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drafting policy recommendations such as “Japan's New
Security Strategy: Multilayered and Cooperative Security Strategy” (2008), and the “Toward a Greater Alliance: A Policy Proposal of the Mt. Fuji Dialogue Special Task Force”(2017). In addition to advisory roles in Japan, Tanaka has advised international organizations such as the
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international politics, Tanaka—who had been mostly occupied with theoretical work and computer programming until then—came to acknowledge that analysis of current affairs was an “important area of work for scholars of international politics.” In the summer of 1982, as the
Textbook Problem came to strain the
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Around the same time, Tanaka had collaborated with
Professor Kumon Shumpei in researching the world system as a unit of analysis. In their work, they argued that during the 19th and 20th century, three “social games” emerged, developed and declined in the following order: power game, wealth game, and
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summit (1999 to 2001), as well as several government and semi-governmental advisory panels, including the
Council of Defense-Strategic Studies (2001), the Advisory Group on International Cooperation for Peace (2002), and the Council on Security and Defense Capability (2009). He was also involved in
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Having returned to Japan in 1981, Tanaka joined the
Research Institute for Peace and Security (RIPS), where he was mainly in charge of editing an annual report, “Asian Security.” Influenced by the work of Professors Inoki Masamichi and Kosaka Masataka, then two of Japan's most prominent scholars of
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Tanaka served in various administrative roles at the
University of Tokyo: as the Director of the Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia (2002-2006), as the Executive Vice President (2009-2011), and as Vice President (2009 and 2011). In the latter position, he was in charge of its international
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called Tanaka "a prominent scholar in international politics who is highly acclaimed in the world as well as in Japan. His works and activities encompass wide-ranging fields, including diplomacy, security, politics and economics, and he has been involved in making various proposals to the
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Philippine government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF). The agreement ended two decades of negotiation, and JICA soon began implementing several “quick impact” projects in the area to improve the prospects of a lasting peace in the region.
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Tanaka's academic research has been interdisciplinary, comprising theoretical essays, historical description, and computer programs designed to analyze and predict developments in international politics.
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affairs; during his term, the university joined the G-30 program and established degree programs in
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co-edited with Ralph A. Cossa (Washington, D.C.: Center for
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