“African Potential” and overcoming the difficulties of modern world: comprehensive area studies that will provide a new perspective for the future of humanity | Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research(S)

	Faculty of Law, Keio University
Research Fields	I specialize in international politics and African modern politics. I have researched and mainly studied civil wars, ethnic conflicts, refugees, and internally displaced people’s issues in the Horn of Africa region in East Africa. At the same time, I am presently focusing on child soldiers and pirates who play main roles in conflicts, crime, and security issues. I am considering the measures and challenges to prevent conflicts and crimes at community, national, regional, and international levels by conducting research on background and causes among the conflicting parties.
Main Works	Akiko Sugiki (2016) ‘Problems and Prospects for the “Regional Prosecution Model”: Impunity of Maritime Piracy and Piracy Trials in Kenya’, Journal of Maritime Researches, Vol.6, pp.21-40. Akiko Sugiki (2015) ““Securitization” and Politics of Forced Migration: A Case Study of Kenya”, Charbit, T., and T. Mishima (eds.) Questions de migrations et de sante en Afrique sub-saharienne, L’Harmattan, pp.47-74. Akiko Sugiki (2012) ‘Piracy in a Failed State: How State-buiding Can Stabilize the Stuaion off the Somali Coast’, Journal of East Asia and International Law, Vol. 5, No.1, pp.61-92.

Akiko Sugiki