Conference Papers (selected)
Over the last 4 years, I have been invited to present my papers at 30 conferences, seminars, and workshops.
PDF versions of these papers are available upon request (You can message me via Contact Form).
PDF versions of these papers are available upon request (You can message me via Contact Form).
2020
● “Peacebuilding Policies of Non-Western Powers: A Comparative Study on China, Japan, and Russia” (非西洋諸国の平和構築政策：中国、日本、ロシアの比較研究). Presented at the Peace and Cooperation Research Seminar (平和協力研究会), Aoyama Gakuin University, Tokyo, 28 January 2020.
2019
● “Whose Hybridity? A Global Perspective on the Western Discourse on Russia’s Regime”. Presented at the International Workshop “Beyond Hybridity: New Concepts for Making Sense of Russia’s Regime and International Politics,” Aleksanteri Institute of the University of Helsinki, Helsinki, 15 November 2019.
● “The Thirty Years Crisis? Explaining the Conservative Resistance to the Progressive International Orders”. Presented at the International Conference “Transformation in Central-Eastern Europe 1989-2019”, Warsaw, 24-25 October 2019.
● “Conflict Management Strategies in Eurasia and Beyond: The Cases of Chinese, Japanese, and Russian Peacebuilding Policy”. Presented at the 12th Russian International Studies Association (RISA) Convention, Moscow, 21-22 September 2019.
● “A Comparative Perspective on the Transformation of Global Peacebuilding Practices: The Cases of Chinese, Japanese, and Russian Peacebuilding Policy” (co-authored with Keith Krause, Oliver Jütersonke, and Xinyu Yuan). Presented at the 13th Pan-European Conference on International Relations, Sofia, 11-14 September 2019.
● “Absolute Morality Corrupts Absolutely? Revisiting the Enlightenment Origin of the Balance of Power Ethics”. Presented at 6th EISA European Workshops in International Studies, Kraków, 26-29 June 2019.
● “Absolute Morality Collapses Absolutely? Revisiting the Liberal Origin of the Balance of Power Ethics”. Presented at IPSA CFP: Interim Conference of the Research Committee on Political Power (RC36), St. Petersburg, 24 May 2019.
● “Which Liberal Crisis? Explaining the Implosion of Liberalism in Central Europe”. Presented at the International Conference “The EU and the Crisis of the International Liberal Order: A Systemic Crisis?”, Organized by the Global Studies Institute of the University of Geneva, Geneva, 4-5 April 2019.
2018
● “Gorbachev’s Illiberalism: The Autocratic Legacies of Perestroika Reforms”. Presented at the 2nd Ghent Russia Colloquium, Ghent, 11-12 December 2018.
● “People’s Autocracy? The Democratic Drivers of Autocratization in Post-Communist Europe”. Presented at the UPTAKE Workshop “Democracy in Reverse: Patterns of Autocratization in Eastern Europe and Eurasia”, Tartu, 19 October 2018.
● “The Geopolitics of Regional Orders: The EU, the Eurasian Economic Union, and the Struggle for Legitimacy in Post-Soviet Eurasia”. Presented at the 12th EISA Pan-European Conference on International Relations, Prague, 12-15 September 2018.
● “The Geopolitics of Regional Orders: The EU, the Eurasian Economic Union, and the Struggle for Legitimacy in the Divided Eurasia”. Presented at the UACES 48th Annual Conference, Bath, 2-5 September 2018.
● “Norm Collision and the Geopolitics of Regional Institutions: The EU, the Eurasian Economic Union, and the Struggle for Legitimacy in the Post-Soviet Eurasia”. Presented at the 2018 ECPR General Conference, Hamburg, 22-25 August 2018.
● “The Geopolitics of Regional Orders: Ideational Security and the Struggle for Legitimacy in the Divided Eurasia”. Presented at the 5th EISA European Workshops in International Studies, Groningen, 6-9 June 2018.
