Research
PUBLICATIONS
Cichanowicz,Timothy, Jiakun J. Zhang, and Samantha Vortherms, "Decoupling or Business as Usual? How Japanese Multinational Corporations Adapt to Political Risk in China" International Relations of the Asia Pacific (2026).
Media Coverage: University of Kansas, University of Tokyo (Japanese)
Cichanowicz,Timothy, and Jiakun J. Zhang, "The Politics of Securitization: U.S. and Japanese Legislative Responses to De-Risking with China." Law & Geoeconomics (2025).
Media Coverage: University of Kansas, CELIS
Morgan, Charlie V., Jie Zhang, Timothy Cichanowicz, and Howard T. Welser. "How Anti-Assimilationist Beliefs are Shaping the Context of Reception of Immigrants in Japan.” Electronic Journal of Contemporary Japanese Studies, Volume 23 Issue 1 April 16, 2023.
Pratt, Jason and Timothy Cichanowicz. “ウズベキスタン国境付近からみたアフガニスタン紛争-国境付近に住む住民へのインタビュー” (Perspectives from the Uzbek Border on Challenges and Peace in Afghanistan), Russian Eurasian Society, Issue 1052 September-October 2020.
Cichanowicz,Timothy, Jiakun J. Zhang, and Samantha Vortherms, "Decoupling or Business as Usual? How Japanese Multinational Corporations Adapt to Political Risk in China" International Relations of the Asia Pacific (2026).
Media Coverage: University of Kansas, University of Tokyo (Japanese)
Cichanowicz,Timothy, and Jiakun J. Zhang, "The Politics of Securitization: U.S. and Japanese Legislative Responses to De-Risking with China." Law & Geoeconomics (2025).
Media Coverage: University of Kansas, CELIS
Morgan, Charlie V., Jie Zhang, Timothy Cichanowicz, and Howard T. Welser. "How Anti-Assimilationist Beliefs are Shaping the Context of Reception of Immigrants in Japan.” Electronic Journal of Contemporary Japanese Studies, Volume 23 Issue 1 April 16, 2023.
Pratt, Jason and Timothy Cichanowicz. “ウズベキスタン国境付近からみたアフガニスタン紛争-国境付近に住む住民へのインタビュー” (Perspectives from the Uzbek Border on Challenges and Peace in Afghanistan), Russian Eurasian Society, Issue 1052 September-October 2020.
WORKING PAPERS
“The Shocking Truth: Rightsizing the Economic Threat Posed by China" (Under Review with Jiakun Jack Zhang and Clayton Webb)
“Is Japan’s Grip on Ethnic Nationalism Slipping? Evidence from the Children of Immigrants in Rural Japan." (Under Review with Charlie Morgan and Hirohisa Takenoshita)
“National Security or Protectionism? The Determinants of Which Traded Products Become Securitized" (Under Review, Presented at APSA 2025 in Vancouver)
“Defining Chokepoints in the Age of Economic Security: Trade Securitization and the Japanese Model" (Under Review, Presented at APSA 2025 in Vancouver and ISA 2026)
“Does Trade Legislation Follow the Flag?" (with Nazim Uras Demir; Presented at PIPCOSS and ISA in Columbus in 2026)
“Economic Security and the Limits of State Influence: Japanese Multinationals and De-risking from China" (with Kee Hyun Park and Jiakun Jack Zhang)
"An Exception to the Backlash Against Globalization? Japan and the China Shock" with Kristin Vekasi
“The Shocking Truth: Rightsizing the Economic Threat Posed by China" (Under Review with Jiakun Jack Zhang and Clayton Webb)
“Is Japan’s Grip on Ethnic Nationalism Slipping? Evidence from the Children of Immigrants in Rural Japan." (Under Review with Charlie Morgan and Hirohisa Takenoshita)
“National Security or Protectionism? The Determinants of Which Traded Products Become Securitized" (Under Review, Presented at APSA 2025 in Vancouver)
“Defining Chokepoints in the Age of Economic Security: Trade Securitization and the Japanese Model" (Under Review, Presented at APSA 2025 in Vancouver and ISA 2026)
“Does Trade Legislation Follow the Flag?" (with Nazim Uras Demir; Presented at PIPCOSS and ISA in Columbus in 2026)
“Economic Security and the Limits of State Influence: Japanese Multinationals and De-risking from China" (with Kee Hyun Park and Jiakun Jack Zhang)
"An Exception to the Backlash Against Globalization? Japan and the China Shock" with Kristin Vekasi
DATA PROJECTS
Japanese MNCs and Political Risk (firm level data on Japanese investment at the subsidairy and parent company level from 2012-2022)
US Congressional China Product Securitization Bills
Economic Security Interviews of Japanese Policymakers, Industry and Experts
Japanese MNCs and Political Risk (firm level data on Japanese investment at the subsidairy and parent company level from 2012-2022)
US Congressional China Product Securitization Bills
Economic Security Interviews of Japanese Policymakers, Industry and Experts
A photo of myself in front of Japan's Ministry of Finance during my fieldwork in summer of 2025.
