CV and Research

Kosuke TOGASHI/Косукэ ТОГАШИ
Professor, Department of Policy Studies,
Deputy Director of Center for the Study of Regional Conflicts, Doshisha University, Kyoto, JAPAN
https://orcid.org/0009-0002-8958-5326

1) Conflict Research (I.R., Comparative Politics)

• The mechanism and dynamics of armed conflict, intervention in conflict regions, Peacebuilding, conflict transformation, etc.

2) Area Studies in the post-Soviet region

• Caucasus, Chechnya, Ingushetia, Dagestan, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Armenia, South Ossetia, Abkhazia, Nagorno Karabakh, etc.

Research Career

April 2010 - March 2012
 The Research Fellow DC* of Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (supervisor: Kazuo NAKAI )

April 2012 - March 2015
 The Research Fellow PD* of Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (supervisor: Atsushi ISHIDA)

April 2010 - March 2017
 The Research Fellow of the Institute of Eurasian Studies

April 2017- March 2020
 Lecturer, Department of International Studies, Faculty of Humanity and Culture, Tokai University

April 2020- March 2026
 Associate Professor, School of Policy Studies, Doshisha University

April 2026- Present
Professor, School of Policy Studies, Doshisha University

Academic Papers

"Acceptance from Fear or Performance?: Analysing Chechen Residents' Discourse on the Illiberal Peace under the Kadyrov Regime, " International Peacekeeping, Published online: 09 Mar 2026.

"'Thawing' of 'Frozen Conflicts' in Post-Soviet Region: Analysis of the Opening Process and the Ceasefire of the Second Karabakh War (2020)," Ethnopolitics, Published online: 21 Mar 2025 (DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/17449057.2025.2469420)

"The Ukraine war from the perspective of past Russian wars : "Lessons" and "Miscalculations" from the Chechen war and the Russo-Georgian war," Doshisha Policy Science Research, Vol. 26 (No. 2), pp. 105-118, March 2025.

"The Dynamics and Mechanisms of the Chechen Conflict: Analytical Framework for the Conflict and Review of Existing Research,"[in Japanese] Russian and Eurasian Societies, No. 1053, December 2020.

"Changes in a "state" sought by a minority: The current situation and key issues in Chechnya under the Kadyrov regime" [in Japanese] Russian and East European Studies (47), pp.81-97, March 2019

"Power transition in Uzbekistan, the process from president death to inauguration of new president under Authoritarian regime," [in Japanese] Journal of Russia-Eurasian Economy and Society (1029), pp.2-21, June 2018

"The Mechanism of Commitment Problems of Separatist Conflicts in Post-Cold War Era: Analysis of Negotiations between Russia Federation and Separatist Regions by using 2 Level Game Theory"  [in Japanese], Journal of the School of Humanities and Culture, Tokai University (48), pp.75-105, March 2017, with Hiroaki MOHRI (Co-author)

"The Decline of Ethnonational Islamic Movement in Eurasia: An Impact of "Islamic State" on Existing States, Territory, and Ethnic Groups"[in Japanese], PRIME, MEIJI GAKUIN UNIVERSITY, (39) pp.15-31, Jan. 2016

"Risks of Conflict Recurrence and Conditions for Prevention: The Paradox of Peacebuilding" Asia Peacebuilding Initiative, OSAKA UNIVERSITY, Aug. 2015[URL]

"Analytical point for understanding security situation in North Caucasus,"[in Japanese], Journal of Russia-Eurasian Economy and Society, (994), 2-16, June 2015

"Caucasus Emirate" and "Islamic State": Why "Chechens" are fighting in Syria and Iraq,[in Japanese] Journal of Middle Eastern Studies (Journal of Middle East Institution of Japan), 522, 2014 Vol.III

"Why "Second Revolution happened in Kyrgyzstan": Reconsideration about cause and process of revolution," [in Japanese], Journal of Russia-Eurasian Economy and Society (974), Oct 2013

"The Kyrgyz Republic after "Second Revolution": A Sketch from Internal and External Views,"[in Japanese]  Eurasian Studies, No.48, 2013 May

"The Emergence Process of "Islamization" as a Political Issue in Chechen Republic (1997-99), " [in Japanese], Journal of Russia-Eurasian Economy and Society (961), Sep 2012

"Unrecognized Quasi-States" and Problems with Peacebuilding: "Foreign Policy" of the Maskhadov Regime of the Chechen Republic, 1997-99, "[in Japanese] International Relations (Journal of The Japan Association of International Relations), volume 165, July 2010

"The Political Crisis and Its Background in Republic of Ingushetia: The problem of Kremlin's policy against North Caucasus," [in Japanese], Journal of Russia-Eurasian Economy and Society, No.937, Sep. 2010

"A Consideration about First Chechen War through Socio-Cultural Causes of the Conflict: Problem concerning the significance and evaluation of socio-cultural feature,"[in Japanese] Intercultural (Annual Review of Japan Society for Intercultural Studies), No.8, March 2010

"The Political, Economic and Social Structures of Chechnya in the USSR Era: Understanding the Chechen War from Structure before the War"[in Japanese], Journal of International Cultural Studies,(Tohoku University, graduate school of International Cultural Studies) Vol.16, March 2010

"An outline of Second Chechen War and Present Issues,"[in Japanese]  Eurasian Studies, No.39, Nov. 2008, Toyo Shoten