Research
PUBLICATIONS
Cichanowicz,Timothy, Jiakun J. Zhang, and Samantha Vortherms, "De-risking or Business as Usual? How Japanese Multinational Corporations Adapt to Political Risk in China" Conditionally Accepted at International Relations of the Asia Pacific (2025)
Cichanowicz,Timothy, and Jiakun J. Zhang, "The Politics of Securitization: U.S. and Japanese Legislative Responses to De-Risking with China." Law and Geoeconomics (2025).
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, "De-risking or Business as Usual? How Japanese Multinational Corporations Adapt to Political Risk in China" Conditionally Accepted at International Relations of the Asia Pacific (2025)
Cichanowicz,Timothy, and Jiakun J. Zhang, "The Politics of Securitization: U.S. and Japanese Legislative Responses to De-Risking with China." Law and Geoeconomics (2025).
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
“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)
"The Political Logic of Scapegoating: The Attribution of Blame for Global Economic Problems" (with Jiakun Zhang and Clayton Webb)
"National Security or Protectionism? The Determinants of Which Traded Products Become Securitized" (Presented at APSA 2025 in Vancouver)
"National Security or Free Trade: How Japan Balances Trade Securitization" (Presented at APSA 2025 in Vancouver)
“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)
"The Political Logic of Scapegoating: The Attribution of Blame for Global Economic Problems" (with Jiakun Zhang and Clayton Webb)
"National Security or Protectionism? The Determinants of Which Traded Products Become Securitized" (Presented at APSA 2025 in Vancouver)
"National Security or Free Trade: How Japan Balances Trade Securitization" (Presented at APSA 2025 in Vancouver)
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