● “The Geopolitics of Regional Orders: The EU, the Eurasian Economic Union, and the Struggle for Legitimacy in Eurasian Security Governance”. Presented at the 2018 EUSECU-POLE Conference “Approaches of the European Union and Russia to Transnational Security Challenges”, Nizhny Novgorod, 24-26 May 2018.
2017
● “Ordering Eurasia: Russia’s Approach to Conflict Resolution and Peacebuilding in the Post-Soviet Space”, Presented at the 11th Russian International Studies Association (RISA) Convention, Moscow, 28-29 September 2017.
● “Balance of International Order: The Contestation of Liberal Ideas and the Restoration of Political Pluralism in Europe and Eurasia”, Presented at the UPTAKE Conference “Whither Liberal World Order? Challenges from Russia, Eurasia, and Beyond”, Canterbury, 2-3 November 2017.
● “Competing Regional Orders in the Shared Neighborhood: The EU, Russia, and the Norm Contestation in the Post-Soviet Space”, Presented at the 1st Ghent Russia Colloquium, Ghent, 22 September 2017.
● “Whose Global Governance? Explaining the Evolution of Russia’s Approach to Global Governance, 1945-2016”, Presented at the 11th Pan-European Conference on International Relations, Barcelona, 13-16 September 2017.
● “Doumei no shuuen to hirakareta yuurashia no seiki: kakudaichiikikenkyuu no shiten kara miru nihonn no heiwagaikouseisaku no tenbou [The End of Alliance Order and the Coming of the Open Eurasian Century: A Prospect of Japan’s Foreign Policy from the Perspective of Macro-Regional Studies]”, Presented at the 20th Anniversary International Symposium of the Honjo International Scholarship Foundation, Tokyo, 19-20 August 2017.
● “War and Peace in A World of Multiregionalism: Towards A Theory of Interregional Relations?”, Presented at the 4th European Workshops in International Studies, Cardiff, 7-10 June 2017.
● “Divisions by Unions? Explaining the Norm Contestation between the EU and the Eurasian Economic Union in the Post-Soviet Space’, Presented at the 2nd Annual Tartu Conference, Tartu, 4-6 June 2017.
● “The Clash of Narratives: Revisiting Hobbesian Perspective on Normative Power”, Presented at IPSA CFP: Interim Conference of the Research Committee on Political Power (RC36), Pavia, 30-31 May 2017.
● “The Anatomy of Popular Support: Explaining Change and Continuity in Vladimir Putin’s Executive Approval Ratings”, Presented at 2017 ECPR Joint Sessions of Workshops, Nottingham, 25-30 April 2017.
● “Multilateralism Varies: Explaining the Variation in Russian and American Multilateral Foreign Policy in the Greater Middle East”, Presented at the International Conference “Greater Middle East in World Politics and Economy”, Organized by the Primakov National Research Institute of World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO) of Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 21 April 2017.
● “Capturing the Power of Ideas: A Methodological Reflection on the Empirical Analysis of Normative Power”, Presented at the PSA Political Methodology Group Annual Conference, Oxford, 13 January 2017.
2016
● “Competing for Peace? Explaining the Rise of the Eurasian Economic Union as a Non-Liberal Norm Entrepreneur”, Presented at the ECPR General Conference, Prague, 7-10 September 2016.
● “Competing for Peace?: Explaining the Normative Contestation and Negotiation between the EU and the Eurasian Economic Union in the Post-Soviet Space”, Presented at the ISA-CEEISA Joint Conference 2016, Ljubljana, 23-25 June 2016.
● “Unions in Competition: Analyzing EU Foreign Policy Towards the Eurasian Economic Union”, Presented at the 8th Pan-European Conference on the European Union, Trento, 16-18 June 2016.
● “Regional Integration and International Disintegration: Analyzing the ‘Great Game’ between the European Union and the Eurasian Economic Union,” Presented at the 3rd European Workshops in International Studies, Tübingen, 6-8 April 2016.
