Yasuhiro Matsuda

Biography

History.

Education

• 1988 B.A., Department of Foreign Language, Reitaku University, Chiba-ken
• 1990 M.A., Graduate School of Area Studies, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, Tokyo
• 1997 Ph.D. Candidate, Graduate School of Law, Keio University, Tokyo
• 2003 Ph.D., Graduate School of Law, Keio University, Tokyo

  Academic career

• 1992-93 Assistant, 1st Research Office, 2nd Research Department, the National Institute for Defense Studies
• 1993-99 Assistant, 3rd Research Office, 2nd Research Department, NIDS
• 1999-04 Senior Research Fellow, 3rd Research Office, 2nd Research Department, NIDS
• 2004-08 Senior Research Fellow, 6th Research Office, Research Department, NIDS
• 2008-09 Associate Professor, Institute of Oriental Culture, the University of Tokyo
• 2010-11 Associate Professor, Institute of Oriental Culture, the University of Tokyo
• 2011-12 Professor, Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia, the University of Tokyo
• 2012-15 Professor, The University of Tokyo Interfaculty Initiative in Information Studies
• 2015 Professor, Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia, the University of Tokyo

  Publications.

Major publications in Japanese

• 2006: Taiwan niokeru Itto Dokusai Taisei no Seiritsu
• 2007: Kiro ni Tatsu Nittuu Kankei: Kako tono Taiwa, Mirai eno Mosaku , co-editor with Ryoko Iechika and Duan Ruicong
• 2009: Nittai Kankei Shi: 1945-2008, with Shin Kawashima, Urara Shimizu, and Yang Yung-ming
• 2009: Enuesushi, Kokka Anzenhoshou Kaigi: Shuyoukoku no Kikikanri Anposeisakutougou Mekanizumu, contributor and editor
• 2009: Gobunya kara Yomitoku Gendai Chuugoku: Rekishi, Seiji, Keizai, Shakai, Gaikou'' , co-editor with Ryoko Iechika and Tang Liang

  Major publications in English

• 2002: Domestic Determinants and Security Policy-Making in East Asia, edited with Satu P. Limaye
• 2005: “Structural Changes in Japan-China Relations: A Japanese Perspective,” Proceedings of the International Conference on China and the Emerging Asian Century, Organised by Institute of Strategic Studies in Collaboration with Hanns Seidel Foundation, Islamabad, Pakistan, pp. 156–167
• 2006: “An Essay on China’s Military Diplomacy: Examination of Intentions in Foreign Strategy,” NIDS Security Reports, No. 7
• 2007: “Domestic Political Determinants of China’s External Behavior,” China’s Rise and Its Limitations: China at the Crossroads, Proceedings of the NIDS International Symposium on Security Affairs, Tokyo: National Institute for Defense Studies, pp. 33–57
• 2007: “Japanese Assessments of China’s Military Development,” Asian Perspective, Vol. 31, No. 3, pp. 183–193
• 2008: “Security Relations between Japan and the PRC in the Post-Cold War Era,” Niklas Swanström and Ryosei Kokubun eds., Sino-Japanese Relations: The Need for Conflict Prevention and Management, Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, pp. 66–93
• 2009: “The Prospect of China Up to 2020: A View from Japan,” Derek J. Mitchell ed., Bridging Strategic Asia: The Rise of India in East Asia and the Implications for the U.S.-Japan Alliance, Washington, D.C.: Center for Strategic and International Studies, pp. 1–16
• 2009: “Improved Cross-Strait Relations Confusing to the Japanese,” AJISS-Commentary
• 2010: “Taiwan in the China-Japan-US Triangle,” Gerald Curtis, Ryosei Kokubun, and Wang Jisi eds., Getting the Triangle Straight: Managing China-Japan-US Relations, New York: Japan Center for International Exchange, pp. 123–143
• 2010: “Improved Cross-Strait Relations Confusing to the Japanese,” Asia Pacific Bulletin, East West Center, No. 47
• 2011: “Japan’s National Security Policy: New Directions, Old Restrictions,” Asia Pacific Bulletin, East West Center, No. 95
• 2011: “Taiwan’s Partisan Politics and Its Impact on U.S.-Taiwanese Relations,” The Journal of Social Science, Vol. 63, Nos. 3&4