My latest article… a concise summary of the origins, form, and function of Japan’s National Security Council (published on the 5th anniversary of its establishment)… has just been published in East Asia Forum, a platform for analysis and research based at the Crawford School of Public Policy at Australian National University.

This short, 800-word piece is based on a much more extensive analysis published in the current issue of the peer-reviewed journal, Japanese Studies. Citation and (open-access) link below:

• Adam P. Liff, “Japan’s National Security Council: Policy Coordination and Political Power.” Japanese Studies, 38, no. 2 (2018): 253-279.