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“Introduction”: Explaining the schedules of the courses, text books, and evaluation.
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"Vietnam War and the Dialogue of Former Enemies": The students will also watch the TV documentary, NHK Special, “Why did we go to the war: Dialogues of former enemies and leaders in the Vietnam War”, which the instructor produced in 1998.
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"The Vietnam War and Dialogue of Former Enemies 2": The instructor will moderate the discussion with students, based on the TV documentary on the Vietnam War, which students just watched.
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“Challenges of Peacebuilding and Humanitarian Crisis in Afghanistan from 2001 to 2024:1” The instructor will share the basic theories of peacebuilding that he presented in his books. Then, the instructor shared his experience and research on Afghan peacebuilding as the first case, including his field research in 2008, as well as his working experience as UN team leader for reconciliation and reintegration in UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) from 2009 to the end of 2010.
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“Challenges of Peacebuilding and Humanitarian Crisis in Afghanistan from 2001 to 2024:2”The instructor will deliver the lecture about the challenges of Afghan peacebuilding from 2010 to 2021, when the previous government was collapsed.
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“Challenges of Peacebuilding and Humanitarian Crisis in Afghanistan from 2001 to 2024:3” The instructor was dispatched to Afghanistan as Senior Peacebuilding Consultant of UNDP in 2023. He will share these experiences as well as his policy engagement with the government of Japan and UN on supporting suffering people in Afghanistan since 2021.
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“Challenges of Mediation and Peacebuilding in South Sudan from 2011 to 2026:1.” The instructor will share his own field research which he has been conducting since 2016; the instructor was assigned by Minister of Foreign Affairs in Japan to visit South Sudan in 2019 and 2023 and meet top leaderships of South Sudan; he will share these experiences and challenges of peacebuilding in South Sudan.
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第8回
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“Challenges of Mediation and Peacebuilding in South Sudan from 2011 to 2026:2.”The instructor went to South Sudan twice in 2024 to dliver lectures to South Sudan Broadcasting Corporation about "Peacebuilding and Roles of Media" as well as to have discussions with many vice prsidents of South Sudan to make some intellectual contributions to its peacebuilding in South Sudan.He will share these experiences and current challenges of peacebuilding in South Sudan.
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"Challenges of Peacebuilding in Iraq and Syria:1." The instructor will share his engagement with mediation and peacebuilding in Iraq, including his TV documentary, “Rebuilding Iraq: Challenges of the UN” which received the silver medal from UN Correspondents Association in New York in 2004, recognizing the best program on UN in 2004.
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第10回
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"Challenges of Peacebuilding in Iraq and Syria:2." The instructor will also share his accumulated research on Iraq, Syria, and Yemen as he was assigned by Japanese Minister of Foreign Affairs to visit Iraq in 2018 and 2019 to make some intellectual contribution to Iraq.
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第11回
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“Difficulties and Challenges of Ending the War in Ukraine 1.”The instructor published the latest Japanese book, “How Can We end the War in Ukraine: Limit and Potential of Mediation” in 2023, and shared his ideas in numerous places in the world, including Harvard University (where he served as a visiting scholar from Sep 2023 to Feb 2024), City University of New York, UN Headquarters, and Flecher School in Tufts University in the United States. The instructor will share these experiences and his policy proposals on how to end the war in Ukraine.
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“Difficulties and Challenges of Ending the War in Ukraine 2": The instructor will publish his third English book, "Mediation and Peacebuilding in an Age of Division: The Wars in Ukraine, South Sudan, and Afghanistan (Routledge 2026). The instructor will mainly discuss the mediation efforts by President Trump of the United States on the war in Ukraine.
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第13回
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"Challenges of Conflict Resolution in Palestine and Israel:1" The instructor has an experience to produce the TV documentary on peace negotiation between Palestine and Israel, which was aired in 2002, focusing on the two state solution by these two entities. The instructor was also requested by UNDP to make official comments on several reports on the current conflicts in Gaza, starting from October 2023. He will share his experiences and his policy proposals on how to create sustainable peace in the Middle East, including the conflict between Palestine and Israel, based on his field research in Jordan in 2024.
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"Challenges of Conflict Resolution in Palestine and Israel:2": The instructor will deliver his lectures and conduct field research in Qatar and Jordan on sustainble peace in Gaza in February 2026, and share his research outcome and some proposal about roles of Japan on sustaining peace in Gaza.
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“Conclusion: How can Japan play a role in ending the multiple wars in the age of the division?” The instructor will make a conclusive presentation on the thesis of this course, including successful case of peacebuilding in East Timor.
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