Information on researchers - Oba Mie

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Oba Mie
Kanagawa University Faculty of Law Department of Law/Department of Local Government

Kanagawa University Graduate School Graduate School of Law Course of Law (International Political Studies)

Professor

■ Present specialized field

International Relations,International Relations in Asia/Asia Pacific, regional integration (Key Word：International relations in Asia, the development of regionalism and regional institutions,International relations in Asia, the development of regionalism and regional institutions,International relations in Asia, regional order and integration)

■ Academic background

1.	2002/02 Degree Acquisition	The University of Tokyo
2.	1994/04～1998/09	The University of Tokyo Graduate School, Division of General Culture 〔Doctoral course〕 Accomplished credits for doctoral program
3.	1991/04～1994/03	The University of Tokyo Graduate School, Division of General Culture 〔Master degree program〕 Completed
4.	1987/04～1991/03	International Christian University Faculty of Liberal Arts Graduated

■ Book and Papers

1.	Book	Political Economy of East Asian Economic Integration: the process of the RCEP negotiation and beyond (Collaboration) 2025/02
2.	Book	Asia Rising: A Handbook of History and International Relations in East, South and Southeast Asia (Collaboration) 2024/09
3.	Book	Japan in an Era of Geopolitics: A New Foreign and Security Policy Direction (Collaboration) 2024/06
4.	Book	Japan's foreign policy in the 21st century :continuity and change (Collaboration) 2020
5.	Book	Multilateralism in a changing world order (Collaboration) 2018
6.	Book	Chinese-Japanese Competition and the east Asian Security Complex: Vying for Influence (Collaboration) 2017/07
7.	Book	Navigating Change: ASEAN-Japan Strategic Partnership in East Asia and in Global Governance (Collaboration) 2015/11
8.	Book	Japan-ASEAN Relations (Collaboration) 2014/01
9.	Book	The Economic-Security Nexus in Northeast Asia (Collaboration) 2012/12
10.	Book	Asia's New Institutional Architecture: Evolving Structures for Managing Trade, Financial and Security Relations (Collaboration) 2007/10
11.	Book	Japanese Diplomacy in 1950s (Collaboration) 2007/10
12.	Papers	Towards Building New Partnership with Southeast Asia: Japan's Initiatives and the Challenges Ahead (Single) 2024/12
13.	Papers	Japan and the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (Single) 2022/10
14.	Papers	New Thinking on Persistent Security Challenges in the Asia Pacific (Collaboration) 2021/04
15.	Papers	Further Development of Asian Regionalism: institutional hedging in an uncertain era (Single) 2019
16.	Papers	TPP, RCEP, and FTAAP: Multilaytered Regional Economic Integration and International Relations (Single) 2016/05
17.	Papers	ASEAN and the Creation of a Regional Community (Single) 2014/06
18.	Papers	ASEAN's External Relations and the Changing Regional Structure in East Asia (Collaboration) 2010/03
19.	Other	50th Year of ASEAN-Japan Friendship and Cooperation: Roundtable Discussion of Track Record and Future Prospects 2023/10
20.	Other	Japan now has to deal with ASEAN on a more equal footing (Single) 2023/09
21.	Other	ASEAN's Development Strategies for the New Normal under COVID-19 (Single) 2020/12
22.	Other	The Signing of the RCEP and the Future Asian Order (Single) 2020/12
23.	Other	Abe's Regional Diplomacy: Results and Limitations (Single) 2020/09
24.	Other	COVID-19 and a New Direction for Asian Integration (Single) 2020/04
25.	Other	Current Status of Asian Regional Cooperation and Japan's Diplomacy in Asia (Single) 2020/03
26.	Other	The Coronavirus and the Future of Globalization (Single) 2020/03
27.	Other	The Coronavirus and Governance (Single) 2020/01
28.	Other	Japan's Multi-Layered, Multilateral Strategy (Single) 2018/04
29.	Other	What Now for Economic Integration in the Asia-Pacific? (Single) 2018/02
30.	Other	Book review: Saadia M. Pekkanen ed. Asian Designs: Governance in the Contemporary World Order, Cornell University Press, 2016. (Single) 2017/09
31.	Other	Challenges for ASEAN As It Turns 50 (Single) 2016/10
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■ Academic conference presentation

