Selected Publications
Publications associated with the Tobisawa Institute reflect its long-standing engagement with diplomacy, international security, civil society, nuclear disarmament policy, global governance, and ethical realism.
They also form part of the Institute’s wider commitment to preserving and advancing the intellectual record of Japan-UK academic engagement.
New Edition
Legacy and Prospects
Civil Society in Japanese Nuclear Disarmament Policy: Ethical Realism and Diplomacy
Second Edition
Kazuhiro Tobisawa
Foreword by Professor Julian Richards
University of Buckingham Press
9 July 2026
ISBN: 978-1-918291-89-6
Building on the author’s 2018 study, Legacy and Prospects offers a substantially developed examination of civil society and Japanese nuclear disarmament policy in the wider context of diplomacy, international security, and global governance. The volume considers how non-state actors engage with policy processes, moral claims, institutional constraints, and the realities of statecraft. It also introduces ethical realism as a framework for understanding responsible judgement in international affairs: neither detached idealism nor narrow realism, but a mode of thought attentive to principle, consequence, responsibility, and historical context. Rather than serving as a mere reissue of the earlier work, this book extends the original research into a broader reflection on diplomacy, civil society, and the future of responsible international engagement.
Foundational Publication
The Influence of Civil Society on Japanese Nuclear Disarmament Policy
Kazuhiro Tobisawa
University of Buckingham Press
31 July 2018
ISBN: 978-1-912500-02-4
From the 2018 Study to Legacy and Prospects
The 2026 volume builds upon the 2018 study, while substantially developing its historical scope, analytical framework, and theoretical engagement with ethical realism and diplomacy.
International Reach
The Institute records the international reach of publications associated with its research work, including distribution, catalogue visibility, and verified library holdings.
The 2018 edition has been distributed or made available in 48 countries and territories:
- United States, United Kingdom, Japan, Canada, India, Italy, Sweden, United Arab Emirates, Australia, Taiwan, China, South Africa, South Korea, Austria, Netherlands, Portugal, Brazil, Spain, Poland, Israel, Singapore, Norway, Estonia, Central African Republic, Turkey, Slovenia, Ireland, Slovakia, Moldova, Romania, Germany, Switzerland, Indonesia, Mexico, Bahrain, Fiji, France, Kazakhstan, Russia, Denmark, Morocco, Ukraine, Czech Republic, Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.
Verified Library Holdings of the 2018 Edition
The 2018 edition has been identified in the collections of the following libraries and institutions through publicly accessible catalogues and bibliographic records.
United Kingdom
British Library
University of Bradford, J.B. Priestley Library
Japan
National Diet Library
University of Tokyo, Institute of Social Science Library
International Research Center for Japanese Studies Library
Temple University Japan Campus Library
United States
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Dewey Library
Georgetown University Law Library
Library of Congress
Harvard University, Widener Library
Stanford University Libraries
Princeton University Library, Firestone Library
Yale Law Library
University of Oklahoma Libraries
University of Chicago Library, Osaka Collection in Japanese Studies
New York University Libraries
Duke University Libraries, Perkins & Bostock Libraries
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Libraries
Virginia Commonwealth University Libraries
University of Maryland Libraries
Tufts University, Edwin Ginn Library
Williams College Libraries
University of Michigan Library
Michigan State University Libraries
Oberlin College Libraries
Colgate University Libraries
University of California, Los Angeles Library
University of Southern California Libraries
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, Hamilton Library
Bowdoin College Library
Texas A&M University Libraries
Loyola Marymount University, William H. Hannon Library
Canada
University of Toronto Libraries
University of Ottawa Library
University of British Columbia Library
University of Alberta Library
Australia
University of Sydney Library
National Library of Australia
Germany
University of Cologne Library
Freie Universität Berlin Library
Bavarian State Library
Berlin State Library
South Africa
University of South Africa, Muckleneuk Campus Library
Slovenia
University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Social Sciences, Jože Goričar Central Social Sciences Library
India
Doon University Central Library