Yu Koizumi

Yu Koizumi is an Associate Professor at the Research Centre for Advanced Science and Technology (RCAST), University of Tokyo. Previously, Yu has held various positions, including assistant analyst at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, research fellow at the Institute for Future Engineering (IFENG), research fellow at the National Diet Library, and a visiting researcher at the Institute of World Economy and International Relations of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IMEMO RAN). His publications in Japanese include (in English translation titles) Russian Military Strategy Today (2021), The War in Ukraine (2022), and Okhotsk Nuclear Bastion (2024). His book Geopolitics of Russian “Empire” (2019) was awarded the Suntory Prize for social sciences and humanities. Yu has presented and published extensively on national security policies and strategies of Russia and the former Soviet republics, as well as defence technologies.