On April 21, Mr. Fuadi Pitsuwan from Thailand with three coordinators from the Asia and Middle East Program of the Sasakawa Peace Foundation visited CSEAS. The group met with Director Fumiharu Mieno, Professor Masaaki Okamoto, and Associate Professor Yoshihiro Nakanishi of CSEAS, as well as Professor Fumio Nagai of Osaka Metropolitan University, Professor Ayame Suzuki of Doshisha University, and Associate Professor Nobuhiro Aizawa of Kyushu University. During the meeting, they had a lively exchange of opinions on the political situation in Southeast Asia.