1.	2025/03/05	Japanese Institution-Buiding Diplomacy in Regional Order in Flux (International Studies Association Convention 2025)
2.	2021/07/10	The divergent expectations for the CPTPP: What did the 11 negotiating countries anticipate? (International Political Science Association(IPSA) the 26th World Congress of Political Science (Zoom))
3.	2017/09/29	The Transformation of institutional Security Structure in Asia (East Asia Security Order workshop La Trobe University and Kyushu University)
4.	2017/09/09	The transtion of Japan's regional visions from the Cold War era to the present (International Conference: Japan and East Asia in the Midst of Change: Carving a Path for the Region Held by De la Salle University, Japan Foundation)
5.	2017/03/17	The impact of the South China Sea issues and ASEAN-Japan relations (Association of Asian Studies 2017)
6.	2017/03/13	The prospect of Japan-ASEAN Maritime Security Cooperation (Confidence Building in Asia,)
7.	2017/03/02	Asian regionalisms in the new challenging era (Special Seminar, Mastery University)
8.	2017/03/01	Geopolitical Dynamics and regionalisms in East Asia: From Japan's and ASEAN's perspectives (Diplomatische Akademie Wien)
9.	2017/02/28	Geopolitical Dynamics and regionalisms in East Asia: From Japan's and ASEAN's perspectives (Special Seminar, Istituto per Gli Studi di Politica)
10.	2017/02/27	Geopolitical Dynamics and regionalisms in East Asia: From Japan's and ASEAN's perspectives (Special Seminar, Stituto Affari Internazionali)
11.	2016/12/12	U.S-Japan-China trilateral workshop on Southeast Asia issue: from ASEAN and Japan side (U.S-Japan-China trilateral workshop on Southeast Asia issue, held by the Center for American Progress)
12.	2016/06/10	Migration Issues and Japan-ASEAN cooperation (The Network of East Asian Think Tank (NEAT) Migration Working Group)
13.	2016/05/12	The trilateral cooperation in the multi-layered regionalism in East Asia (Contested Regional Order and China-Japan-Korea Relations)
14.	2015/12/08	“Security Environment in East Asia: the Way forward of Confidence-building and the role of the ASEAN” (Confidence Building in Asia, co-hosted by Institute for Northeast Asia Studies - Vietnam Academy Social Sciences and Embassy of Japan in Vietnam)
15.	2015/10/08	Japan's new role in reginoal serucity in Asia-Pacific: US-Japan Alliance, Multilateralism, and Cooperation with Southeast Asia (Regional and Global Dynamics in India-Japan Relations)
16.	2015/10/06	Japan's new role in reginoal serucity in Asia-Pacific: US-Japan Alliance, Multilateralism, and Cooperation with Southeast Asia (Seminar at Presidency University)
17.	2015/03/05	ASEAN and the multilateral security cooperation in Asia Pacific (19th Tokyo Defense Forum Seminar)
18.	2015/01/09	The Developing Multi-Layered Regional Economic Architecture (Regional Architecture and Framework for Cooperation in the Asia-Pacific)
19.	2014/11/21	Political Implication of constructing regional economic zones in East Asia (The 10th Japan-Singapore Symposium)
20.	2014/09/12	The TPP and RCEP: Competing or complementary initiatives to create economic zones? (The 8th International Conference on East Asian Studies)
21.	2014/02/18	Japan-ASEAN Challenge for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Nuclear Security (Research Meeting of Japan-ASEAN Cooperation on Global Governance, JCIE and JAIF)
22.	2013/11/13	Is Asia punching below its weight in contributions to global governance and global norms? (Five University Conference 2013)
23.	2013/04/04	The New Japan-ASEAN Partnership:Challenges in the transformation of regional context in East Asia (GRIPS-ISEAS Joint Workshop 2012, ASEAN Japan Research Project, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies, The Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS))
24.	2012/10/05	The Japan-ASEAN Partnership in the New Millenium (GRIPS-ISEAS Joint Workshop 2012, ASEAN Japan Research Project, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies)
25.	2010/08/23	Global Economic Crises and Emergence of New Security-Economics Nexus in Northeast Asia (The Second Workshop on The Economic Security Nexus in Northeast Asia, IGCC-UT Project)
26.	2009/07/04	The International Economic Crisis and Regional Governance in Asia:In comparison with theoutcomes of the Asian Financial Crisis (Economic-Security Nexus in Northeast Asia)
27.	2009/03/30	Food Security Cooperation in ASEAN and Human Security (JICA-RI and ASEAN-ISIS Symposium on Human Security in ASEAN Integration)
28.	2008/11/09	Regional Integration in East Asia: Political and Economic Context (Polish Institute of International Affairs (PISM) -Japan Institute of International Affairs (JIIA) Joint Seminar)
29.	2003/10/17	The Anatomy of East Asian Regionalism: Beyond ASEAN+3? (Symposium co-held by Japan Association of International Relations and Korea Association of International Relations, Regionalism in East Asia)
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■ Business career

