SHINSUKE TOMOTSUGU

Last Updated :2023/06/01

Affiliations, Positions
The Center for Peace, Hiroshima University, Associate Professor
E-mail
tomotsughiroshima-u.ac.jp

Basic Information

Major Professional Backgrounds

  • 2014/04/01, Hiroshima University, Institute for Peace Science, Associate Professor
  • 2011/09/01, 2014/03/31, Nagoya College, Department of English and Communication, Assistant Professor
  • 2012/04/11, 2013/03/31, Niigata University, Department of Law, Part-time Lecturer (American Politics)
  • 2009/08/17, 2011/08/31, Japan Science and Technology Agency, Research Institute of Science and Technology for Society, Associate Fellow
  • 2002/09/01, 2008/08/31, IEA of Japan, Department of Research on Energy, Society, and Environment, Researcher
  • 2008/08/01, 2009/07/31, George Washington University, Sigur Center for Asian Studies, Visiting Scholar (Frobright Program)

Educational Backgrounds

  • Nagoya University, Japan, 2005/04, 2010/03
  • George Washington University, Elliott School of International, Master's Program in International Affairs, U.S.A., 2000/09, 2002/05
  • Doshisha University, Japan, 1990/04, 1995/03

Academic Degrees

  • Doctor of Laws, Nagoya University
  • M.A., George Washington Univ.

Research Fields

  • Social sciences;Politics;International relations

Research Keywords

  • Nuclear Disarmament, Nuclear Nonproliferation, International Politics regarding the civilian use of nuclear energy

Affiliated Academic Societies

  • Japan Association of International Relations
  • Japanese Political Science Association
  • Japan Association for International Security
  • JAPAN ASSOCIATION FOR NORTHERN EUROPEAN STUDIES

Educational Activity

Course in Charge

  1. 2023, Liberal Arts Education Program1, 2Term, Reflections on Peace - from the viewpoint of international politics and global environment
  2. 2023, Liberal Arts Education Program1, 2Term, Introduction to Hiroshima Peace Initiative Leader Program
  3. 2023, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 3Term, World Peace and HIROSHIMA
  4. 2023, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 2Term, World Peace and HIROSHIMA
  5. 2023, Graduate Education (Doctoral Program) , 4Term, Seeking Universal Peace[On-Demand]（Global society and science and technology undergoing drastic change-Conducted by a single lecturer）
  6. 2023, Graduate Education (Doctoral Program) , 1Term, Seeking Universal Peace
  7. 2023, Graduate Education (Doctoral Program) , 4Term, Seeking Universal Peace（Multidisciplinary-omnibus）
  8. 2023, Graduate Education (Doctoral Program) , 2Term, Seeking Universal Peace[On-Demand]
  9. 2023, Graduate Education (Doctoral Program) , 4Term, Seeking Universal Peace[On-Demand]（Multidisciplinary-omnibus）
  10. 2023, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 1Term, Research Method and Ethics for Humanities and Social Sciences
  11. 2023, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 1Term, Peace and Co-existence A
  12. 2023, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 3Term, Peace and Co-existence B
  13. 2023, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 1Term, International Security I
  14. 2023, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 2Term, International Security II

Research Activities

Academic Papers

  1. ★, Changing nature of nuclear threat and international response: a consideration on the evolution of "architecture"concept and the Japanese contribution, The Journal of international security, 38(4), 90-105, 201103
  2. ★, The evolution of the U.S. nuclear non-proliferation policy in the 1970s: consideration through the diplomacy on multinational reprocessing concept and Tokai-Mura reprocessing plant, Journal of human environmental studies, 7(2), 107-127, 200912
  3. ★, The Initiative and Setback of the "Asian Nuclear Center": An Aspect of the Eisenhower Administration's East Asian Diplomacy, International Relations, 2011(163), 14-27, 2011
  4. "Power Politics" in Baltic States : A Report on the Development of the Visaginas Nuclear Power Plant Project, 9, 65-72, 2012
  5. The evolution of Finnish nuclear policy in the context of the relation with the USSR and Russia: a consideration of Finlandization, Japanese journal of Northern European studies, 4, 57-66, 2007
  6. Evolution of nuclear phase-out policy in the context of party politics in Sweden, Japanese journal of Northern European studies, 2, 45-55, 2005
  7. Revisiting the Asian Medical Organization: An analysis of its political processes, lessons, and legacy, Hiroshima Peace Science, 36, 61-73, 201503
  8. The Third Way: Japan's Policy on Nuclear Energy, Asia Pacific Bulletin, 1-2, 20150531
  9. The History of CBRNE Incidents in Japan, Asian Conflict Reports, 2010 June, Issue II(2010 June, Issue II), 5-6, 20100601
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  10. ★, OECD/NEA Halden Reactor Project in Norway - A Study of Establishment of a Multinational Nuclear Center for Excellence in a Country without NPPs -, Hiroshima Peace Science, 37, 95-111, 20160331
  11. ★, After the Hegemony of the "Atoms for Peace" Program: Multilateral Nonproliferation Policy under the Nixon and Ford Administrations, The Japanese Journal of American Studies, 167-188, 20160630
  12. An Aspect of More Involvement of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) in Peacebuilding with Special Attention to Stronger Recognition of the Interaction between Environment and Conflicts, Hiroshima Peace Science, 83-93, 20170331
  13. Gender Mainstreaming in Nuclear Disarmament, Hiroshima Peace Science, 39巻, 117-126, 20180331
  14. A Design for the Technical Cooperation of Japan towards Comprehensive Development of Lower Mekong Basin after the Second World War: A Case Study of the Prek Thnot River Development Project in the Kingdom of Cambodia, East Asian Studies, 24, 67-83, 201901
  15. The “Peaceful Use” of Disassembled Russian Nuclear Weapons: Revisiting the “Megatons to Megawatts Program”, Hiroshima Peace Science, 40, 117-132, 20190331
  16. ★, Japan-Cambodia Agreement on Economic and Technological Cooperation as "Quasi-reparation": Poliical Process in the Japanese Government and International Relations in 1955-59, Japanese Journal of South East Asian Studies, 57(1), 31-55, 20190731
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Publications such as books

