2003. Graduated from the Faculty of Policy Management, Keio University.
      2005. Completed the Master’s Program at the Graduate School of Media and Governance, Keio University.
      2009. Withdrew from the Doctoral Program at the Graduate School of Media and Governance, Keio University, after completing the required coursework.

A part-time lecturer at Waseda University (2007~2023), Keio University (2009~2023), and the University of Tokyo (2009~2023).

2023. Senior Research Fellow at the Center for Maritime Safety and Security Studies, Japan Coast Guard Academy, since 2023.

Majority: Chinese foreign policy, international relations, and the diplomatic history of East Asia.

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Jul. 2025              Deputy Director, International Strategy Division, Administration Department, Japan Coast Guard Headquarters

May. 2022       JICA Long-term Expert (dispatched to Philippine Coast Guard)

Apr. 2021        Staff, Security Division, Guard and Rescue Department, Japan Coast Guard Headquarters.

Apr. 2020        Deputy Chief, Administration Division, Administration Department, 8^th Regional Coast Guard. Headquarters

Apr. 2019　　　　Commanding Officer, PS TAKACHIHO, Tanegashima Coast Guard Station, Kagoshima Coast Guard Office, 10^th Regional Coast Guard Headquarters.

Apr. 2018        1^st Gunnery Officer, Yokohama Coast Guard Office, 3^rd Regional Coast Guard Headquarters.

Oct. 2016        Section Chief, International Education and Training Section, Education and Training Division, Japan Coast Guard Headquarters.

Apr.2015         Staff, International Education Training Section, Education and Training Division, Japan Coast Guard Headquarters.

Apr.2013         Commanding Officer, PC YUGIRI, Oita Coast Guard Office, 7^th Regional Coast Guard Headquarters.

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BIO　YAMASHITA Yuichiro

M.A. in Security Studies

Apr. 2025        Senior Research Officer, Administration Department, Japan Coast Guard Headquarters

Apr. 2024             Commanding Officer, SHIMODA Coast Guard Office

Apr. 2022             Commanding Officer, WAKAYAMA Coast Guard Office

Captain of the Port, WAKAYAMA-SHIMOTSU

Mar. 2020            Commanding Officer, AOMORI Coast Guard Office

Captain of the Port, AOMORI

Apr. 2019             Director, Administration Department, 6^th Coast Guard Regional Headquarters

Apr. 2018             Director, System Management & Processing Office, Japan Coast Guard Headquarters

Apr. 2015             Director for Info-Communications Planning & Coordination, Japan Coast Guard

Headquarters

Nov. 2013                  Chief Communication Officer, Patrol Vessel AKITSUSHIMA, Yokohama Coast Guard Office

Apr. 2010                  Deputy Director, International & Crisis Management Division, Japan Coast Guard Headquarters

Jun. 2008                   Special Assistant for Director, Personnel Division, Japan Coast Guard Headquarters

Jun. 2007                   Chief, Guard Division, 2^nd Regional Coast Guard Headquarters

Apr. 2005                  Guard & Rescue Division, KUSHIRO Coast Guard Office

Apr. 2003                  Intelligence Officer, Special Office, Guard & Rescue Department, Japan Coast Guard Headquarters

Apr. 2001                  Graduated School for International Security Studies, National Defense Academy

Apr. 1999                  Chief, Special Office, Guard & Rescue Department, Japan Coast Guard Headquarters

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First Admiral Maritime Datuk Haji MD Fauzi bin Othman is the Director of Maritime Intelligence Division (MIND), Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA). He has held a variety of staff and command assignments, including as the Director of Logistic Section of Maritime District 8 Kuantan, Deputy Director of the Human Resource Branch at MMEA’s Headquarters, Senior Assistant Director (Technical) of Supply Branch at Headquarters, Senior Assistant Director (Operation) at Maritime Coordination & Enforcement Center Lumut Perak, Director of Miri Maritime Zone, Director of Development Division Headquarters, and Director of Sultan Ahmad Shah Maritime Academy. He also holds a Degree in Business Management (Marketing) from the Universiti Teknologi Mara, and a Diploma in Marine Technology from the Universiti Teknologi Malaysia.

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Francis Domingo is an Associate Professor at the Department of Political Science, University of the Philippines. His research and teaching lie at the intersection of International Relations and Strategic Studies, with particular emphasis on military strategy, war and the use of emerging and established technologies in international affairs. Before joining academia, he was a military analyst with the Armed Forces of the Philippines. His book, Making Sense of Cyber Capabilities for Small States was published by Routledge, Taylor & Francis in 2022.

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Brian Harding is a leading expert on U.S.-Southeast Asia relations and East Asia regional security with nearly twenty years of experience in government and think tanks in Washington, DC. He is currently a research fellow at the Southeast Asia Peace Institute, a senior fellow (non-resident) at Sasakawa USA, and a senior advisor at the U.S.-Philippines Society.

From 2020 to 2025, Brian led a major expansion of programming in Southeast Asia and the Pacific Islands at the U.S. Institute of Peace, including the establishment of new offices in the Philippines, Vietnam, and Papua New Guinea. In the Philippines, USIP collaborated with the Government of the Philippines and non-government partners on initiatives to deepen U.S.-Philippines alliance coordination on regional security challenges and to sustain peace in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao.

Previously, Brian was deputy director of the Southeast Asia Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies and director for Asia policy at the Center for American Progress (CAP). From 2009 to 2013, he served in the Office of the Secretary of Defense as country director for Asian and Pacific security affairs, managing defense relations with key U.S. partners in Southeast Asia and Oceania.

Brian holds degrees from Middlebury College and The George Washington University, has studied in Indonesia and Japan, and was a Fulbright research fellow in Indonesia.

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Clara Schröder is a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism student at Magdeburg-Stendal University of Applied Sciences. She has taken on the role of Communications Intern at Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) Philippines for the period of September to December 2025.

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Mikaela Ordas is a student of International Development at De La Salle University – Dasmariñas. She is currently gaining practical experience as a Programs Intern at the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) Philippines from September to December 2025.

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Sandra Kreuzberger is a Master of Arts student at the University of Rostock, majoring in Political Science with a focus on Area Studies. She has assumed the position of Programs Intern at the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) Philippines for the period of September to December 2025.

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Julius Elstermann is Advisor to the Secretary General, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS)

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