Publications

Edited Books

  • Linking Trade and Security: Evolving Institutions and Strategies in Asia, Europe, and the United States (co-edited with Vinod Aggarwal). New York: Springer (2013). purchase the book
  • Responding to a Resurgent Russia: Russian Policy and Responses from the European Union and the United States (co-edited with Vinod Aggarwal). New York: Springer (2012). purchase the book

Other Edited Volumes and Special Issues

  • Special Issue: “Undersea Cables, Geoeconomics, and Security in the Indo-Pacific: Risks and Resilience.” Marine Policy (in preparation)
  • Governing the Global Commons: Challenges and Opportunities for US-Japan Cooperation. Washington, DC: The German Marshall Fund of the United States (December 2022). download
  • Building a Quad-South Korea Partnership for Climate Action. Washington, DC: The German Marshall Fund of the United States (July 2022). download

Journal Articles

  • “South Korea’s Engagement in Asian Regional Outer Space Institutions: Economics, Security, and Institutional Design.” Asian Security (forthcoming 2025).
  • “U.S.-ROK-Japan Trilateral Engagement on Economic Security: Disentangling Resilience, Competitiveness, and Protection.” Asia Policy, vol. 20, no. 1 (January 2025), pp. 28–32. full version
  • “Avoiding and Exploiting the Tragedy of the Commons: Fishing, Crime, and Conflict in the South China Sea.” International Politics, vol. 60 (December 2023), pp. 1294–1314. full version | free read-only version
  • “China’s Challenge to the Global Commons: Compliance, Contestation, and Subversion in the Maritime and Cyber Domains.” International Relations, vol. 35, no. 3 (September 2021), pp. 446–468. full version | download free preprint
  • “The Adaptation of Japanese Economic Statecraft: Trade, Aid, and Technology.” World Trade Review, vol. 20, no. 2 (May 2021), pp. 186–202. full version | free read-only version
  • “Technology and Tensions in the Global Commons.” Fletcher Security Review, vol. 6, no. 1 (Summer 2019), pp. 38-44. download
  • “Japan in 2007: A Divided Government” (with Steven Vogel). Asian Survey, vol. 48, no. 1 (January 2008), pp. 97-106. download

Book Chapters

  • “The Role of the United Nations in Japanese Foreign Policy and Security Architecture.” In Lee and Panda (eds.) The United Nations, Indo-Pacific and Korean Peninsula: An Emerging Security Architecture. New York: Routledge (2023), pp. 67–85. download
  • “From Trade Laggard to Trade Leader: Japan’s Role in Countering the Backlash Against Globalization.” In Katsumata and Kusano (eds.) Non-Western Nations and the Liberal International Order: Responding to the Backlash in the West. New York: Routledge (2023), pp. 71–94. purchase the book
  • “Economic Rivals, Security Allies: The US-Japan Trade War.” In Liang and Zeng (eds.) Research Handbook on Trade Wars. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar (2022), pp. 209–229. download free preprint | purchase the book
  • “The Trade-Security Nexus in the Asia-Pacific” (with Vinod Aggarwal). In Aggarwal & Govella (eds.) Linking Trade and Security: Evolving Institutions and Strategies in Asia, Europe, and the United States. New York: Springer (2013), pp. 1–22. download
  • “Trade Linkages to Traditional and Non-Traditional Security: Lessons and Prospects” (with Vinod Aggarwal). In Aggarwal & Govella (eds.) Linking Trade and Security: Evolving Institutions and Strategies in Asia, Europe, and the United States. New York: Springer (2013), pp. 223–244. download
  • “Introduction: The Fall of the Soviet Union and the Resurgence of Russia” (with Vinod Aggarwal) In Aggarwal & Govella (eds.) Responding to a Resurgent Russia: Russian Policy and Responses from the European Union and the United States. New York: Springer (2012), pp. 1–13. download
  • “Russian Foreign Policy: Challenging the Western Liberal International Order?” (with Vinod Aggarwal) In Aggarwal & Govella (eds.) Responding to a Resurgent Russia: Russian Policy and Responses from the European Union and the United States. New York: Springer (2012), pp. 125–138. download

