Research

My fields of research cover the security-IPE relationship.  My research confronts some of the most enduring and fascinating questions in international relations: How do states use foreign economic policy to maintain peace and reinforce security cooperation?  How do states manage to advance economic cooperation in international agreements?  My research combines creative theoretical insights with rigorous empirical tests to achieve new and interesting conclusions about the nature of foreign economic policy and the relationship between economic interdependence and security.  I am also currently working on collaborative research on East Asian security.

Ph.D. Dissertation:

Military Alliances, Regional Trade Agreements, and the Politics of Compliance

(Dissertation Committee: Ronald Rogowski (Co-chair), Arthur A. Stein (Co-chair), Jeffrey Lewis,  Ichiro Obara, Barry O'Neill)

Peer-Reviewed Articles:

• • Kagotani, Koji, and Wen-Chin Wu. forthcoming. "When Do Diplomatic Protests Boomerang? Foreign Protests against U.S. Arms Sales and Domestic Public Support in Taiwan." International Studies Quarterly 66 (3).

  • Gartzke, Erik, Benjamin E. Goldsmith, Koji Kagotani, Soo Yeon Kim, Jeehye Kim, and Jiyoung Ko. forthcoming. "Proximity and Political Science: How Distance Was Overcome (Partially) by COVID-19." PS: Political Science & Politics 55 (3): 560-561.

  • 籠谷公司. 2017.「戦争研究における合理的選択アプローチと心理学アプローチ」『エモーション・スタディーズ』
    (The Rational Choice Approach and the Psychological Approach in War Studies)

  • Kagotani, Koji. 2015. "National Security Environments, Patriotism, and Japanese Public Opinion." Japanese Journal of Political Science 16(1): 96-113.

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• 籠谷公司, 木村幹. 2015. 「韓国政治指導者の合理的選択としての対日敵対行動――経済的相互依存と政治的責任回避の視点から――」『国際政治』第181号: 103-114. (Economic Interdependence, Political Diversion, and Japan-South Korea Disputes)

• Kagotani, Koji, Kan Kimura, and Jeffrey W. Weber. 2014. "Democracy and Diversionary Incentives in Japan-South Korea Disputes." International Relations of the Asia-Pacific 14(1): 33-58.

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• • Kagotani, Koji, and Yuki Yanai. 2014. "External Threats, U.S. Bases, and Prudent Voters in Okinawa." International Relations of the Asia-Pacific 14(1): 91-115.

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• • Kagotani, Koji. 2003. “Political Analysis of the WTO Enforcement Problem among the Member States: Globalism, Regionalism, and Domestic Politics.” Journal of Policy Studies 15:93-104.

Book Chapters:

• Kagotani, Koji, and Masahiro Yamada. 2024. "Pandemic Policy, Public Opinion, and Election in Japan." In Public Opinion, Policy Responses, and Party Politics under the COVID-19 Pandemic: Examining Taiwan and Its Strategic Neighbors, edited by Chia-hung Tsai and Yao-Yuan Yeh, pp. 187-214. London: Lexington Books.

• Kagotani, Koji. 2016. "The 2014 Election in Okinawa." In Japan Decides 2014: The Japanese General Election, edited by Robert J. Pekkanen, Steven Reed, and Ethan Scheiner, pp. 241-246. London: Palgrave MacMillan.

• Stone, Peter, and Koji Kagotani. 2017. "The Wisdom of the Multitude: Diversity versus Size." In Applications of Formal Philosophy--The Road Less Traveled, edited by  Rafal Urbaniak and Gillman Payette, pp. 55-71. Cham, Switzerland: Springer.

Book Review:

• 籠谷公司. 2020.「多湖 淳　著『戦争とは何かーー国際政治学の挑戦』」『国際安全保障』第48巻 (2): 112-116.

International Workshop:

• The 2016 East Asian Security Workshop.

• The 2014 East Asian Security Workshop.

• The 2013 East Asian Security Workshop.

News Article:

• 籠谷公司. 2022.「社会調査実験の国際政治学　「ラリー現象」で読む中台関係」『日経ビジネス』10月10日号：62-64.

• 籠谷公司. 2022. 「社会調査実験の「ラリー現象」で読む　ペロシ氏訪台と中台関係」『日経ビジネス　オンライン』

• Kagotani, Koji, and Wen-Chin Wu. 2022. "China’s Anger Over Pelosi Visit Will Further Alienate Taiwanese." The Diplomat.