Satoshi Ikeuchi 池内恵

@chutoislam

Professor of Religion and Global Security, RCAST Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo. Islam & the Middle East studies.

Joined May 2015

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    Aug 17

    Description of my 2015 book on ISIS, which made an accidental and unfortunate blockbuster in Japan, caught in the middle of the political controversy surrounding the hostage crisis in Syria.

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  2. The news follows after Ethiopian officials including a senior commander last week failed to convince Jubbaland leader Ahmed Madobe to allow Somali federal officials to land at the airport, and to extend election date. Madobe eventually accepted the latter but from UN envoy.

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  3. 4 hours ago

    BREAKING: Ethiopian plane carrying unspecified passengers “turned away” from Kismayo airport, sources. Kismayo Airport is controlled by Jubbaland regional forces supported by Kenya troops.

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  4. Aug 15

    Restoring collective security is a key US national security priority, including Gulf reconciliation. Weapon sales by themselves won't do much. 🇺🇸 🇧🇭

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  5. Aug 14

    My latest: Caught in the middle of conflicts in their neighborhood involving Iran, Saudi Arabia and the U.S, former enemies Iraq and Kuwait are drawing closer to each other. via

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  6. Aug 18

    As Zarif was in Kuwait, this may just reflect frustration that he didn't meet with the Emir, as he had hoped to do.

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  7. 23 hours ago
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  8. 10 hours ago

    Aden standoff delays Saudi summit intended to forge new Yemen government

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  9. 2 hours ago

    Chaos in the Persian Gulf is the new status quo. To restore stability the following is needed: 1. Gulf reconciliation and 2, US-Iran dialogue but it can’t be a zero-sum approach. Check out my articles for where I provide recommendations on how to move beyond the impasse.

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  10. Paraguay labels Hezbollah a terror group, Brazil may follow. “Paraguay has now joined a list of countries including the U.S., Argentina, Canada, Israel, the UK, and others that have recognized Hezbollah as a terror organization.”

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  11. 1 hour ago

    Few people have done more than my colleague in educating Latin American officials about the Hezbollah threat in their region. Kudos to him for his superb work.

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  12. Canada's Trudeau under pressure after Britain revokes citizenship of suspected Islamist

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  13. Has the handled Iran’s nuclear program by the book? ’s raises some doubts here in his new report, “Politics vs Protocol.” Great read for those of us not fluent in nonproliferationese.

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  14. 2 hours ago

    "There is a real opportunity to put an end to the conflict that has been going on for five years," Macron said at the start of talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin who voiced "cautious optimism" about Zelensky

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  15. 4 hours ago

    Putin tells Macron Russia backs actions of Syrian army in Idlib

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  17. In-depth - ‘Under US federal law, the administration is legally obligated to apply sanctions on Ankara for it's S-400 purchase, but may try to use the purchase as leverage‘

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  18. 2 hours ago

    As the downsides of Chinese investment have become apparent to a growing set of countries, Beijing’s vision of global infrastructure connectivity has been tarnished. Read more from , , , and 's April report:

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  19. 2 hours ago

    Live update: Netanyahu hints Israel behind strikes in Iraq: ‘Iran has no immunity, anywhere’

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  21. 4 hours ago

    Check out my latest article which illustrates how is hedging its bets in the growing divergence between and in . It also discusses and efforts to court Russia's diplomatic assistance.

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