| March 2014 | Proposal for establishment of the Center for Global Security in the final report "aiming new high of NDA" |
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| October 2015 | Establishment of Review Panel |
| April 2016 | Founded in the Information and Media Library |
| April 2018 | Institute for Advanced Studies (IAS) newly established. Center for Global Security moved to IAS due to organization reform. |
| April 2021 | Launched the Division of Cross Domain Research under the Center. |
| April 2024 | Division of Cross Domain Research reorganized into The 1st Division of Cross Domain Research and The 2nd Division of Cross Domain Research |
History and Logo
Center for Global Security
Our Logo
This logo mark is created with color tones associating Japan Ministry of Defense/Self-Defense Forces (blue and green) with National Defense Academy (blulish purple). Three lively moving arrows suggest the following meanings:
- National Defense Academy is a basic platform for education, training, and research to foster future leaders of the Japan Self-Defense Forces and to support their joint operations.
- The Center takes an interdisciplinary approach to Global Security Studies based on organic connection of Humanities and Social Sciences, Sciences and Engineering, and Defense Sciences.
- The Center promotes joint research in cooperation with industry, government, and the academic community.
Establishment
In today's JSDF, the missions are becoming increasingly globalized and internationalized, while roles are expanding into non-traditional security fields, and missions are becoming more diversified and sophisticated.
We believe that NDA, with its mission to train senior JSDF officers with advanced expertise and broad academic perspectives, and to enhance its research and educational functions in cooperation with other institutions, is a prerequisite for the continued fulfillment of its mission in the 21st century.
Against this background, the decision to establish the Center for Global Security at NDA was made as a result of the investigate of the "New Heights Project" promoted under the leadership of Ryose Kokubun, the 9th President of NDA.