“Three Challenges of Ending the War in Ukraine”
Join us for this conversation with Sophia University Professor Daisaku Higashi in which he will present his cutting edge perspective on the possible solutions to conflict in Ukraine.
Dr. Daisaku Higashi is professor of international relations at Sophia University in Tokyo. He is a leading scholar on mediation during armed conflicts and peacebuilding in post-conflict states in Japan. Dr Higashi recently published How Can We End the War in Ukraine: Limits and Potential of Mediation (in Japanese, February 2023). In English, he has published Inclusivity in Mediation and Peacebuilding: UN, Neighboring States, and Global Power (Edward Elgar 2022) and Challenges of Constructing Legitimacy in Peacebuilding: Afghanistan, Iraq, Sierra Leone and East Timor (Routledge 2015). He obtained his Ph.D. at the University of British Columbia, Canada. He then worked for UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan as a team leader for reconciliation (2009-2010); he also served as Minister-Counsellor in the Japanese mission to the UN in charge of mediation and peacebuilding (2012-2014).