My analysis of the prospects for a significant and sustainable breakthrough in relations between China and Japan after the (potentially) landmark November 10 summit between Chinese President Xi Jinping and […]
I have posted a working paper containing a point-by-point comparative analysis of the statements on “improving Japan-China relations” released simultaneously by Beijing and Tokyo on November 7, 2014. These statements […]
My latest on U.S. policy toward China, coauthored with Professor Andrew S. Erickson of the U.S. Naval War College, has been published as the lead article in Foreign Affairs (online). […]
My analysis of the historical significance and likely implications of Japan’s forthcoming Cabinet resolution ‘reinterpreting’ the Constitution’s Article 9 to allow Japan to exercise the UN-sanctioned right to ‘collective self-defense’ […]
My latest analysis of China’s defense spending, with Andrew S. Erickson, has been published in the new issue of ASAN Forum: Andrew S. Erickson and Adam P. Liff, “The Budget This […]
The Wall Street Journal’s China Real Time Report online blog commissioned the following short commentary in the wake of the announcement of China’s projected 2014 official defense budget. Erickson, Andrew, […]
My peer-reviewed article on China’s defense spending, coauthored with Professor Andrew S. Erickson of the U.S. Naval War College, has been published in the December 2013 issue of The China […]
The National Bureau of Asian Research (NBR) has posted an interview about China’s defense spending. Citation and link: “Lifting the Shroud on China’s Defense Spending: Trends, Drivers, and Implications—An Interview […]
Published a web article cover story on The Diplomat on China’s military development – its past, present, and likely future. Erickson, Andrew S. and Adam P. Liff: “China’s Military Development, Beyond […]
Published a web article on Foreign Policy on the significance and implications of China’s military development. Erickson, Andrew S. and Adam P. Liff. “A Player, but No Superpower,” Foreign Policy , March 7, 2013.
Published a response to a critique of my earlier article in the peer-reviewed Journal of Strategic Studies on the likely implications of cyberwarfare for the frequency of interstate war. Liff, Adam P. “The […]
Published an article in the peer-reviewed Journal of Strategic Studies on the likely implications of cyberwarfare for the frequency of interstate war. Liff, Adam P. “Cyberwar: A New ‘Absolute Weapon’? The […]
Tanaka, Hitoshi and Adam P. Liff. “East Asia and its Evolving Security Architecture.” In Rewiring Regional Security in a Fragmented World, edited by Chester A. Crocker, Fen Osler Hampson, and Pamela […]
I was mentioned in an article in the China Times (Taiwan) on the “next-generation of American scholars of the PLA.” “解放軍研究美新一代浮出檯面.” 中國時報, November 14, 2011.
Published a brief analysis of Japan’s 2010 National Defense Program Guidelines, a very rough analogue to the U.S.’ National Security Strategy. Liff, Adam P. “Japan’s 2010 National Defense Program Guidelines: Reading […]
During my time as a Summer Associate at RAND Corporation, I co-authored an internal report on the implications of the Democratic Party of Japan’s victory in the 2009 election for Japan’s security […]
Tanaka, Hitoshi and Adam P. Liff. “Japan’s Foreign Policy and East Asian Regionalism.” In Northeast Asia Security Architecture Project, 1–12. New York: Council on Foreign Relations, 2009. [with Hitoshi Tanaka]
Liff, Adam P. U.S. Policy Toward North Korea: The China Fallacy. PacNet [No. 67]. Honolulu, HI: Pacific Forum CSIS, October 8, 2009.
Kato, Yoshikazu and Adam P. Liff. “China-Japan Relations Remain Fragile?” The Global Times [China], August 7, 2009. [with Yoshikazu Kato]
Task Force Report: U.S.-China Relations: A Roadmap for the Future [工作小组报告：中美关系为了未来的路线图]. Issues & Insights [ 09, No. 16]. Honolulu, HI: Pacific Forum CSIS, August 2009. [with Andrew S. Erickson, Wei […]
Tanaka, Hitoshi and Adam P. Liff. “The Strategic Rationale for East Asia Community Building,” In East Asia at a Crossroads, edited by Jusuf Wanandi and Tadashi Yamamoto, 90-104. Tokyo: Japan […]
Liff, Adam P. “Profile: Shigeru Ishiba, Minister of Defense.” Japan, Inc., March/April 2008.
Liff, Adam P. “On the Rocks? Implications of recent domestic political developments for the US-Japan alliance.” Japan, Inc, January/February 2008.
I published a brief opinion piece in The New York Times/International Herald Tribune on the significance of the end of Japan’s logistical support for Operation Enduring Freedom. Liff, Adam P. “Japan Pulls Out,” […]
I completed my senior honors thesis at Stanford University on the significance of changes to Japan’s security policy posture reflected in the 2004 National Defense Program Guidelines: Phail-Liff, Adam. “A Return […]
Adam P. Liff, Ph.D. 