1.	1998/10～1999/08	Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science. Post-doctoral Fellow
2.	1999/08～2001/03	the University of Tokyo, Tokyo. the Department of International Relations, the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Research Associate
3.	2001/04～2005/03	Tokyo University of Science, Tokyo. Liberal Arts Section, the Faculty of Engineering Lecturer
4.	2004/03～2004/03	Nanyang Technological University Institute of Defense and Strategic Studies (IDSS) Visiting Fellow (Sasagawa Fellow)
5.	2005/04～2006/03	Kobe University Graduate School of Cultural Studies and Human Science
6.	2005/04～2007/03	Tokyo University of Science, Tokyo. Liberal Arts Section, the Faculty of Engineering Associate Professor
7.	2005/04～2007/03	Tokyo University of Science, Tokyo. the Department of Intellectual Property, the Graduate School of Management of Science and Technology Associate Professor
8.	2006/09～2007/08	Harvard University US-Japan Program, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs Academic Associate
9.	2007/04～2011/03	Tokyo University of Science, Tokyo. Department of Intellectual Property, the Graduate School of Management of Science and Technology Associate Professor
10.	2007/04～2014/03	Tokyo University of Science, Tokyo. Liberal Arts Section, the Faculty of Engineering, Associate Professor
11.	2008/04～2009/06	International Christian University
12.	2009/04～2010/09	The University of Tokyo Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Visiting Associate Professor
13.	2014/04～2020/03	Tokyo University of Science, Tokyo. Liberal Arts Section, the Faculty of Engineering, Professor
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■ Belonging society

1.	1996/05～	Japan Association for International Relations
2.	1996/10～	Japan Association for Asian Studies
3.	2004/10～	Japanese Political Science Association
4.	2020/04～	International Political Science Association
5.	2010/06～	Japan Association for International Security
6.	1996/10～	Japan Society of International Law
7.	2004/06～	Australian Studies Association of Japan
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■ Research topic, funded research, and department laboratory expense

1.	2009/04～2012/03	The political process of the development of East Asian regional cooperation frameworks
2.	2008/04～2013/03	The study on the visions and networks of Asianism
3.	2008/04～2011/03	The US factor on the formation of the stratified structure of Asian regional architecture

■ Lecturer and lecture

1.	2025/03	Commentator on the key note speech by Ambassador Buensuceso (Phillippines) ASEAN centrarlity (ASEAN Japan Center Hall)
2.	2024/10	The ASEAN-Japan partnership: From Japan's viewpoint (online webinar)
3.	2022/03	ASEAN's Strategic Challenges and the Role of Japan in the Indo-Pacific (online)
4.	2022/03	New dynamisms in Asia-Pacific supply chains beyond COVID-19 (online)
5.	2021/12	7th Japan-India Track 1.5 Dialogue, Partnership for Free and Open Indo-Pacific (online)
6.	2021/10	JCER-Brookings Webinar,America's International role under Biden (online)
7.	2020/12	Regional cooperation and Vietnam-Japan bilateral relations in the post-Covid-19 context (online)
8.	2020/10	Japan-U.S.-China:Japan's Indo-Pacific Dioplomacy (online)
9.	2020/06	The Covid-19 Pandemic and the Necessity of Multilateral Cooperation in East Asia
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■ Committee and society

1.	2023/04/01～	Expert
2.	2022/05/12～2023/02	Expert Panel for the 50th Year of ASEaN-Japan Friendship and cooperation Chairperson
3.	2017/04	Editor committee of Journal of Contemporary East Asia Editor