Adam P. Liff, Ph.D.

Japanese Politics/Foreign Policy, East Asia Security, and U.S. Asia-Pacific Strategy

Liff, Adam P. “Profile: Shigeru Ishiba, Minister of Defense.” Japan, Inc., March/April 2008.

Magazine Article

Liff, Adam P. “On the Rocks? Implications of recent domestic political developments for the US-Japan alliance.” Japan, Inc, January/February 2008.

Magazine Article

CSIS: “Japan’s Present and Future National Security Strategy: Five Key Challenges to Watch” December 17, 2025
米日財団：「米学界からの警鐘：消えつつある日本外交・日米関係の専門家」 November 3, 2025
U.S.-Japan Foundation: “Japan: the Indispensable Ally, Except in U.S. Academia…” November 3, 2025
The Pacific Review: “Beyond Territorial Defense: the U.S.-Japan and U.S.-ROK Alliances and a ‘Taiwan Strait Contingency'” May 16, 2025
Brookings (Election ‘24): “Japan: America’s Indispensable Ally” September 20, 2024
日経新聞: 日米関係の未来(下)「日本外交専門家を育成せよ」 April 5, 2024
Brookings: “How Japan and South Korea diverge on Taiwan and the Taiwan Strait’” February 23, 2024
Washington University Global Studies Law Review: “A Fourth Model of Constitutional Review? De Facto Executive Supremacy” (re: Japan’s Cabinet Legislation Bureau 内閣法制局) May 31, 2023
Brookings: “No, Japan is not planning to ‘double its defense budget’” May 25, 2023
The Washington Quarterly: “Kishida the Accelerator: Japan’s Defense Evolution after Abe” April 5, 2023

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I am Professor of East Asian International Relations in Indiana University's Hamilton Lugar School of Global and International Studies, where I also serve as Founding Director of its 21st Century Japan Politics & Society Initiative. I research and teach on East Asian international relations, politics, and diplomacy—with a particular focus on Japanese politics and foreign (esp. security) policy, the U.S.-Japan alliance, U.S.-Japan-China relations, and Asia-Pacific security affairs. My other professional affiliations include Nonresident Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution and Faculty Associate and Associate-in-Research at, respectively, Harvard University's Program on U.S.-Japan RelationsandReischauer Institute of Japanese Studies.

E-mail: "aliff" at iu.edu

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