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NAKANISHI Yoshihiro

NAKANISHI Yoshihiro
Washington, D.C., Research Fellow Sent Abroad


Research Field:
Myanmar Politics, Comparative Politics

Education / Research Experience

Education:
B.A. Tohoku University, 2001
Ph.D. Kyoto University, 2007

Professional Career:
Junior Research Fellow, Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University, 2007-2008
Researcher, Institute of Developing Economies, 2008-2011
Research Fellow Sent Abroad (Washington, D.C.), 2011-

Honors, Invited Membership and Fellowships
The 26th Ohira Masayoshi Memorial Prize (2010)
The 6th Iue Asia Pacific Research Prize (2007)
Matsushita International Foundation Research Grant (2006-2007)
Visiting Researcher, the Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization – Regional Center for History and Tradition (in Yangon) (2003-2005)
JSPS Fellowship (DC1) (2003-2006)

Major Works

Book:
  • Gunsei Biruma no Kenryoku Kozo – Ne Win Taiseika no Kokka to Guntai 1962-1988 (The Power Structure of Burma: Civil-Military Relations in Ne Win Regime, 1962-1988) . Kyoto University Press, 2009
Articles, book chapters and forthcoming works:
  • “Shiho no Gyakusyu, Boryoku no Rensa, Ekkyou Misairu (The Revenge of Judiciary, a Chain of Violence and Cross-Border Missiles)” in IDE ed. Ajia Doko Nenpo 2010 (Yearbook of Asian Affairs 2010), IDE, 2010
  • “Pakistan Seiji no Konmei to Siho (Politics and Judiciary in Pakistan)” in Hajime Sato ed., Pakistan Seijii no Konmei to Shiho – Gunjiseiken no Shuen to Minsei Fukkatsu ni okeru Shihobu no Purezensu wo Megutte (Politics and Judiciary in Pakistan: Presence of Judiciary in the Transition from Military Regime to Democracy)”, IDE, 2010
  • “Zarudari Seiken no Konnan na Funade (Difficult Departure of the New President Zardari)” with Hisaya Oda in IDE ed., Ajia Doko Nenpo 2009 (Yearbook of Asian Affairs 2009), IDE, 2009
  • “Tenki wo Mukaeru Kokugun (Turning point of the Burmese Military)” Ajiken World Trend, 14(8), 2008
  • “Kanryosei wo Hakaiseyo – Ne Win Taiseiki Biruma ni okeru Gyoseikikou Kaikaku to Kokugun Syoko no Syukko (Destroy Bureaucracy: Civil Bureaucracy and Military Officers in Ne Win’s Burma)” in Ajia Afurika Chiki Kenkyu (Asian and African Area Studies), 6-2, 2007
  • "Party-State Manquè: Civil-Military Relations in Ne Win’s Burma, 1962-1988" in The Proceedings of International Workshop on (IN)Formal Violence and Democratization in Southeast Asia Organized by Mekong Research Unit, Institute of Asian Studies, Chulalongkorn University and Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University, 17th-18th February 2007
  • “Birumasiki Syakaisyugi to Gunnai Seiji – Ne Win Taiseiki no Kokka Ideologi wo Meguru Ichishiron (Burmese Socialism and Military Politics: State Ideology Formation for Ne Win Regime)” in Tonan Ajia – Rekishi to Bunka (Southeast Asia – History and Culture) 35, 2006
  • “Mikan no To=Kokka – Ne Win to Biruma Syakaisyugi Keikakuto (Party State Manqué: Ne Win and the Burma Socialist Programe Party)” in Tonan Ajia Kenkyu (Southeast Asian Studies) 41(3), 2003
  • "Book Review: Nemoto kei, Aung San – Fuuin Sareta Dokuritsu Biruma no Yume (Aung San: The locked away dream of Burmese independence); Takahashi Akio, Gendai Myanmaa no Nooson Keizai – Ikoo Keizaika no Noomin to Hi – Noomin (Myanmar’s village economy in transition: Peasants’ lives under the market-oriented economy)", Kyoto Review of Southeast Asia, Issue1, March 2002

Current Research Topic

The Study of Security Politics in Pakistan.