CHOTANI Vindu Mai

Affiliation
Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences
Official title
Assistant Professor
Sex
Female
KAKEN ID
80973875
Research keywords
International Relations; Japanese Foreign Policy; India-Japan Relations; International Relations in the Indo-Pacific; Security Studies;India; US Bases Okinawa; Okinawa
Research projects
Securitization in the Indo-Pacific: A Comparative Discourse Analysis of India’s and Japan's Responses to the “China Threat”2024-09 -- 2025-08CHOTANI Vindu MaiK. Matsushita Foundation/410,000Yen
International Political Nexus of Climate Change and Water Resources:2019-04 -- 2022-03FUJIWARA KiichiJapan Society for the Promotion of Science/Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A)
The National Institute for the Humanities (NIHU); INDAS-South Asia (Integrated Area Studies on South Asia) project.2018-04 -- 2022-03NAKAMIZO Kazuyo/
Peacebuilding: A study tour of Okinawa2022 -- 2023CHOTANI Vindu MaiJapan International Christisan University Foundation (JICUF)/782,000Yen
Career history
2022 -- 2023International Christian UniversityDepartment of Politics and International Studies; Social Science Research InstituteAssistant Professor by Special Appointment
2022 -- 2022Meiji UniversityAdjunct Lecturer
2021 -- 2023Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific UniversityCollege of Asia-Pacific StudiesAdjunct Lecturer
2017 -- 2021Observer Research FoundationEast Asian StudiesVisiting Fellow
2014 -- 2017Observer Research FoundationEast Asian StudiesJunior Fellow
Academic background
2018 -- 2021東京大学 Graduate School of Public Policy Ph.D.
2011 -- 2012University of Bristol School of Sociology, Politics and International Studies Master of Science in International Relations
2007 -- 2010University of Delhi, Jesus and Mary College Political Science BA Political Science (Honours)
Degree
2021-09Ph.D. in Public PolicyUniversity of Tokyo
Academic societies
2017 -- (current)The Japan Association for Asian Studies
Honors & Awards
2017-04MEXT Scholarship 2017-2021Academic Scholarship
Refereed academic journal/Refereed international conference paper
  • Securitization in the Indo-Pacific: A Comparative Discourse Analysis of India’s and Japan's Responses to the “China Threat”
    CHOTANI Vindu Mai
    Air University Press, Kenny Papers, 2024-10
  • Changing Dynamics in the Indian Ocean: What Can India and Japan Do?
    Chotani Vindu Mai
    Asian Studies/pp.18-32, 2018-08
  • Untapped Potential between India and Japan in the Indo-Pacific Pursuing International Military Education
    Chotani Vindu Mai
    Journal of Indo-Pacific Affairs, 2020-08
Books
  • The Role of Threat Perceptions in International Relations: An Analysis of China’s Rise in the Indo-Pacific
    CHOTANI Vindu Mai
    Routledge Taylor and Francis Group, 2025-03
  • 気候変動がもたらす中印水紛争への影響:ヤ ルンツァンポ-ブラマプトラ川の事例から
    CHOTANI VINDU MAI
    気候変動は社会を不安定化させるか-水資源をめぐる国際政治 の力学/日本語;日本評論社/pp.231-247, 2022-11
  • From Pan-Asianism to Act East: India’s Evolving Perspectives and Roles in East Asian Regional Institutions
    Chotani Vindu Mai
    Regional Institutions, Geopolitics and Economics in the Asia-Pacific: Evolving Interests and Strategies/Routledge/pp.59-74, 2017-04
Conference, etc.
  • インド太平洋における安全保障化と脅威認識:中国の台頭に対するインドと日本の反応の言説(discourse)分析
    CHOTANI Vindu Mai
    東アジア日本研究者協議会 第7回国際学術大会/2023-11-03--2023-11-05
  • Securitization in the Indo-Pacific: A Comparative Discourse Analysis of India’s and Japan's Responses to the “China Threat”
    CHOTANI Vindu Mai
    Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University/2023-12-02--2023-12-03
  • Climate-Induced Impacts on Water Resources in South Asia: The Trans Himalayan Tributary
    Chotani Vindu Mai
    Symposium on Climate Change Politics: The Nexus of International Politics in Climate Change and Water Resources/2021-07
  • Japan’s Foreign Policy and Connectivity Projects in the Indo-Pacific
    Chotani Vindu Mai
    Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University/2017-11
  • Abe Shinzo's Kantei Diplomacy: A New Framework for Japan's Foreign Policy.
