Middle East Area Studies (Security of Gulf States and Yemen)
Contemporary Yemeni Politics
Political & Military Strategy of the Houthis
Education and Work Experience
2018
B.A. in Foreign Studies, Osaka University
2020
M.A. in Area Studies, Kyoto University
2020-2021
Researcher, Daiwa Institute of Research
2021-
Research Fellow, National Institute for Defense Studies, Japan Ministry of Defense
Selected Publications
"Houthis' Changing Political and Military Strategies in the Wake of the Gaza Conflict: Regime Defense Caught in the Middle of the Rise As a Regional Actor and the Fear for Decapitation,"
Journal of Middle Eastern Studies, No. 553 (May 2025), pp. 119-130.
"Genealogy of the Southern Yemen's Separatism and the Strategy of the Southern Transitional Council: Path to the Third Pole in the Yemeni Civil War"
Security and Strategy, Vol. 5, No. 1 (Dec 2024), pp. 151-169.
"The Rise of the Yemen's National Resistance Forces after the December 2nd Revolution: West Coast Region Rule under the Flexible Survival Strategy"
Journal of Middle Eastern Studies, No. 548 (Sep. 2023), pp. 94-104.
"The Houthis’ Naval Forces and Its Evolution: Naval Forces as a Tool of Struggle for Statehood,"
Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Command and Staff College Review, Vol. 13, No. 1 (Jun 2023), pp. 39-56.
Others
* YOSHIDA Tomoaki has serialized the “Yemeni Affairs Quarterly,” a sole periodic Japanese-written analytical report on the situation of Yemeni Civil War, since Apr. 2023.
* YOSHIDA Tomoaki has coordinated with internal and external organizations to analyze the security dynamics of the Middle East, especially from the perspective of Yemen affairs. He has travelled and participated in various events held in the Middle East countries.