  1. The Age of Hiroshima, edited by Michael Gordin and John Ikenberry, Shinsuke Tomotsugu, "The Bandung Conference and the Origins of Japan's Atoms for Peace Aid Program for Asian Countries", Scholarly Book, Joint work, 英語, Shinsuke Tomotsugu, 978-0691193441, 431, 109-128
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  2. 2010/04/30, International Cooperation in Counter Terrorism, Terrorism, 2010, 04, Scholarly Book, Joint work, 日本語, 9784623057269, 7, 167-173
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  3. 2018/07/04, Joining the Non-Proliferation Treaty: Deterrence, Non-Proliferation and the American Alliance, What were the calculations made by the US and its major allies in the 1960s when they faced the signing of the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT)? These were all states with the technological and financial capabilities to develop and possess nuclear weapons should they wish to do so. In the end, only the United Kingdom and France became nuclear weapon states. Eventually, all of them joined the non-proliferation regime. Leading American, British, Canadian, French, German and Japanese scholars consider key questions that faced the signatories to the NPT: -How imperative was nuclear deterrence in facing the perceived threat to their country? -How reliable did they think the US extended deterrence was, and how costly would an independent deterrent be both financially and politically? -Was there a regional option? -How much future was there in the civilian nuclear energy sector for their country and what role would the NPT play in this area? -What capabilities needed to be preserved for the country’s future and how could this be made compatible with the NPT? -What were the determining factors of deciding whether to join the NPT?, After the hegemony of the “Atoms for Peace” programme Multilateral non-proliferation policy under the Nixon and Ford administrations, Nuclear Non-proliferation, Uranium enrichment, Reprocessing of Nuclear Spent Fuel, Routledge, 2018, July, Scholarly Book, Joint work, 英語/English, Shinsuke TOMOTSUGU, 224, 34-53, After the hegemony of the “Atoms for Peace” programme Multilateral non-proliferation policy under the Nixon and Ford administrations *　ByShinsuke Tomotsugu
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Invited Lecture, Oral Presentation, Poster Presentation

