Selected Op-EDs and COmmentary

  1. South Korea’s New Leader Says There’s No Gender Inequality Problem (with Don Lee). April 26, 2022. The Washington Post.

  2. No Evidence School Closures Reduce the Spread of COVID-19 (with Kentaro Fukumoto and Kuninori Nakagawa). November 3, 2021. Nature Portfolio (Behavioral and Social Sciences).

Japanese Politics and Public POlicy

Comparative Connections

Triennial articles on U.S.-Japan relations for Pacific Forum’s Comparative Connections journal (with Sheila Smith):

  1. Once Again, Leadership Transitions Challenge US-Japan Alliance. 2024. 26(2):27–38.

  2. Washington Welcomes Prime Minister Kishida. 2024. 26(1):29–38.

  3. A Busy Diplomatic Calendar for Biden and Kishida. 2023. 25(2):25–32.

  4. The U.S. and Japan Build Multilateral Momentum. 2023. 25(1):25–32. Republished in Asia Times.

  5. Ramping Up Diplomacy and Defense Cooperation. 2023. 24(3):19–28.

  6. Abe’s Legacy and the Alliance Agenda. 2022. 24(2):21–28.

  7. Russian Invasion Accelerates Alliance Review. 2022. 24(1):19–28.

  8. A New Prime Minister and a Growing Alliance Agenda. 2022. 23(3):21–30.

  9. Summer Takes an Unexpected Turn. 2021. 23(2):17–24.

  10. Suga and Biden Off to a Good Start. 2021. 23(1):21–28.

  11. Leadership Transitions in Tokyo and Washington. 2021. 22(3):19–28.

  12. Unexpected Turbulence for the Alliance. 2020. 22(2):13–22.

  13. COVID-19 Overtakes Japan and the United States. 2020. 22(1):15–26.

  14. The Finale for Abe-Trump Alliance Management?. 2020. 21(3):11–20.

  15. A Busy Summer of Bilateralism. 2019. 21(2):13–20.

  16. Treading Water in Choppier Surf. 2019. 21(1):15–22.

  17. Stability in Tokyo, Disruption in Washington. 2019. 20(3):11–18.

  18. Summer Before the Storm?. 2018. 20(2):13–20.

  19. Adjusting to Abrupt Diplomacy. 2018. 20(1):11–18.

  20. Trump Visits Tokyo Amid North Korea Tensions. 2018. 19(3):11–18.

  21. A Summer of Setbacks. 2017. 19(2):11–20.

  22. Tokyo Transitions to Trump. 2017. 19(1):11–20.

  23. U.S.-Japan Relations and the Trump Effect. 2017. 18(3):9–16.

  24. Hiroshima to The Hague. 2016. 18(2):15–24.

  25. 2016 Opens with a Bang. 2016. 18(1):15–22.

  26. Official Cooperation, Domestic Challenges. 2016. 17(3):13–20.

  27. History and Other Alliance Constraints. 2015. 17(2):17–26.

Other Writing

  1. Getting Out the Youth Vote in Japan. August 5, 2013. Council on Foreign Relations.

  2. Japan’s Maritime Disputes: Implications for the U.S.-Japan Alliance (with Sheila A. Smith). 2013. In Michael McDevitt and Catherine Lea, eds. Japan’s Territorial Disputes. CNA Maritime Asia Project. 15–28.

  3. The LDP’s Freshmen. December 18, 2012. Council on Foreign Relations.

  4. How Japan’s Next Election Will Be Won. October 4, 2012.

  5. The U.S. Approach to Peacebuilding: From a Whole-of-Government to a Whole-of-Alliance Approach with Japan (with Weston Konishi). 2011. In Toshiya Hoshino and Weston Konishi, eds. U.S.-Japan Alliance Peacebuilding Cooperation. Institute for Foreign Policy Analysis. 1–11.

  6. The Demographic Dilemma: Examining the Security Implications of Japan’s Aging Population. 2010. In Yao (Adam) Liu, Faith Pang, and Sherry Lu, eds. Asia Pacific Reader: Passages. University of Toronto 2(1):70–71.