Keio University co-convened a Geopolitics Dialogue at King’s College London on May 1, 2026. The event featured panel discussions including researchers such as Professor Motohiro Tsuchiya, the Vice-President for Global Engagement.
The dialogue’s first session was titled “Security in Europe and the Indo-Pacific: Towards a Single Theatre?” In a series of presentations and a panel discussion, speakers examined the US’s changing approach to its relationships with its allies and China from a security perspective. Keio was represented in this session by Professor Keizo Kitagawa and Associate Professor Yasuhito Fukushima, both of the Faculty of Policy Management.
The second session, titled “Geoeconomics in the Age of Competition: The End of Economic Liberalism?”, featured a panel discussion on shifting trade and investment dynamics in Europe and the Indo-Pacific, with a primary focus on economic ties with China and their implications for security. Speakers discussed whether the US–China economic and technological rivalry and the weakening of global economic governance institutions could spell the end of the liberal international economic order. Keio was represented in this session by Vice-President Tsuchiya and Professor Rikako Watai of the Law School.
*King’s College London is one of Keio University’s key student exchange partner institutions and also participates in the Program for Forming Japan’s Peak Research Universities (J-PEAKS), a national initiative that Keio was selected to join in 2023.