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Kiel Institute Researcher

Taro Nishikawa

Kiel Institute Researcher

Taro Nishikawa

Research Center

Since January 2025, Taro Nishikawa has been a researcher at the Kiel Institute for the World Economy, where he is the project lead of the Ukraine Support Tracker.

He holds a Master's degree in International Affairs from the Hertie School in Berlin, where he specialized in international security and quantitative research.

Prior to his graduate studies, Taro served as an army officer in the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force, gaining over four years of experience in military logistics and security cooperation.

Topics

GeoeconomicsWarUkraine

Main research interests

  • International Security
  • quantitative methods

Contact

+49 (431) 8814-229

Since January 2025, Taro Nishikawa has been a researcher at the Kiel Institute for the World Economy, where he is the project lead of the Ukraine Support Tracker.

He holds a Master's degree in International Affairs from the Hertie School in Berlin, where he specialized in international security and quantitative research.

Prior to his graduate studies, Taro served as an army officer in the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force, gaining over four years of experience in military logistics and security cooperation.


  • 12/2025

    Data Set

    Ukraine Support Tracker Data

    Antezza, A., Bomprezzi, P., Bushnell, K., Dyussimbinov, Y., Frank, A., Frank, P., Franz, L., Kharitonov, I., Kumar, B., Nishikawa, T., Rebinskaya, E., Trebesch, C., Schramm, S., Weiser, L., Schade, C.

    XLSX
  • News

    10.12.2025

    Pallets of 155mm artillery ammunition

    Ukraine Support Tracker: Europe fails to offset US aid drop

    New aid allocations in 2025 might drop to their lowest level since the outbreak of the war in 2022. Europe allocated only about EUR 4.2 billion in new…

  • News

    14.10.2025

    soldier standing under the rain near an armoured tank, NATO response force

    Ukraine Support Tracker: Military aid falls sharply despite new NATO initiative

    Military aid to Ukraine saw a sharp decline in July and August 2025, despite the introduction of NATO’s Prioritized Ukraine Requirements List (PURL)…

  • News

    12.08.2025

    Production of military russian battle tank T 90 at the factory

    Ukraine Support Tracker: Europe now leading spender on weapons production for Ukraine

    In May and June 2025, Europeans maintained a consistently high level of support to Ukraine, particularly with regard to military aid. A significant…


  • 12/2025

    Data Set

    Ukraine Support Tracker Data

    Antezza, A., Bomprezzi, P., Bushnell, K., Dyussimbinov, Y., Frank, A., Frank, P., Franz, L., Kharitonov, I., Kumar, B., Nishikawa, T., Rebinskaya, E., Trebesch, C., Schramm, S., Weiser, L., Schade, C.

    XLSX

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