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Yemen's Uncertain Future Threatens Regional StabilityYemen's Uncertain Future Threatens Regional Stability
Wednesday 19 November 2008
Yemen presents a 'perfect storm' of problems for Western governments confronting the prospect of state failure in this strategically...

Key Foreign Policy Issues Facing Barack ObamaKey Foreign Policy Issues Facing Barack Obama
Wednesday 5 November 2008
Chatham House experts offer their perspectives on the key foreign policy and economic challenges facing the new administration. The following...

Economic Crisis May Need More 'Out of the Box' MeasuresEconomic Crisis May Need More 'Out of the Box' Measures
Wednesday 15 October 2008
A new paper by Chatham House says that the once-in-a-century economic meltdown means that OECD countries' simultaneous collapse in...

Prospects for Georgian Civil Society
November, 2008
This is a summary of a meeting held at Chatham House on 10 November 2008.

Business and Human Rights: Closing the Gaps
November, 2008
This is a summary of the International Law Discussion Group meeting held on 6 November 2008 at Chatham House.

Reflections on Russia and the West
November, 2008
Those concerned with policy-making towards Russia must determine how best to listen to the country's changing conversation with itself,...

Yemen: Fear of Failure
November, 2008
Yemen presents a potent combination of problems for policy-makers confronting the prospect of state failure in this strategically important...

 

 

Dr Christopher P Hood

Dr Christopher P Hood

Associate Fellow, Asia Programme

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Expertise

  • Japanese politics
  • Japanese nationalism
  • Japanese education system
  • Transport in Japan (esp. trains)

Projects

  • Research on the shinkansen ('bullet-train')
  • Research on education reform in Japan

Recent Publications

  • 'Doing Business with the Japanese', co-editor with Prof Geoffrey Bownas and David Powers, London: Direct Image, ISBN 0-9537465-1-8.
  • 'Shinkansen: From Bullet Train to Low-Flying Plane', Japan Society Proceedings, Summer 2003, Number 141, pp43-48, ISSN 0952-2050
  • 'The Third Great Reform of the Japanese Education System: Success in the 1980s Onwards', in Can the Japanese Change Their Education System? by Roger Goodman and David Phillips (eds.), Symposium Books, pp73-85, ISBN 1-873927-59-2.
  • 'Japanese Education Reform: Nakasone's Legacy', Routledge, London (2001) pp xiii+222 ISBN 0-415-23283-X
  • 'The Election of Ishihara: A Symbol of Rising Nationalism in Japan?', RIIA Briefing Paper New Series No. 7, November 1999

Experience

2001- Date Director, Cardiff Japanese Studies Centre, Cardiff University
1999 - Date Associate Fellow, Royal Institute of International Affairs
1998 - 1999 Business Development Manager, East Asia Business Services, Sheffield University

Broadcast Experience

Extensive

Languages

Japanese (broadcast standard)