{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/60ddc2c98471380013ddd178/655f6a90d337e2001287cfb4?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":" Japan’s relationship with the Middle East with Professor Tanaka Koichiro and Hasan Alhasan","description":"<p>In the eleventh episode of Japan Memo Season 3, Robert Ward and Togashi Mariko host Professor Tanaka Koichiro, a professor at the Graduate School of Media and Governance at Keio University, and Dr Hasan Alhasan, Research Fellow for Middle East Policy at the IISS.</p><p><br></p><p>Robert, Mariko, Professor Tanaka, and Hasan discuss Japan’s relationship with the Middle East. Topics discussed include:</p><p><br></p><ul><li>Japan’s key strategic interests including energy security in the Middle East.</li><li>Japan’s standpoint and communication strategy regarding the Israel and Hamas conflict.</li><li>Geopolitical and economic motivations of great powers in the Middle East.</li><li>The perspectives of Gulf countries towards great-power geopolitics in the Middle East.</li><li>The outlook for Japan’s relationship with the Middle East.</li></ul><p><br></p><p><br></p><p>The following individuals are recommended by our guests to gain a clearer picture of the topics discussed:</p><ul><li>&nbsp;<strong>Mohammed Jaber Al-Ansari</strong>, a prominent Bahraini philosopher and political thinker who is fascinated by the Japanese experience of being able to rise as a global industrial powerhouse. </li><li><strong>Dr Farhad Taghizadeh-Hesary</strong>, an associate professor of economics at Tokai University and a vice president and co-founder of the International Society for Energy Transition Studies (ISETS).</li></ul><p><br></p><p>We hope you enjoy the episode and please follow, rate, and subscribe to Japan Memo on the podcast platform of your choice.</p><p><br></p><p>Date of Recording:<strong> 09 November 2023</strong></p><p>Japan Memo is recorded and produced at the IISS in London.</p><p><br></p>","author_name":"The International Institute for Strategic Studies"}