Fellows
Security Studies,Regional Studies-Areas of Expertise
Dr Hiroyasu Akutsu (Senior Fellow, Northeast Asia Division, Regional Studies Department, National Institute for Defense Studies)
Education
| 1994 | Bachelor of Law, Keio University |
| 1996 | Master of Law, Keio University |
| 1999 | Intensive Korean Language Course, Korean Language Institute, Yonsei University Visiting Fellow, New Asia Research Institute (NARI), Seoul |
| 2006 | PhD in Political Science and International Relations, Australian National University |
| 2010-2011 | Visiting Fellow, Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies (RUSI) |
Research Interests
-Political and military affairs on the Korean Peninsula
-Security issues in Northeast Asia
-Japan-US-ROK security cooperation
-Japan-Australia security cooperation
-Japan-US alliance
-Open-source intelligence analysis
Selected Publications (English)
- Information Modeling and Knowledge Bases XVIII (IOS Press, 2007) (Co-authored.)
- The Hegemon’s Alliance Security Dilemma: US accommodation with Japan and the ROK from 1994 to 2004(ANU, 2006)
- Korea-Japan Security Relations: Prescriptive Studies(Oruem Publishing House, 2000)(Co-authored.)
- U.S.-Korea-Japan Relations: Building Toward a ‘Virtual Alliance’(CSIS, 1999)(Co-authored.)
Selected Journal Articles (English)
- ‘Towards a New Security Partnership between Japan and South Korea,’ Japan aktuell-Journal of Current Japanese Affairs (December, 2008)
- ‘A New Era for Japan-ROK Relations,’ A JIIA Commentary (March, 2008)
- ‘The New Shape of Asian Security,’ The Journal of International Security Affairs(Spring, 2007)
- ‘Tokyo and Taipei Try to Tango,’ Far Eastern Economic Review(January, 2007)
- ‘Japan’s Response to the US-Led War on Terrorism and Implications for the Korean Peninsula,’ New Asia (Spring, 2002)