Adam P. Liff, Ph.D.

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

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Tag Archives: China

U.S. China Economic and Security Review Commission 2014 Report to Congress: Research and Interview Cited

November 20, 2014by Adam P. Liff

My research on Chinese defense spending and an interview with me by Commission staff are cited in the U.S. China Economic and Security Review Commission’s 2014 Report to Congress: U.S.-China Economic […]

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Citation, Interview

The National Interest: “Calm in the East China Sea?: What to Make of Shinzo Abe and Xi Jinping’s Recent Meeting”

November 12, 2014by Adam P. Liff

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 […]

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Analysis: “Principles Without Consensus: Setting the Record Straight on the 2014 Sino-Japanese ‘Agreement to Improve Bilateral Relations’”

November 10, 2014by Adam P. Liff

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 […]

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Unpublished Manuscript

Foreign Affairs: “Not-So-Empty Talk: The Danger of China’s “New Type of Great-Power Relations” Slogan”

October 9, 2014by Adam P. Liff

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). […]

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ASAN Forum: “The Budget This Time: Taking the Measure of China’s Defense Spending”

May 19, 2014by Adam P. Liff

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 […]

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Wall Street Journal: “Full Steam Ahead: China’s Ever-Increasing Military Budget”

March 5, 2014by Adam P. Liff

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, […]

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The China Quarterly: “Demystifying China’s Defense Spending: Less Mysterious in the Aggregate”

December 7, 2013by Adam P. Liff

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 […]

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Peer-reviewed Journal

Interview: “Lifting the Shroud on China’s Defense Spending: Trends, Drivers, and Implications—An Interview with Andrew S. Erickson and Adam P. Liff”

May 17, 2013by Adam P. Liff

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 […]

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Interview

The Diplomat: “China’s Military Development, Beyond the Numbers”

March 12, 2013by Adam P. Liff

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 […]

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Foreign Policy: “A Player, but No Superpower”

March 7, 2013by Adam P. Liff

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.

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Book Chapter: “East Asia and its Evolving Security Architecture”

December 1, 2011by Adam P. Liff

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 […]

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Book Chapter

Citation: China Times (中國時報) article on the “next-generation of American scholars of the PLA”

November 14, 2011by Adam P. Liff

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.

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PacNet: “U.S. Policy Toward North Korea: The China Fallacy”

October 8, 2009by Adam P. Liff

Liff, Adam P. U.S. Policy Toward North Korea: The China Fallacy. PacNet [No. 67]. Honolulu, HI: Pacific Forum CSIS, October 8, 2009.

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PacNet

Interview: “China-Japan Relations Remain Fragile?”

August 7, 2009by Adam P. Liff

Kato, Yoshikazu and Adam P. Liff. “China-Japan Relations Remain Fragile?” The Global Times [China], August 7, 2009. [with Yoshikazu Kato]

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Interview

Task Force Report: “U.S.-China Relations: A Roadmap for the Future”

August 1, 2009by Adam P. Liff

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 […]

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Book Chapter: “The Strategic Rationale for East Asia Community Building”

September 1, 2008by Adam P. Liff

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 […]

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Recent Publications

  • 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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About

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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