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Katsumata Lab
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A lab that explores ASEAN and Asian regionalism from the perspective of international relations.
AboutAbout the lab
Understanding the ties among Asian countries
Prof. Katsumata of the Global Media Studies Division specializes in international relations and global governance, and studies international relations in East Asia, regionalism in the Asia-Pacific, and ASEAN.
Prof. Katsumata belongs to the Global Media Research Center, which is attached to the Graduate School of Informatics.
Prof. Katsumata became a Professor at Nagoya University in April 2026.
Key terms
- ASEAN
- The Association of Southeast Asian Nations. A grouping of Southeast Asian countries that conducts diplomacy as a collection of small states.
- Regionalism
- The movement of neighboring countries to cooperate and come together as a region, and the theories that explain it.
ResearchResearch themes
From the standpoint of international relations, the lab studies international relations and regionalism in East Asia and the Asia-Pacific. It focuses in particular on ASEAN diplomacy, examining how ASEAN has acted amid intensifying rivalry among great powers.
*Illustrative imageASEAN Diplomacy
The lab examines how ASEAN, a grouping of small Southeast Asian states, has conducted diplomacy amid intensifying rivalry among great powers. It considers the nature of balancing diplomacy as a diplomatic strategy for small states.
*Illustrative imageRegionalism in the Asia-Pacific
The lab studies regionalism in the Asia-Pacific. Drawing on theories of regionalism based on European cases, it considers what is distinctive about regionalism in Southeast Asia.
MembersFaculty
- ProfessorHiro Katsumata
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The top and research theme images are illustrative and were not taken at the lab. They are cropped from Wikimedia Commons images. Cropped CC BY-SA images are provided under the same CC BY-SA license as the original (version shown on each line).
- Top image: “ASEAN Heritage Building Meeting room” Kementerian Perdagangan Republik Indonesia / Public domain (cropped)
- ASEAN Diplomacy: “Ships in the Malacca Strait” ZoschH / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Regionalism in the Asia-Pacific: “Political Map of the World, 2013” Central Intelligence Agency / Public domain (cropped)
- Related lab (Global Media Studies Lab (Ihara)): “ASEAN Nations Flags in Jakarta 3” Gunawan Kartapranata / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Global Media Studies Lab (Goto)): “Classroom technology 1541042” EHackett / CC0 (cropped)
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- Related lab (Tachikawa-Maruyama-Kawamura-Yoshimura Lab): “Dumfries and Galloway , Countryside ^ Wind Turbines - geograph.org.uk - 4940007” Lewis Clarke / CC BY-SA 2.0 (cropped)
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