    Chotani Vindu Mai
    International Convention for Asian Scholars (ICAS), Kyoto/2021-08-21
  • Abe Shinzo's Kantei Diplomacy: A New Framework for Japan's Foreign Policy.
    Chotani Vindu Mai
    Five Universities Conference, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore/2018-12-07--2018-12-08
  • A Discourse Analysis on India's and Japan's Threat Perception of China in the Indo-Pacific: Constructing a Collective Identity.
    Chotani Vindu Mai
    The India-Japan Bilateral Partnership in the Indo-Pacific/2023-08-05--2023-08-05
  • Climate Induced Impacts: ecuritization of the Yarlung Tsangpo - Brahmaputra Trans-boundary River by China and India
    Chotani Vindu Mai
    The Twenty-fifth Asian Studies Conference Japan (ASCJ)/2023-07-01--2023-07-02
Works
  • Japan Could Benefit from China's One Belt, One Road Plan
    Chotani Vindu Mai
  • Five Years On, Where Does Abe’s ‘Womenomics’ Stand?
    Chotani Vindu Mai
  • Leading from the Kantei. Japan and the Quad
    Chotani Vindu Mai
  • Peace-building: A Study Tour of Okinawa
    CHOTANI VINDU MAI
  • Now is a Good Time for Japan to ReFocus on Quality Infrastructure Lending in the Indo-Pacific
    Chotani Vindu Mai
  • Bolstering Security Ties on the 70th Anniversary of IndiaJapan Relations
    Chotani Vindu Mai
Teaching
2024 -- (current)Seminar on Public Policy I and III, JDS SeminarAssistant Professor
2024 -- (current)International Studies 1Assistant Professor
2024 -- (current)International Relations AAssistant Professor
2024 -- (current)First Year SeminarHomeroom Teacher
2024 -- (current)English Discussion Seminar (D)Assistant Professor
2024 -- (current)Seminar in International Relations in the Indo-Pacific (Masters)Assistant Professor
2023 -- (current)Seminar in Public Policy II, JDS SeminarAssistant Professor
2024 -- (current)Politics and International Relations in South AsiaAssistant Professor
2024 -- (current)International Relations in the Indo-Pacific (Masters)Assistant Professor
2023 -- (current)International Relations in the Asia PacificAssistant Professor
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Other educational activities
2024 -- (current)Hiroshima Study Tour (Dates to be confirmed)Seminar in Public Policy (JDS Seminar)
2024-08 -- 2024-08Okinawa Study TourJDS Seminar
2023-06 -- 2023-06Cooking Class: Presentations on the Soft Power of South Asian CuisineChotani, Vindu Mai - International Christian University
Talks
  • Aoyama Gakuin University
    CHOTANI Vindu Mai
    India's Foreign Policy in the Indo-Pacific/2024/06/13--2024/06/13
  • Graduate School of Public Policy, University of Tokyo
    CHOTANI Vindu Mai
    Guest Lecture: Securitization in the Indo-Pacific/2024/06/18--2024/06/18
University Management
2023-11 -- (current)国際総合学類。学類業務面接面接員
2023-12 -- (current)国際公共政策学位プログラムリーダーの候補者の選出に係る意向調査の実施委員委員会委員
2023-12 -- (current)国際学群長の意向調査委員会委員
2024 -- (current)Common Examination CommitteeSupervisor
2024 -- 2026Sports Day CommitteeCommittee Member
2024 -- 2029First Year SeminarCommittee Member
2023 -- 2025Entrance Examination CommitteeCommittee Member

(Last updated: 2024-11-07)