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(劳工组织)有关的智囊团的专题讨论会和报告，以确定使用这些概念的频率。此外，还对报告以及智库研讨会和讲习班的内容进行了语篇分析，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”。该项目的一些调查结果在学术会议(《重审日本的安全话语~》，2022/7/7；《智库在知识生产中的作用》，2022/9/3，《日本的自由国际秩序的知识生产~》，2023/3/17)和特邀讲座(《日本的应对和适应》，2023/3/2，IPERID全球趋势2023/3/2)上作了介绍。上述2022年的研究活动也将在2023年继续进行，重点是使用印度-太平洋和劳工组织概念的智库的专题讨论会和报告的分析部分。此外，该项目将在2023年进一步开展更多案件的工作。

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.