Researchers

YOSHIOKA, Akiko, PhD

Executive Analyst, Assistant Director, JIME Center
Fields of Study: Contemporary politics and economy in Iraq and Iraqi Kurdistan

1999	Graduated from Osaka University of Foreign Studies, Japan (Middle Eastern Studies)
1999	Joined JIME Center as an Assistant Researcher
2004	Researcher, JIME Center
2005	Researcher, JIME Center-IEEJ (Institute of Energy Economics, Japan)
2007	Visiting Research Fellow, Gulf Research Center, Dubai

"Japan’s Foreign Policy toward Iraq after the War." Asia Research Bulletin, No.2, Gulf Research Center, 2007
"The Shifting Balance of Power in Iraqi Kurdistan: The Struggle for Democracy with Uninstitutionalized Governance." International Journal of Contemporary Iraqi Studies, Volume 9 Number 1, 2015.
"Field notes: On the independence referendum in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq and disputed territories in 2017." Kurdish Studies, Volume 5 Number 2, 2017.(co-author)
"Relations between Japan and the Middle East," The Newsletter, No.80, International Institute for Asian Studies, 2018.
"What Caused the KRG Miscalculation on the Independence Referendum?" Fikra Forum, Jan 03, 2018.