We are pleased to announce that on January 20, 2023, the Center for Positive/Empirical Analysis of Political Economy will be inviting Dr. Yusaku Horiuchi (Dartmouth College) to hold the following lecture:
Title
“The Pretty Pragmatic Public〜Japanese Public Opinion During the Afghanistan Evacuation”
Speaker
Dr. Yusaku Horiuchi (Professor, Dartmouth College)
Date & Time
Friday, January 20, 2023, 14:30-16:00 JST
Venue
Waseda Campus, Building 3, Room 302
Language
English
Participants
Open to members of Waseda University and the general public, free admission
Registration
No registration required
Abstract
Although the need for the U.S. to work with other democracies during a future crisis is ever increasing, we do not yet have a sufficient understanding of what citizens in U.S. allies think about security policies and possible military actions. We leveraged on an extremely rare opportunity in which the Japanese government decided to dispatch its de facto military, the Self-Defense Forces (SDFs), overseas for a high-risk operation, the evacuation from Afghanistan in August 2021. Specifically, we conducted “real-time” survey experiments in this context to test some hypotheses relevant to the theoretical literature on international relations: civilian control and sensitivity to casualty. Our analysis suggests that Japanese citizens are “pretty pragmatic” in their opinions on foreign policy issues. We discuss nuanced differences in their attitudes compared to Americans’ attitudes, which existing studies suggest as “pretty prudent”.
Please refer to the Flyer
Organizer: Professor Atsushi Tago of the School of Political Science and Economics at [email protected]
Co-Organizer: Center for Positive/Empirical Analysis of Political Economy
