Takeshi Kawanaka

Takeshi Kawanaka is Professor of Political Science at Asia University, Japan. His main research interests are in political regime, political economy, political institutions, politics of developing nations, and Southeast Asian politics. He is author of "Competition and Order: Democratic Dilemma in Southeast Asia" (Hakusuisha, 2022, in Japanese), editor of "Declining Democracies, Strengthened Autocracies" (Minerva Shobo, 2018, in Japanese), co-author of "Political Determinants of Income Inequality in Emerging Democracies" (Springer, 2016, with Yasushi Hazama). He was formerly Director-General of Area Studies Center at the Institute of Developing Economies, Japan. He also stayed as a visiting scholar at Stanford University, the University of the Philippines, and Ateneo de Manila University. He received his B.A. and M.A. in Law from Waseda University and his Ph.D. in Political Science from Kobe University.