Maritime Security Study Group
Diplomacy and Security Survey Research Project FY2023-2025
Building Response Procedures and a Multilateral Joint Posture to Deter a Taiwan Contingency
Purpose
The Maritime Security Study Group, led by Saito Takashi, former Chief of Staff, Joint Staff, Japan Self-Defense Forces (JSDF), and consisting of related parties mainly from the Japan Ministry of Defense and JSDF, has been conducting research activities continuously since 2014. The study group is working on a three-year research project "Building Response Procedures and a Multilateral Joint Posture to Deter a Taiwan Contingency" funded by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan in 2023 and conducts research meetings on a monthly basis. The members and activities of the study group in FY2024 are as follows.
Members (honorifics omitted)
Chairman: Saito Takashi, Former Chief of Staff, Joint Staff, JSDF
Study group members:
- Fukumoto Izuru, Former President, Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Command and Staff College
- Tokuchi Hideshi, Senior Research Advisor, Nakasone Peace Institute; President, Research Institute for Peace and Security
- Hirata Hidetoshi, Former Commander, Air Training Command, Japan Air Self-Defense Force
- Matsumura Goro, Former Commanding General, Northeastern Army, Japan Ground Self-Defense Force
- Nakamura Susumu, Senior Research Fellow, SFC Research Institute, Keio University
- Sato Koichi, Professor, Oberlin University
- Murakami Masatoshi, Associate Professor, Kogakkan University
- Yamamoto Katsuya, Senior Research Fellow, The Sasakawa Peace Foundation
- Yoshida Yukari, Senior Fellow, The National Institute for Defense Studies
- Aizawa Riho, Research Fellow, The National Institute for Defense Studies
- Maximillian Takuma Yamamoto
- Kawashima Takashi, Senior Research Fellow, Nakasone Peace Institute
- Yasue Mariko, Senior Research Fellow, Nakasone Peace Institute
*The following researchers from Nakasone Peace Institute also participate as cooperating study group members.
- Komine Takao, Senior Research Counselor, Nakasone Peace Institute; Professor, Taisho University
- Nagashima Jun, Senior Research Advisor, Nakasone Peace Institute
- Hirose Yoko, Senior Fellow, Nakasone Peace Institute; Professor, Faculty of Policy Management, Keio University; Deputy Director, KGRI (Keio Global Research Institute)
- Hosoya Yuichi, Senior Fellow, Nakasone Peace Institute; Professor, Faculty of Law, Keio University
- Hirata Kenji, Senior Research Fellow, Nakasone Peace Institute
Study Group Activities
1st Meeting May 10, 2024
Themes: Research policy for FY2024
2nd Meeting June 25, 2024
Theme: Analysis of hybrid warfare by China against Taiwan
3rd Meeting July 30, 2024
Theme: Analysis of hybrid warfare by China against Taiwan
4th Meeting August 20, 2024
Theme: Discussion with the Institute for National Defense and Security Research, Taiwan
5th Meeting August 29, 2024
Theme: Analysis of hybrid warfare by China against Japan
6th Meeting September 24, 2024
Themes: Discussion of research for FY2025 (tentative)
7th Meeting October 25, 2024
Themes: Discussion of research for FY2025
8th Meeting November 18, 2024
Themes: Exchange of opinions with the NPI China/Taiwan Study Group
9th Meeting December 5, 2024
Themes: Exchange of opinions with Colonel Josef Schroefl (Hybrid CoE)
10th Meeting December 17, 2024
Themes: Discussion of the research report for FY2024 (draft) and discussion of the research concept for FY2025
11th Meeting January 30, 2025
Themes: Exchange of opinions with Dr. Patrick Cronin (Hudson Institute)
12th Meeting February 6, 2025
Themes: Discussion of the research concept for FY2025
Exchange of opinions with the Hybrid CoE
4th Session December 5, 2024 (NPI)
Themes:
(1) Checking the progress of the research
(2) Hybrid warfare by China against Taiwan
Exchange of opinions with the Institute for National Defense and Security Research, Taiwan
1st Session August 20, 2024
Themes: Hybrid warfare by China against Taiwan
Exchange of opinions with Hudson Institute
1st Session January 30, 2025
Themes:
(1) Hybrid warfare by China against Taiwan
(2) Multilateral joint posture to deter a Taiwan contingency
Exchange of opinions with NPI Research Center for Economic Security
1st Session November 13, 2024
Themes: Evaluating the Applicability and Challenges of the Conceptual Model for Hybrid Threat Analysis for Deterrence of a Taiwan Contingency
Exchange of opinions with NPI China/Taiwan Study Group
1st Session November 18, 2024
Themes: Hybrid warfare by China against Taiwan
Research Notes / Commentary
*This study is funded by a grant from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan for research and study on diplomacy and security projects adopted in FY2023.