Adam P. Liff, Ph.D.

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

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Tag Archives: United States

International Security: “Looking for Asia’s Security Dilemma”

November 22, 2015by Adam P. Liff

My latest… a series of three responses to scholarly critiques of my 2014 International Security article on military competition in the Asia-Pacific…has been published in the latest issue of IS. This […]

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Peer-reviewed Journal

PacNet: “The 2015 US-Japan Guidelines for Defense Cooperation: Toward ‘A More Balanced and Effective Alliance.'”

April 24, 2015by Adam P. Liff

My latest… a preview and preliminary analysis of next week’s highly anticipated (and historic) revision of the U.S.-Japan Guidelines for Defense Cooperation has been published in the Pacific Forum CSIS’ PacNet newsletter. […]

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PacNet

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

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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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

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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Japan, Inc.: “On the Rocks? Implications of recent domestic political developments for the US-Japan alliance”

January 25, 2008by Adam P. Liff

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

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New York Times: “Japan Pulls Out”

November 4, 2007by Adam P. Liff

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,” […]

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Recent Publications

  • NEW BOOK! “U.S. Allies and the Taiwan Strait” (Cambridge University Press) January 7, 2026
  • 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

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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

Twitter: @AdamPLiff
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