Stephen has been a Senior Associate Professor at the Department of Politics and International Studies at the International Christian University since September 2014. Concurrently, he is a Research Fellow at the Canadian Global Affairs Institute (CGAI), a Visiting Fellow with the Japan Institute for International Affairs (JIIA), and the Director of Policy Studies for the Yokosuka Council of Asia Pacific Studies (YCAPS). He also serves as a Governor for the Canadian Chamber of Commerce Japan (CCCJ). Previously he was selected as a Distinguished Fellow for the Asia Pacific Foundation from 2017-2020.
Prior to returning to Tokyo, he was an Assistant Professor at the Chinese University of Hong Kong from Dec. 2009 -Jan. 2014. He obtained his Ph.D. from Waseda University, Japan in International Relations in Dec. 2008 and worked as a Research Associate at the Institute of Asia Pacific Studies at Waseda University from Oct. 2007 -Nov. 2009.
His recent funded research projects are “Sino-Japanese Relations in the Wake of the 2012 Territorial Disputes: Investigating changes in Japanese Business’ trade and investment strategy in China”, and “Perceptions and drivers of Chinese view on Japanese and US Foreign Policy in the Region”. He is currently working on middle power approaches to great power competition in the Indo-Pacific.
Stephen provides macro-level geopolitical analysis on trends in the region to businesses, governments and the media. He has published widely in peer-reviewed international journals such as China Perspectives, East Asia, the Journal of Asian Politics and History and the International Studies Review on topics related to trade, nationalism and China-Japan relations. He has also published in think tanks and commercial outlets such as the China Economic Quarterly and the World Commerce Review on trade and political risk. In addition to writing in media and policy forms outlets in Japanese and English such as Diamond OnLine, SCMP, the East Asian Forum, and Policy-net on issues facing the region, Dr. Stephen R. Nagy is a frequent political/ economic and security commentator on Japan-China-Korea-US relations in Japanese and international media outlet such as the New York Times, BBC, CNN, SCMP, The Japan Times, The National Post, CNBC, Al Jazeera, Channel News Asia, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, etc.
RECENT PUBLICATIONS BY STEPHEN NAGY
The Real Pandemic: Strawmen & Worsening Sino-Western Relations
Japan can teach Canada and other middle powers how to counter China
Branding Canada’s Indo-Pacific Commitment
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