Global COE Program - Kyoto University - In Search of Sustainable Humanosphere in Asia and Africa: SATO, Shiro

Research Theme：　

Nuclear Disarmament and Non-Proliferation Measures to Regulate the Use or Threat of Use of Nuclear Weapons
Non-Western International Relations from Asian and African Perspectives
Beyond ‘Utopianism vs. Realism’ in Political Science

References：　

Kosuke Shimizu, Jousuke Ikeda, Tomoya Kamino, and Shiro Sato (eds.), Is There A Japanese IR? Seeking an Academic Bridge through Japan’s History of International Studies (Shiga: Afrasian Centre for Peace and Development Studies, Ryukoku University, 2008).
[in Japanese] “The Logic of Inequality in the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and ‘Security Assurances for Non-Nuclear-Weapon States’”, Peace Studies (Peace Studies Association of Japan), Vo. 35, Waseda University Press, 2010 (forthcoming).

2009 G-COE Research Outcome:

“A Logic of Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone in Northeast Asia: A Utopian-Realism Perspective”, in Nobuko Nagasaki, Pauline Kent, Kosuke Shimizu, Shiro Sato and Kazue Demachi (eds.), Conflict Resolution in the Afrasian Context: Examining More Inclusive Approaches, Proceedings of the Fifth Afrasian International Symposium, Afrasian Centre for Peace and Development Studies, Ryukoku University, 2010, pp. 163-181.
Nobuko Nagasaki, Pauline Kent, Kosuke Shimizu, Shiro Sato and Kazue Demachi (eds.), Conflict Resolution in the Afrasian Context: Examining More Inclusive Approaches, Proceedings of the Fifth Afrasian International Symposium, Afrasian Centre for Peace and Development Studies, Ryukoku University, 2010, 197p.
[in Japanese] “Control over Violence under the Sovereign State System”, in Nobuko Nagasaki and Kosuke Shimizu (eds.), Conflict Resolution: Violence and Non-Violence (Kyoto: Minerva shubo, 2010), pp. 48-76.

List of Academic Presentations during 2009:

Shiro Sato “After Defeat: Realism vs. Marxism in Japanese IR”, International Convention of Asian Scholars, the Sixth Convention, Daejon Convention Center (South Korea), August 2009.
Shiro Sato “The First Great Debate in Japan: Realism, Marxism and Utopianism”, British International Studies Association, Annual Conference 2009, University of Leicester (UK), December 2009.
Shiro Sato “Japan’s Diplomacy on Asia: A Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone in Northeast Asia”, the Fifth Afrasian International Symposium “Conflict Resolution in the Afrasian Context: Examining More Inclusive Approaches”, Ryukoku University, February 2010.
Shiro Sato “Policy vs. Policy in the Same Theory: Balance of Power or Imbalance of Power?”, International Studies Association, Annual Convention 2010, Hilton New Orleans (US), February 2010.

2010 Research Outcome:

List of Academic Presentations during 2010:

Shiro Sato, “Introduction to Politics of ‘Non-Western IR’: IR would discipline Asian and African Studies with Academic Hegemony”, International Seminar (with collaboration from the Institute for International Relations and Area Studies, Ritsumeikan University): The Hegemony of Western/Non-Western International Theory, Ritsumeikan University, 27 November 2010.
Shiro Sato, “International Relations as a Academic Hegemony for Asian Studies,” International Seminar (G-COE Initiative 1): Politics of ‘Non-Western’ International Relations from Asian Perspective, Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University, 29 November 2010.
Shiro Sato, “On the Possibility of Treaty of Non-First Use of Nuclear Weapons between India and China”, International Symposium (KINDAS & G-COE Initiative 1 and 4): Changing Position of India in World Politics and Security, Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University, 14 December 2010.
Shiro Sato, “Beyond Anti-Non-Western IR from East Asia”, International Seminar: Politics of East Asian International Relations Theory: Towards ‘Non-Western’ International Relations Theory, Leiden University Institute for Area Studies, Leiden (Netherlands), 23 February 2011.
Shiro Sato, “Future Prospect of U.S.-Japan Alliance”, U.S.-Japan & U.S.-ROK Alliance Project (Research Institute for Peace and Security), Okinawa, 3 March 2011.
Shiro Sato, “Politics of Non-Western International Relations Theory: Asian Perspectives and Beyond”, 52nd Annual Conference, International Studies Association, Montreal (Canada), 17 March 2011.
Shiro Sato, “Why Do We Need to Consider ‘Non-Western’ IR?” International Seminar: Towards East Asian International Relations Theory: More May Be Better or More Will Be Worse? Kyung Hee University, Seoul (Korea), 25 March 2011.

2011 G-COE Research Outcome:

Shiro Sato, ‘The IR discipline would discipline Asian Studies’, in Shiro Sato, Josuke Ikeda, Ching Chang Chen, and Young Chul Cho (eds.), Re-Examination of ‘Non-Western’ International Relations Theories (Kyoto Working Papers on Area Studies, No. 118), Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University, June 2011, pp. 1-11. (non-refereed)

List of Academic Presentations during 2011:

Shiro Sato, “Beyond Anti-Non-Western IR from East Asia”, Japanese Political Social Assosiation, Okayama University, 8 October 2011.
Shiro Sato, “Rethinking the Discourse of ‘Non-Western’ IR Theories ”, Asia-Pacific Peace Research Association, Ritsumeikan University, 15 October 2011.
Shiro Sato, “Towards ‘Diversification’of International Relations Theory from Asian and African Perspectives”, Asian International Relations and Peace in Korea (The First Afrasian International Symposium), Ryukoku University, 24 November 2011.