Jimbo, Ken

Assistant Professor, Faculty of Policy Management, Department of Policy Management, Keio University;
Visiting Lecturer, National Defense Academy in Japan

RESEARCH AREAS

International and Asia-Pacific Security, US Defense Policy, Regionalization in East Asia

PROJECT:

• National Security Research Project

PROFILE:

Received his PhD in media and governance from Keio University. Has been a visiting research fellow at the Japan Institute of International Affairs and director of research at the Japan Forum in International Relations. Has served as a member of several government advisory councils, including the special board of inquiry for examining “Japan’s 21st Century Vision” for the Council on Economic and Fiscal Policy.

PUBLICATIONS:

• “From ‘Double-track’ to ‘Convergence’: Japanese Defense Policy and an Emerging Security Architecture in Asia-Pacific Region,” in Japan’s New Defense Establishment: Institutions, Capabilities, and Implications (The Henry L. Stimson Center, 2007)
• “Japan” (Annual Review of Japan’s Defense Policy), in Asia-Pacific Security Outlook 2005 (Japan Center for International Exchange, 2005)
• “Emerging Feature of Multilateral Security in Asia-Pacific: From ‘Double-Track’ to ‘Multi-Layered’ Mechanism,” in Global Economic Review, Vol.32 No.3, 2003
• “Rethinking Japanese Security: New Concepts in Deterrence and Defense,” in Japan’s Nuclear Option: Security, Politics, and Policy in the 21st Century (The Henry L. Stimson Center, 2003)