Akihiko Kimijima is Professor in the College of International Relations at Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto, Japan. He is also a member of the governing board of Kyoto Museum for World Peace, Ritsumeikan University. He teaches courses on constitutional law and peace studies. His research focuses on the relations between constitutions and peace, the peace provision of the Japanese Constitution, and human security. He served as Secretary-General of the Asia-Pacific Peace Research Association (the 2010-2013 term) and President of the Peace Studies Association of Japan (the 2016-2017 term). His recent publications include “From Power Politics to Common Security: The Asia Pacific’s Roadmap to Peace,” in Clash of National Identities: China, Japan, and the East China Sea Territorial Dispute (Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Washington DC, 2013), New Paradigms of Peace Research: The Asia-Pacific Context (Rawat Publications, India, 2012).