2015
● “The Popular Man of Power: A Time-Series Analysis of Executive Approval Ratings in Russia 1999-2014.” Presented at the Political Science Colloquium Series of the Department of International Relations and Political Science at IHEID, Geneva, 29 September 2015.
● “Peacebuilding Policies of Non-Western Powers: A Comparative Study on China, Japan, and Russia” (非西洋諸国の平和構築政策：中国、日本、ロシアの比較研究). Presented at the Peace and Cooperation Research Seminar (平和協力研究会), Aoyama Gakuin University, Tokyo, 28 January 2020.
2019
● “Whose Hybridity? A Global Perspective on the Western Discourse on Russia’s Regime”. Presented at the International Workshop “Beyond Hybridity: New Concepts for Making Sense of Russia’s Regime and International Politics,” Aleksanteri Institute of the University of Helsinki, Helsinki, 15 November 2019.
● “The Thirty Years Crisis? Explaining the Conservative Resistance to the Progressive International Orders”. Presented at the International Conference “Transformation in Central-Eastern Europe 1989-2019”, Warsaw, 24-25 October 2019.
● “Conflict Management Strategies in Eurasia and Beyond: The Cases of Chinese, Japanese, and Russian Peacebuilding Policy”. Presented at the 12th Russian International Studies Association (RISA) Convention, Moscow, 21-22 September 2019.
● “A Comparative Perspective on the Transformation of Global Peacebuilding Practices: The Cases of Chinese, Japanese, and Russian Peacebuilding Policy” (co-authored with Keith Krause, Oliver Jütersonke, and Xinyu Yuan). Presented at the 13th Pan-European Conference on International Relations, Sofia, 11-14 September 2019.
● “Absolute Morality Corrupts Absolutely? Revisiting the Enlightenment Origin of the Balance of Power Ethics”. Presented at 6th EISA European Workshops in International Studies, Kraków, 26-29 June 2019.
● “Absolute Morality Collapses Absolutely? Revisiting the Liberal Origin of the Balance of Power Ethics”. Presented at IPSA CFP: Interim Conference of the Research Committee on Political Power (RC36), St. Petersburg, 24 May 2019.
● “Which Liberal Crisis? Explaining the Implosion of Liberalism in Central Europe”. Presented at the International Conference “The EU and the Crisis of the International Liberal Order: A Systemic Crisis?”, Organized by the Global Studies Institute of the University of Geneva, Geneva, 4-5 April 2019.
2018
● “Gorbachev’s Illiberalism: The Autocratic Legacies of Perestroika Reforms”. Presented at the 2nd Ghent Russia Colloquium, Ghent, 11-12 December 2018.
● “People’s Autocracy? The Democratic Drivers of Autocratization in Post-Communist Europe”. Presented at the UPTAKE Workshop “Democracy in Reverse: Patterns of Autocratization in Eastern Europe and Eurasia”, Tartu, 19 October 2018.
● “The Geopolitics of Regional Orders: The EU, the Eurasian Economic Union, and the Struggle for Legitimacy in Post-Soviet Eurasia”. Presented at the 12th EISA Pan-European Conference on International Relations, Prague, 12-15 September 2018.
● “The Geopolitics of Regional Orders: The EU, the Eurasian Economic Union, and the Struggle for Legitimacy in the Divided Eurasia”. Presented at the UACES 48th Annual Conference, Bath, 2-5 September 2018.
● “Norm Collision and the Geopolitics of Regional Institutions: The EU, the Eurasian Economic Union, and the Struggle for Legitimacy in the Post-Soviet Eurasia”. Presented at the 2018 ECPR General Conference, Hamburg, 22-25 August 2018.
● “The Geopolitics of Regional Orders: Ideational Security and the Struggle for Legitimacy in the Divided Eurasia”. Presented at the 5th EISA European Workshops in International Studies, Groningen, 6-9 June 2018.
● “The Geopolitics of Regional Orders: The EU, the Eurasian Economic Union, and the Struggle for Legitimacy in Eurasian Security Governance”. Presented at the 2018 EUSECU-POLE Conference “Approaches of the European Union and Russia to Transnational Security Challenges”, Nizhny Novgorod, 24-26 May 2018.
