Researcher Information - SAKUWA Kentaro |

SAKUWA Kentaro

Department / Course

Aoyama Gakuin University School of International Politics, Economics and Communication Department of International Politics

Job Associate Professor

Book and thesis
1.	Books	Regions, Power, and Conflict: Constrained Capabilities, Hierarchy, and Rivalry (Co-authored) 2022/08
2.	Books	Analyzing Strategic Rivalries in World Politics: Types of Rivalry, Regional Variation, and Escalation/De-escalation (Co-authored) 2021/11
3.	Papers	Structural Balance of Alliance and Rivalry Networks in International Relations Artificial Life and Robotics 30,pp.303-309 (Co-authored) 2025/05
4.	Papers	Regional Variation in Strategic Positional Rivalries Turmoil and Order in Regional International Politics (eds. William R. Thompson and Thomas J. Volgy),pp.67-86 (Sole-authored) 2023/04
5.	Papers	Japan’s Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Cautious and Self-restraint-based Approach International Comparative Analysis of COVID-19 Responses,pp.53-84 (Co-authored) 2021/11
6.	Papers	A Comparative Study of COVID-19 Responses in South Korea and Japan: Political Nexus Triad and Policy Responses International Review of Administrative Sciences (Co-authored) 2021/03
7.	Papers	Working Paper: Regional Power Ascent and Territorial Disputes Aoyama Journal of International Studies 7,pp.153-168 (Co-authored) 2020/01
8.	Papers	On the Origins, Persistence and Termination of Spatial and Positional Rivalries in World Politics: Elaborating a Two-issue Theory of Conflict Escalation International Area Studies Review (Co-authored) 2019
9.	Papers	Regional Alliance Structure and International Conflict World Political Science (Sole-authored) 2019
10.	Papers	Approaches to Explaining Regional Peace Oxford Encyclopedia of Empirical International Relations Theory (ed. William R. Thompson),pp.108-128 (Sole-authored) 2018/02
11.	Papers	The Regional Consequences of Territorial Disputes: An Empirical Analysis of the South China Sea Disputes Journal of Asian Security and International Affairs 4 (3),pp.1-21 (Sole-authored) 2017/12
12.	Papers	Impact of Municipal Mergers on Local Population Growth: an Assessment of the Merger of Japanese Municipalities Asia Pacific Journal of Public Administration,pp.223-238 (Co-authored) 2016/11
13.	Papers	Was Wealth Really Determined in 8000 BCE, 1000 BCE, 0 CE, or Even 1500 CE? Another, Simpler Look Cliodynamics: The Journal of Quantitative History and Cultural Evolution,pp.2-29 (Co-authored) 2013
14.	Papers	A Not So Dangerous Dyad: China’s Rise and Sino-Japanese Rivalry International Relations of the Asia-Paciﬁc,pp.497-528 (Sole-authored) 2009/09