The Role of Think Tanks in Foreign and Security Policymaking: the Case of the U.S.-Japan Alliance

2022年的研究目标是，重点收集和分析与印度太平洋和国际自由秩序（ILO）相关的智库研讨会和报告的数据，以确定这些概念的使用频率。此外，对报告和智库专题讨论会和讲习班的内容进行了话语分析，试图回答以下研究问题：“智库的作用以何种方式有助于制定外交和安全政策”。该项目的部分研究成果已在学术会议上发表（“重新审视日本的安全话语”，2022年7月7日；“智库在知识生产中的作用”，2022年9月3日；“日本在自由国际秩序中的知识生产”，2023年3月17日），并受邀演讲（“日本的反应和适应”，IPERID全球趋势2023年，2023年3月2日）。上述2022年研究活动也将在2023年继续进行，重点关注使用印度太平洋和国际劳工组织概念的研讨会和智库报告的分析部分。此外，该项目将在2023年进一步研究其他病例。

The research objective for 2022 was to focus on data collection and analysis of symposiums and reports of think tanks that are related to the Indo-Pacific and　international liberal order (ILO) to identify the frequencies of those concepts that are used. Furthermore, discourse analysis of reports and the content of symposiums and workshops of think tanks were conducted in an attempt of answering the research question which is the following: "in what ways the role of think tanks contributes to shaping foreign and security policymaking". Some of the findings from this project were presented at academic conferences (‘Reinterrogating Security Discourses in Japan～', 2022/7/7; 'The Role of Think Tanks in Knowledge Production～', 2022/9/3, 'Japan’s Knowledge Production of Liberal International Order～', 2023/3/17) and an invited lecture (‘Japan's Responses and Adaptations～,’ IPERID Global Trends 2023, 2023/3/2). The above 2022 research activities will also be continued to be conducted in the year of 2023 by focusing on the analysis part of symposiums and reports of think tanks that used the concepts Indo-Pacific and the ILO. Additionally, this project will be further work on additional cases in the year of 2023.