ISHIGURO Hirotake
Middle Eastern Studies Group, Area Studies Center
Research Field:
Comparative Politics, Middle Eastern Politics (Gulf Studies)
Education / Research Experience
| Education: | |
| B.A. in School of Letters, Kyushu University, Mar. 1999 | |
| M.A. in Graduate School of Humanities, Kyushu University, Mar. 2005 | |
| Ph.D. in Graduate School of Intercultural Studies, Kobe University, Mar. 2011 | |
| Professional Career: | |
| Affiliated Research Fellow, Middle East Research Institute of Japan, Nov. 2006-Mar. 2009 | |
| Research Fellow, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Apr. 2009-Mar. 2011 | |
| Advanced Research Developer, Intercultural Research Center, Graduate School of Intercultural Studies, Kobe University, Apr. 2011-Mar. 2012 | |
| Part-Time Lecturer, Kobe University and Osaka International University, Apr. 2011-2012 | |
| Assistant Professor, Faculty of Humanities, Kyushu University, Apr. 2012-Mar. 2013 | |
| Associate Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Developing Economies, Apr. 2013-Present | |
| Overseas Research Fellow in Qatar/ Visiting Researcher, College of Humanities and Social Sciences, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Nov. 2018-Apr. 2019 | |
| Overseas Research Fellow in Qatar/ Scholar in Residence, School of Foreign Service in Qatar, Georgetown University Qatar, May 2019-Aug. 2019 | |
| Overseas Research Fellow in Kuwait/ Research Fellow, College of Arts and Sciences, Gulf University for Science and Technology, Aug. 2019-Apr. 2020 | |
| Other Information: | |
| Kuwaiti government-sponsored foreign student in Arabic for second language, Language Center, Kuwait University, Sep. 2005-Aug. 2006 | |
Major Works
Monographs
- Arabu Kunshusei-Kokka no Sonritsu-Kiban (The Basis of the Survival of Arab Monarchies) (ed.), Kenkyu Sosho (IDE Research Series) No. 630, Chiba: Institute of Developing Economies, 2017. (in Japanese)
- Chuto Wangan Shokoku no Minshuka to Seitou Shisutemu（Democratization and Quasi-Institutionalized Party System in the Gulf States） , Tokyo: Akashi Shoten, 2013. (in Japanese)
Articles
- "Political Participation of the Muslim Brotherhood in Kuwait: The Impacts of Electoral Reforms and the Arab Uprising," IDE Discussion Paper 730, Chiba: Institute of Developing Economies, 2018.
- "Utilising the Judiciary to Reject the Popular Will? Legal Mobilization after the Arab Uprising in Kuwait," IDE Discussion Paper 653, Chiba: Institute of Developing Economies, 2017.
- "Succession Issue and Changing Administrative Structure in Saudi Arabia," Journal of Middle Eastern Studies 523 (May 2015), 11-21. (in Japanese)
- "The Japan Maritime Self-Defence Force and Regional Security in the Indian Ocean and the Gulf: Looking Towards 2023," in Security Dynamics of East Asia in the Gulf Region, ed. Tim Niblock with Yang Guang (Berlin, Germany: Gerlach Press, 2014), 225-238.
- "The Progress of Parliamentary Politics in the Gulf Monarchies." The Journal of History 150, 2013. (in Japanese)
- "Resuming Parliament and the Activities of the ʻQuasi-Partyʼ in Bahrain: Comparative Institutional Analysis with Kuwait." Annals of Japan Association for Middle East Studies 25, no.2, 2009. (in Japanese)
- "Making Pre-Political Party System in Kuwait." Annals of Japan Association for Middle East Studies 24, no.1, 2008. (in Japanese)
Working Papers and Contributions
- "‘Vision 2030’: The Challenges of the King Salman’s Saudi Arabia," in Middle East Situations and New Regional Order (Research Report of Reality Check of Security Policy: New Security Legislation, Guidelines, and the Situation on the Korean Peninsula and the Middle East in FY2016), ed. Ryoji Tateyama, Tokyo: The Japan Institute of International Affairs, 83-92. (in Japanese)
- "Regional Security in the Persian Gulf: Determinants of Diplomacy-Security Behaviours of Saudi Arabia and its responses after Iran Nuclear Agreement," in Middle East Situations and New Regional Order (Research Report of Reality Check of Security Policy: New Security Legislation, Guidelines, and the Situation on the Korean Peninsula and the Middle East in FY2015), ed. Ryoji Tateyama, Tokyo: The Japan Institute of International Affairs, 75-84. (in Japanese)
- "Muslim brotherhoods in the Gulf countries: Political participation and its consequences in Kuwait," in Revisiting Islamism in the Middle East after the 'Arab Spring', ed. Takayuki Yokota, SIAS Working paper series No. 25, Institute of Asian Cultures-Center for Islamic Studies, Sophia University, 2015.
- "The Kingdom of Bahrain: Dilemma of the Oppositions during a Decade Process of Democratization," Makoto Mizutani (ed.), Arab Popular Revolutions (Arabu Minshu-Kakumei wo Kangaeru) . Tokyo: Kokushokankokai, 204-217, 2011. (in Japanese)
Research Project / Competitive Research Grant
- "Accountability Reform over the Changing Allocation Policies in Authoritarian Regimes: Comparative Study in the Middle East." Principal Investigator of the Research Project of KAKENHI: JSPS Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B) (Project No.19H01454), 2019- 2022
- "Transformation and Revival of the Legitimacy in Modern Arab Monarchies in Rivalry with Islamism." Principal Investigator of ILCAA-UTFS Joint Research Project, 2019-2022
- "The Role of Judiciary in the Process of Democratization in the Middle East and Islamic Countries." Principal Investigator of the Research Project of KAKENHI: JSPS Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B) (Project No.15H03318), 2015-2019
- "The Basis of the Survival of Arab Monarchies." Principal Investigator of the Research Project of IDE-JETRO (Project No. FY2014 C-11/ FY2015 C-4), 2014-2015
- "The Role of Parliament for Governance Improvement in Authoritarian Regimes: Comparative Studies on the Gulf Monarchies." Principal Investigator of the Research Project of KAKENHI: JSPS Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B) (Project No.24730115), 2012-2015
Other Information
Membership of Academic Societies
Association for Gulf and Arabian Peninsula Studies, Middle East Studies Association, International Political Science Association, Japan Association of International Relations, Japanese Political Science Association, Japanese Association of Electoral Studies, Japan Association for Comparative Politics, Japan Association of the Middle East Studies.
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