Kota Suechika
Biographic Data
| ID | 6176946 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kota Suechika |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kota |
| FAMILY NAME | Suechika |
| SIGNATURE | SUECHIKA K |
| AFFILIATIONS | Ritsumeikan University |
| ORCID | 0009-0000-8866-4781 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Do sectarian differences affect support for armed non-state actors? Evidence from survey experiments in Lebanon, Iraq, and Yemen
Sectarian cleavages are widely seen as central to Middle Eastern conflict, and Iran-backed armed non-state actors (ANSAs)—Hezbollah, the popular mobilization units, and the Houthis—are often portrayed as sectarian militias. Yet there is little empirical evidence that public support for these actors systematically varies along sectarian lines. Drawing on original survey experiments conducted in Lebanon, Iraq, and Yemen during the 2023–2025 Gaza wa…
Fixed attitudes, contextual shifts
This study examines Hezbollah – the most powerful armed non-state actor (ANSA) in Lebanon and the Middle East – through an original survey experiment with 823 adults (January–February 2025). It integrates a list experiment, a conjoint analysis, and a natural experiment exploiting the January 2025 Gaza ceasefire as an exogenous contextual shock. Findings show that support for Hezbollah is neither uniform nor purely ideological but reflects a multi…
Reproducing Sectarian Oligarchy in Lebanon
Hezbollah’s Political Communication Strategy in Consociational Democracy
Measuring the evolution of Arab States’ perceptions of the Iranian threat
After the Arab Uprisings, inter-state relations in the Middle East became polarized between the two camps of the Saudi-led Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and Iran and its allies, which strengthened the threat perception of Iran among Arab states. This study aims to empirically elucidate the changes in the perception of threats against Iran among Arab states through a quantitative text analysis of major state media in 10 Arab states. Through this …
Measuring ‘state-diffusion’ in post-conflict authoritarian Syria evidence from the 2021 public opinion survey
The Syrian conflict was characterized by intense political contestation and violent clashes among various actors with contrasting views of statehood, a phenomenon termed 'state-diffusion'. Within this landscape, Islamists, Kurdish separatists, and Ba'thists embody distinct perceptions of the Syrian state and nation. This study aims to measure the extent of "state-diffusion" in post-conflict Syria by exploring the outcomes of an independent public…
Measuring ‘state-diffusion’ in post-conflict authoritarian Syria evidence from the 2021 public opinion survey
The Syrian conflict was characterized by intense political contestation and violent clashes among various actors with contrasting views of statehood, a phenomenon termed 'state-diffusion'. Within this landscape, Islamists, Kurdish separatists, and Ba'thists embody distinct perceptions of the Syrian state and nation. This study aims to measure the extent of "state-diffusion" in post-conflict Syria by exploring the outcomes of an independent public…
Measuring ‘state-diffusion’ in post-conflict authoritarian Syria evidence from the 2021 public opinion survey
The Syrian conflict was characterized by intense political contestation and violent clashes among various actors with contrasting views of statehood, a phenomenon termed 'state-diffusion'. Within this landscape, Islamists, Kurdish separatists, and Ba'thists embody distinct perceptions of the Syrian state and nation. This study aims to measure the extent of "state-diffusion" in post-conflict Syria by exploring the outcomes of an independent public…
Measuring the evolution of Arab States’ perceptions of the Iranian threat
After the Arab Uprisings, inter-state relations in the Middle East became polarized between the two camps of the Saudi-led Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and Iran and its allies, which strengthened the threat perception of Iran among Arab states. This study aims to empirically elucidate the changes in the perception of threats against Iran among Arab states through a quantitative text analysis of major state media in 10 Arab states. Through this …
Reproducing Sectarian Oligarchy in Lebanon
Hezbollah’s Political Communication Strategy in Consociational Democracy
Do sectarian differences affect support for armed non-state actors? Evidence from survey experiments in Lebanon, Iraq, and Yemen
Sectarian cleavages are widely seen as central to Middle Eastern conflict, and Iran-backed armed non-state actors (ANSAs)—Hezbollah, the popular mobilization units, and the Houthis—are often portrayed as sectarian militias. Yet there is little empirical evidence that public support for these actors systematically varies along sectarian lines. Drawing on original survey experiments conducted in Lebanon, Iraq, and Yemen during the 2023–2025 Gaza wa…
Fixed attitudes, contextual shifts
This study examines Hezbollah – the most powerful armed non-state actor (ANSA) in Lebanon and the Middle East – through an original survey experiment with 823 adults (January–February 2025). It integrates a list experiment, a conjoint analysis, and a natural experiment exploiting the January 2025 Gaza ceasefire as an exogenous contextual shock. Findings show that support for Hezbollah is neither uniform nor purely ideological but reflects a multi…
Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence (5 works) · Middle East Politics and Society (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Politics (4 works) · Democracy (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Political Conflict and Governance (3 works) · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies (2 works) · Perception (2 works)