  1. The Beginning of Japanese Atoms for Peace Cooperation toward Asian Countries 1st Conference of the International Academy of History of Science, Shinsuke Tomotsugu, 1st Conference of the International Academy of the History of Science, 2018/09/12, Without Invitation, English, The International Academy of the History, Athens, Greece
  2. Science of the Twilight Empire: The British Atomic Diplomacy in the Era of Decolonization, Shinsuke TOMOTSUGU, Online Roundtable Knowledge as Diplomacy: U.S. and East Asia in the Cold War Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS), 2017-2021 Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (KAKEN), Project No. 17H02238 Final Presentation, 2021/01/23, With Invitation, English, Professor Yuka Tsuchiya, Faculty of Integrated Human Studies, the Graduate School of Human and Environmental Studies, Online
  3. Decolonization and the United Kingdom’s Atoms for Peace Program in the Middle East, Shinsuke Tomotsugu, The Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations (SHAFR) 2014 Annual meeting, 2014/06/19, Without Invitation, English, The Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations (SHAFR), Lexington, Kentucky
  4. From Hiroshima to Fukushima: The Evolution of Japan's Nuclear Policy, Shinsuke, Tomotsugu, New Voices from Japan: Changing Economy, Rivalry with China, and Nuclear Policy, 2015/03/03, With Invitation, English, East West Center, Washington D.C.
  5. Japan's Experiences: Foot and Mouth Diseases What We see From that, Shinsuke Tomotsugu, ASEAN Regional Forum Workshop on Biorisk Management, 2010/09/28, With Invitation, English, U.S. State Department, Foreign Ministry of Australia, The Government of Phillipines, Manila, Philippines
  6. The Evolution of the U.S. Nuclear Non-Proliferation Policy in the 1970s and U.S.-Japan Relations, Shinsuke Tomotsugu, Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations (SHAFR) 2009 Annual meeting, 2009/06/25, Without Invitation, English, Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations (SHAFR), Falls Church, VA
  7. Nuclear, People, Society: Peace and Security in the age of Uncertainty, Shinsuke Tomotsugu, 2015/08/26, With Invitation, Japanese, Hiroshima University Law School, Hiroshima University Higashisenda Campus
  8. From Nuclear Weapons to Nuclear Power and Back Again: Why have the Japanese Embraced Nuclear Energy?, Shinsuke Tomotsugu, 2016/08/05, With Invitation, English, University of the Middle East Project (NGO), World Friendship Center, Hiroshima
  9. After the Hegemony of Atoms for Peace Program: Multinational Non-Proliferation Policy under the Nixon and Ford Administrations, Shinsuke Tomotsugu, Nuclear Options in the Cold War: Energy, Bomb and Technology Choices before and after 1968, 2017/03/02, With Invitation, English, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies, Japan Society for Promotion of Science, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (Tokyo)
  10. Nonproliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction and Arms Control, Shinsuke Tomotsugu, 1st ASEAN University Student Council Union Conference, 2017/03/17, With Invitation, English, Japan International Cooperation Center (JICE), Hiroshima University
  11. Prek Thnot Dam Project and Japan's Initiative in Multinational Aid program: Cold War, Development, and interstate relations in Mekong River Region, Shinsuke Tomotsugu, Japan's aid program to Cambodia planned before the internal conflict, 2017/07/17, With Invitation, Japanese, ENJJ: Associations of Embassy of Japan in Cambodia, JICA, NGOs and JBAC
  12. Reflections on Peace - from the viewpoint of international politics and global environment, Shinsuke Tomotsugu, UNESCO "Teacher Training and Development for Peace-Building in the Horn of Africa and Surrounding Countries”, 2017/08/07, With Invitation, English, UNESCO, Hiroshima University
  13. The Bandung Conference and the Origins of Japan's Atoms for Peace Aid Program for Asian Countries, Shinsuke Tomotsugu, Global Hiroshima: The History, Politics and Legacies of Nuclear Weapons, 2017/08/03, With Invitation, English, Princeton University, Hiroshima
  14. Evolution of Japan's Nuclear Policy, Shinsuke TOMOTSUGU, University of Sao Paulo Summer Course "Peace and Law", 2017/08/01, Without Invitation, English, University of Sao Paulo, Hiroshima University, Higashihiroshima Campus, Hiroshima University
  15. Joining the Non-Proliferation Treaty:Deterrence, Non-Proliferation and the American Alliance(Edited by John Baylis & Yoko Iwama) Book Launch meeting, Yoko Iwama, Akira Kurosaki, Shingo Yoshida, Shinsuke Tomotsugu, Joining the Non-Proliferation Treaty:Deterrence, Non-Proliferation and the American Alliance(Edited by John Baylis & Yoko Iwama) Book Launch meeting, 2018/09/29, Without Invitation, Japanese, Yoko Iwama, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies

Social Activities

Organizing Academic Conferences, etc.

  1. Strengthneing International Organizations in a World of Turmoil, -The Role of Hiroshima-, Secretariate, 2014/11, 2014/11
  2. Efforts for global peace and potential of the civil society-the review of international pursuits towards the ultimate abolition of nuclear weapons in the 70s and the paths to the futre, Secretariate, 2015/07, 2015/07
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  3. New Frontier for the Global Governance and Multinationalism, Secretariate, 2015/10, 2015/10
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  4. Challenges for Peacebuilding in Asia, Secretariate, 2016/07, 2016/07
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  5. Peace from the viewpoints of Hiroshima and the World: the Past, the Present, and the Future, secretariate, and moderator for the panel discussion, 2018/08, 2018/08
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Other Social Contributions

  1. The 1st ASEAN University Student Council Conference, Japan International Cooperation Center, in collaboration with Hiroshima University, 2017/03/16, 2017/03/18, Prince Hotel Hiroshima, Commentator, Meeting or assembly, College students