Policy Analysis

  • “Strengthening Economic Resilience and Security through US-Japan Cooperation on
    Undersea Cables.” JFIR Commentary. Tokyo: Japan Forum on International Relations (forthcoming 2025).
  • “Advancing Quad-Southeast Asia Engagement on Critical and Emerging Technologies.” CONVERGE Critical Technology Playbook. Honolulu: Pacific Forum (forthcoming 2025).
  • “Institutionalizing US-ROK-Japan Trilateral Cooperation: Recent Progress and Future Prospects.” US-ROK Policy Brief Series. Washington, DC: George Washington University Institute for Korean Studies and Seoul National University Institute for Peace and Unification Studies (December 2024). link
  • “Fishing, Human Security, and Transboundary Maritime Challenges in the Pacific Islands Region.” In Jackson (ed.) Rethinking Insecurity in the Blue Pacific Region. Security in Context Report 24-02. Security in Context (May 2024), pp. 29–37. link
  • “Emerging Challenges to Governance in the Maritime, Outer Space, and Cyber Domains and Opportunities for US-Japan Leadership,” in Govella (ed). Governing the Global Commons: Challenges and Opportunities for US-Japan Cooperation. The German Marshall Fund of the United States (December 2022). download
  • “Japan’s Defense Policy Faces a Critical Juncture.” East Asia Forum (July 2022). link
  • “Introduction,” in Govella (ed.) Building a Quad-South Korea Partnership for Climate Action. The German Marshall Fund of the United States (July 2022). download
  • “The Future of the Quad and Emerging Security Architecture in the Indo-Pacific” (with Garima Mohan). The German Marshall Fund of the United States (June 2022). download
  • “Expanding Engagement among South Korea and the Quad Countries in the Indo-Pacific” (with Garima Mohan and Bonnie Glaser). The German Marshall Fund of the United States (June 2022). download
  • “How to Mend the Rift Between Japan and South Korea” (with Bonnie Glaser). Foreign Affairs (May 17, 2022). link
  • “Seeking Resilience and Revitalization: US Supply Chain Strategy in the Indo-Pacific.” Stability and Security in the Indo-Pacific: The US, Japan, the EU, and the Elephant in the Room, Italian Institute for International Political Studies (March 17, 2022). link to article | download pdf issue
  • “Ukraine: A Turning Point for Japanese Foreign Policy?” PacNet, no. 15 (March 9, 2022). link | pdf version
  • “Crafting Policy for Contested Commons: Insights from Japan’s Approach to the Outer Space, Cyberspace, and Maritime Domains.” Japan’s Leadership in the Liberal International Order: Impact and Policy Opportunities for Partners, School of Public Policy and Global Affairs Joint Policy Paper Series, University of British Columbia (June 2020). download
  • “Trump’s trip to Japan reveals some mixed signals.” The Monkey Cage, The Washington Post (May 29, 2019). link
  • “Japan’s Quest to Preserve the Trans-Pacific Partnership.” Asia Dialogue, (October 26, 2017). download
  • “Regional Architecture and Japan” (with See-Won Byun, Leif-Eric Easley, Daniel Kliman, Kei Koga, Oriana Mastro, Ryo Sahashi, Kevin Shepard, and Ting Xu). Issues & Insights, vol. 10, no. 9 (March 2010). download
  • “Cybersecurity: A New Frontier for the US-Japan Alliance.” Berkeley APEC Study Center (2010). link
  • “Old Friends, New Times: The Perception Gap and the Future of the U.S.-Japan Alliance” (with Michele Fugiel Gartner, Dianna Hummel, Kerry Nankivell, and Sophia Yang). Issues & Insights, vol. 8, no. 19 (October 2008). download
  • “The Alliance: Redefining Relationships Between the U.S. and the Asia-Pacific Region in the 21st Century” (with John Friend, Ana Villavicencio, Adrian Yi, and Stephanie Young). Issues & Insights, vol. 8, no. 14 (September 2008). download
  • “Reinvigorating the ASEAN Regional Forum: Preventive Diplomacy and Beyond” (with Shanshan Wang and Alan Hao Yang). Issues & Insights, vol. 8, no. 9 (August 2008). download
  • “Non-Traditional Security: A Panacea for Asian Regional Institutions?” Berkeley APEC Study Center, vol. 10, no. 1 (Fall 2007). download
  • “Accommodating the Rise of China: Toward a Successful U.S.-Japan Alliance in 2017.” Issues & Insights, vol. 7, no. 16 (September 2007). download
  • Commentary on Shinjiro Koizumi‘s “Requirements for the Japan-U.S. Alliance and the Rise of China.” Issues & Insights, vol. 7, no. 16 (September 2007). download

Book Reviews

  • “Reliability and Alliance Interdependence: The United States and Its Allies in Asia, 1949–1969 by Iain D. Henry (review).” The Journal of Asian Studies, vol. 83, no. 1 (February 2024). full version
  • “Japan’s New Regional Reality: Geoeconomic Strategy in the Asia-Pacific by Saori Katada (review).” Monumenta Nipponica, vol. 76, no. 2 (2021). full version

Book Manuscript

  • Pathways of Persuasion: How Multinational Firms Influence Policy in Japan and Beyond (in preparation)

Selected Working Papers

  • “Tools of Japanese Economic Statecraft and Firm Responses: Case Studies of Rare Earths, COVID-19, and Semiconductors” (under review)
  • “Undersea Cables, Geoeconomics, and Security in the Indo-Pacific: Risks and Resilience” (under review)
  • “Undersea Cables and the Extension of Empire: The Rise of Britain, Japan, and the United States and the Competition to Connect Hawai‘i” (with Motohiro Tsuchiya, under review)
  • “Europe’s Relations with the Indo-Pacific Region amid the Ukraine War” In Riddervold, Rieker, and Newsome (eds.) European Security after Ukraine. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar (under contract)
  • “Coping with Competition in the Global Commons: Japan in the Maritime, Outer Space and Cyberspace Domains” (in preparation)
  • “Flexibility, Structure, and Engagement: An Asynchronous Online Teaching Framework” available at SSRN
  • “Hot Economics, Cold Politics? Reexamining Economic Linkages and Political Tensions in Sino-Japanese Relations” (with Sara Newland) available at SSRN