Yuma Osaki
Nationality
Japanese
Qualifications
・Master of Arts (Comparative Political Studies), Doshisha University
・Master of Laws (LLM, International Law and Global Justice), The University of Sheffield
・Bachelor of Arts (Global Political Economy), Waseda University.
Yuma Osaki (大﨑祐馬) is a political economist in the making. He is a student of International Relations and International Political Economy (IR/IPE), interested in the politics of the international economy.
His research explores the evolution of the global trading system, with a focus on the advent of regional economic integration (REI) frameworks in Asia, from GATT/WTO to FTA/EPAs to the TPP and the RCEP.
His MA/LLM dissertation (marked Distinction/Excellent) - “The Regional Trade Dynamics in the Asia-Pacific: A Comparative Analysis of South Korea, Japan, and China’s Making Free Trade Agreement with Australia” examined the interplay between bilateral free trade agreements and REI initiatives, namely TPP and RCEP, in the multi-pronged trading system, through the case studies of Northeast Asian FTAs/EPA with Australia - the so-called “FTA Trifecta” in down under.
In 2016, he left Kyoto and touched down in Canberra to take part in the inaugural National Parliamentary Fellowships Program before his graduate study in Sheffield, UK. Facilitated by the Australian National University and Japan Center for International Exchange, this inter-governmental research exchange program between Japan and Australia involved a two-month stint at the Australian Parliament House. In 2019, he joined the Australia-Japan Youth Dialogue (AJYD) as an Organising Committee Member.
PhD programme
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Publications
・September 2019, “After Abe, Japan desperately needs fresh political blood,” with Ben Ascione, East Asia Forum
・April 2019, “US-Japan Trade Agreement Negotiations: Why Now?” Diplomat
・February 2019, “Is This a True Thaw in Sino-Japanese Relations?,” with Trissia Wijaya, Diplomat
・September 2018, “Japan Doesn’t Need to Compete With China’s Belt and Road,” with Trissia Wijaya, Diplomat
・May 2017, “International Trade Governance and the G7 in the Trump and post-Brexit Era,” Global Policy
Scholarships and fellowships
2019-2022:Japan Student Services Organization (JASSO) Scholarship
2019-2022:ANU Postgraduate Research Scholarship
・U.S.-Japan Research Institute (USJI) Scholar Program, 2018
・National Parliamentary Fellowship Program, Japan Fellow 2016
Employment history
2013-2017:Analyst, Marubeni Research Institute
Mailing address
Crawford School of Public Policy
ANU College of Asia & the Pacific
J.G. Crawford Building No. 132
Lennox Crossing
The Australian National University
Canberra ACT 2601 Australia
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