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Friday, November 20, 2009
 
 
SCHOLARS & FELLOWS
 
Michael Auslin
Resident Scholar
 
 
RESOURCES
 
 
RESEARCH AREAS
 
  • Japan
  • Asian security
  • U.S. - East Asian relations
  • U.S. - Japanese relations
  • Asia-Pacific multilateral organizations
  • Asian maritime security
Contact E-mail: michael.auslin@aei.org Phone: 202-862-5848 Fax: 202-862-4877 Assistant: Leslie Forgach Assistant E-mail: leslie.forgach@aei.org Assistant Phone: 202-862-7160   Biography
 
Michael Auslin, AEI's director of Japan Studies, was an associate professor of history and senior research fellow at the MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies at Yale University prior to joining AEI. He has been named a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum, a Marshall Memorial Fellow by the German Marshall Fund, and a Fulbright and Japan Foundation Scholar. His writings on Japan and Japanese diplomacy include the books Negotiating with Imperialism: The Unequal Treaties and the Culture of Japanese Diplomacy (Harvard University Press, 2006) and Japan Society: Celebrating a Century, 1907-2007 (Japan Society Gallery, 2007).
 
Experience
  • Associate Professor, 2006-2007; assistant professor, 2000-2006, Department of History, Yale University
  • Senior Research Fellow, MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies, 2006-2007
  • Founding Director, Project on Japan-U.S. Relations, Yale University, 2004-2007
  • Visiting Researcher, Graduate School of Law, Kobe University, 2005
 
Education
 
Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
M.A., Indiana University at Bloomington
B.S.F.S., Georgetown University 
 
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Articles and Commentary [List all]

President Obama's trip to Tokyo could make or break U.S.-Japanese relations for the duration of his term.

Those who witnessed Japan's spectacular rise and fall in the 1980s should get a familiar feeling watching China these days.

The newly elected Democratic Party of Japan envisions a security policy that emphasizes greater independence from the United States, further engagement with China, and decreased defense spending.

 
Books Japan Society

This book explores the central role that cultural exchange has played in the bilateral relationship between the United States and Japan.

Negotiating with Imperialism

This book offers a persuasive reading of the birth of modern Japan and its struggle to determine its future relations with the world.

 
Events [List all] Troubled Waters for the U.S.-Japan Alliance?

The U.S.-Japan alliance is undergoing one of its tensest moments in recent years. If the alliance is to maintain its role as the cornerstone of peace and prosperity in the Asia-Pacific region, Washington and Tokyo will have to prove they can work together.

The APEC Summit: A Future for Transpacific Regionalism?

This AEI conference will address the importance and impact of the APEC summit, as well as long-term U.S. policy and interests in the Asia-Pacific region.

Japan's Election: Democratic Breakthrough?

This event will discuss the impact of Japan's August 30 elections.

 
 
Speeches and Testimony China's Military and Security Activities Abroad

During the past decade, the Asian Maritime Domain has witnessed a host of security-related changes that point to an increasingly complex regional future.