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Tag Archives: China

AJW by Asahi Shimbun (English): Japan-China Crisis Management–the Urgent Need for Air-Sea Contact Mechanism

July 9, 2015by Adam P. Liff

Since the summit between Abe and Chinese President Xi Jinping last November, the ice between Tokyo and Beijing has begun to thaw. But crowded waters and airspace in the East China Sea still make the risk of miscalculation or low-level encounters escalating into a major crisis too great for comfort…

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Op-ed

Asahi Shimbun (in Japanese): “日中間の危機管理–海空連絡メカニズム急げ”

July 4, 2015by Adam P. Liff

My latest… op-ed [in Japanese] on the urgent need for Japan and China to establish, and to reliably implement, bilateral crisis management in the East China Sea has been published in Japan’s Asahi […]

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Op-ed

Foreign Affairs: “Crowding the Waters: The Need for Crisis Management in the East China Sea”

March 25, 2015by Adam P. Liff

My latest… on the need for reliable Sino-Japanese crisis management mechanisms in the East China Sea has been published in Foreign Affairs. Liff, Adam P. and Andrew S. Erickson, “Crowding […]

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Online magazine

Wall Street Journal: “China’s Military Spending Swells Again Despite Domestic Headwinds”

March 5, 2015by Adam P. Liff

I have published a brief analysis on China’s projected official defense budget in 2015, which was announced earlier today, with Andrew Erickson of the U.S. Naval War College. You can find […]

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Online magazine

International Security: “Racing Toward Tragedy? China’s Rise, Military Competition in the Asia-Pacific, and the Security Dilemma”

November 21, 2014by Adam P. Liff

My peer-reviewed article on military competition in the contemporary Asia Pacific, coauthored with Professor G. John Ikenberry of Princeton University, has been published in the Fall 2014 issue of International […]

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Peer-reviewed Journal

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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Online magazine

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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Online magazine

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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Online magazine

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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Online magazine

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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Online magazine

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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Recent Publications

  • Asian Survey: “Japan in 2020: COVID-19 and the End of the Abe Era” March 1, 2021
  • Wilson Center: “A “Taiwan Relations Act” for Japan?” February 27, 2021
  • Cambridge Univ Press (Book Chapter): “Japan’s Defense Reforms Under Abe” February 17, 2021
  • Brookings Institution Press: “Proactive Stabilizer: Japan’s Role in the Asia-Pacific Security Order” February 3, 2020
  • Brookings Institution Press: “Japan and the Liberal International Order: A Survey Experiment” January 30, 2020
  • Brookings: “China, Japan, and the East China Sea: Beijing’s “gray zone” coercion and Tokyo’s response” December 2, 2019
  • Brookings Foreign Policy Interview: “The Stress Test: Japan in an Era of Great Power Competition” October 21, 2019
  • IRAP: “Unambivalent alignment: Japan’s China strategy, the US alliance, and the ‘hedging’ fallacy” September 6, 2019
  • Naval Institute Press: “China’s Maritime Gray-Zone Operations in the East China Sea and Japan’s Response” March 1, 2019
  • JJPS: “Japan’s LDP-Komeito Government in a Mixed Electoral System” February 28, 2019

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About

I am an associate professor in Indiana University's Hamilton Lugar School of Global and International Studies. I research and teach on East Asian international relations, politics, and diplomacy—with a particular focus on Japan, China, the United States, and Asia-Pacific security. My other professional affiliations include Nonresident Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution, and Associate-in-Research at Harvard University's Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies and Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies.

E-mail: "aliff" at indiana.edu

Twitter: @AdamPLiff
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