Politics and
History

About

Russia’s war of aggression, launched by a dictatorship in the name of historical unity with Ukraine, highlights the dangers of a distorted view of history and how politics can seriously affect the survival of peoples and countries. Building on the SRC’s experience in research on imperial history, transnational history, neoliberalism, authoritarianism, and populism, this group focuses on survival strategies in Slavic Eurasia, the Middle East, and the rest of the world. In terms of history, we analyze how states, peoples, and social groups in the modern era have survived or perished in long- and short-term cataclysms, especially in the upheaval, collapse, and revival of imperial and post-imperial orders. In the field of politics, we analyze how political regimes have changed in the struggle between democracy and authoritarianism, order and resistance, and liberalism and conservatism, and how states, societies, and individuals have sought to survive in the face of political change. Based on these studies, we will consider how to resolve crises in Slavic Eurasia and the world, and what contribution Japan can make.