Watanabe, Tsuneo

DIRECTOR, POLICY RESEARCH DIVISION
SENIOR FELLOW
Adjunct Fellow, Center for Strategic & International Studies (Washington, D.C.)

Research Areas:

American Politics, Japanese Politics, Japan-US Relations, Security Policy

Profile:

Became a dentist after graduating from the Tohoku University School of Dentistry. Attended the New School for Social Research, where he received his MA in political science. In 1996, became a visiting research scholar at the Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS ), going on to become a research associate fellow and, as of March 2003, a senior fellow. In 2005, returned to Japan. After serving as a senior research fellow at the Mitsui Global Strategic Studies Institute in Tokyo, assumed his current position.

Publications:

“The US Strategy beyond the Global Posture Review,” in Strategic Yet Strained (Stimson Center, 2008)

“Sayonara, Koizumi-san: Dynastic Rivals,” in Far Eastern Economic Review, June 2006

“After the July Election: Where Is Koizumi Heading?” in Japan Watch (CSIS Japan Chair Web Publication), August 19, 2004

“Changing Japanese Views of China: A New Generation Moves Toward Realism and Nationalism,” coauthor, in The Rise of China in Asia: Security Implications (Army War College, Strategic Studies Institute, 2002)

“Japan’s Internal Development and its Implication for Korean Peninsula,” coauthor, in Strengthening U.S.-ROK-Japan Trilateral Relations (CSIS, 2002)

“The Bankruptcy of Civil-Military Relations in Japan,” NIRA Review, Summer 1996