokyo, the Graduate School of Arts & Sciences)
Collaborators	Aizawa Nobuhiro (Kyushu University, the Department of Cultural Studies and Faculty of Social and Cultural Studies) Aoki Maki (Institute of Developing Economies) Suzuki Ayame (Doshisha University, Faculty of Law) Takagi Yusuke (Institute for Policy Studies, National Graduate) Takahashi Tomoko (Kyoto University, Center for Southeast Asian Studies) Nakamizo Kazuya (Kyoto University, Graduate School of Asia and African Area Studies) Mieno Fumiharu (Kyoto University, Center for Southeast Asian Studies)
Research Project	A methodological case study on foreign policies of developing and emerging powers: exploring an efficient and substantial combination with regional studies
Countries of Study	China, Taiwan, Philippines, Malaysia, Thailand, India, Myanmar, Indonesia

Outline of Research

This research project explores methods and agendas to invent research on the foreign policy of developing countries based on regional studies. Each member is expected to provide a case study from East, Southeast, and South Asia. Recently, such an invention has been strongly expected because many important actors in developing countries are emerging in international society. However, International Politics Studies usually do not pay attention to these countries, and Regional Studies are ignored in developing countries’ foreign policies.

Purpose of Research, Its Significance and Expected Results, etc

［Purpose］(1)This joint research project intends not only to make an invention of “diplomatic studies” and “foreign policy studies” in Asian regional studies but also to intends to make an invention of International politics studies and international relations studies related to regional studies of developing countries and emerging powers, especially in Asia. (2) The members of this project advance case studies in Southeast, East, and South Asia to discuss the methods and agendas of these inventions. (3) Members are expected to make presentations on this topic at domestic and international academic meetings and publish articles to prepare for the next step of joint research.  

［Significance］(1) Exploring the building of a new academic arena, “Diplomatic studies based on regional studies in Asia.” (2) Exploring to advance the research on diplomacy and foreign policy of emerging powers and developing countries in Asia, based on local contexts of Asian countries to relativize the analysis based on the eyes of “great powers” like Us and China. (3) Exploring to respond to social requests to understand the diplomacy and foreign policy of emerging powers and developing countries and to insist on the originality and significance of local context toward contemporary analysis on the diplomacy and foreign policy in Asia, based on the eyes of “great powers” like Us and China.

［Expected Results］(1) This joint research cooperates with the joint research of “Asian studies of the new generation” in Grips and intends to publish a joint article in the book to be edited by Grips. (2) The members of this joint research advance the case studies to prepare for the application of the next step in joint studies and the publication of articles and books.