Kazuto Matsuda

Kazuto Matsuda is a nonresident fellow at the Middle East Council on Global Affairs. He is also an independent researcher specializing in international relations of the Gulf states. His recent research examines Japan-Gulf relations in the contemporary context through the lens of international relations theory.

Previously, Matsuda served as researcher and advisor at the Embassy of Japan in Qatar and research and analysis specialist in charge of Gulf affairs at the Intelligence and Analysis Service section within the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan.

Matsuda’s research has been published in academic journals such as the International Politics Journal and with institutions like the Middle East Council on Global Affairs and Qatar University’s Gulf Studies Center.