2017
● “Ordering Eurasia: Russia’s Approach to Conflict Resolution and Peacebuilding in the Post-Soviet Space”, Presented at the 11th Russian International Studies Association (RISA) Convention, Moscow, 28-29 September 2017.
● “Balance of International Order: The Contestation of Liberal Ideas and the Restoration of Political Pluralism in Europe and Eurasia”, Presented at the UPTAKE Conference “Whither Liberal World Order? Challenges from Russia, Eurasia, and Beyond”, Canterbury, 2-3 November 2017.
● “Competing Regional Orders in the Shared Neighborhood: The EU, Russia, and the Norm Contestation in the Post-Soviet Space”, Presented at the 1st Ghent Russia Colloquium, Ghent, 22 September 2017.
● “Whose Global Governance? Explaining the Evolution of Russia’s Approach to Global Governance, 1945-2016”, Presented at the 11th Pan-European Conference on International Relations, Barcelona, 13-16 September 2017.
● “Doumei no shuuen to hirakareta yuurashia no seiki: kakudaichiikikenkyuu no shiten kara miru nihonn no heiwagaikouseisaku no tenbou [The End of Alliance Order and the Coming of the Open Eurasian Century: A Prospect of Japan’s Foreign Policy from the Perspective of Macro-Regional Studies]”, Presented at the 20th Anniversary International Symposium of the Honjo International Scholarship Foundation, Tokyo, 19-20 August 2017.
● “War and Peace in A World of Multiregionalism: Towards A Theory of Interregional Relations?”, Presented at the 4th European Workshops in International Studies, Cardiff, 7-10 June 2017.
● “Divisions by Unions? Explaining the Norm Contestation between the EU and the Eurasian Economic Union in the Post-Soviet Space’, Presented at the 2nd Annual Tartu Conference, Tartu, 4-6 June 2017.
● “The Clash of Narratives: Revisiting Hobbesian Perspective on Normative Power”, Presented at IPSA CFP: Interim Conference of the Research Committee on Political Power (RC36), Pavia, 30-31 May 2017.
● “The Anatomy of Popular Support: Explaining Change and Continuity in Vladimir Putin’s Executive Approval Ratings”, Presented at 2017 ECPR Joint Sessions of Workshops, Nottingham, 25-30 April 2017.
● “Multilateralism Varies: Explaining the Variation in Russian and American Multilateral Foreign Policy in the Greater Middle East”, Presented at the International Conference “Greater Middle East in World Politics and Economy”, Organized by the Primakov National Research Institute of World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO) of Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 21 April 2017.
● “Capturing the Power of Ideas: A Methodological Reflection on the Empirical Analysis of Normative Power”, Presented at the PSA Political Methodology Group Annual Conference, Oxford, 13 January 2017.
2016
● “Competing for Peace? Explaining the Rise of the Eurasian Economic Union as a Non-Liberal Norm Entrepreneur”, Presented at the ECPR General Conference, Prague, 7-10 September 2016.
● “Competing for Peace?: Explaining the Normative Contestation and Negotiation between the EU and the Eurasian Economic Union in the Post-Soviet Space”, Presented at the ISA-CEEISA Joint Conference 2016, Ljubljana, 23-25 June 2016.
● “Unions in Competition: Analyzing EU Foreign Policy Towards the Eurasian Economic Union”, Presented at the 8th Pan-European Conference on the European Union, Trento, 16-18 June 2016.
● “Regional Integration and International Disintegration: Analyzing the ‘Great Game’ between the European Union and the Eurasian Economic Union,” Presented at the 3rd European Workshops in International Studies, Tübingen, 6-8 April 2016.
2015
● “The Popular Man of Power: A Time-Series Analysis of Executive Approval Ratings in Russia 1999-2014.” Presented at the Political Science Colloquium Series of the Department of International Relations and Political Science at IHEID, Geneva, 29 September 2015.