From Michito Tsuruoka: Managing Territorial and Diplomatic Disputes in East Asia

2013/07/18

Managing Territorial and Diplomatic Disputes in East Asia

Michito Tsuruoka, 'Managing Territorial and Diplomatic Disputes in East Asia', ISPI Analysis, No. 186 (July 2013) is now available at the ISPI website. The ISPI is an Italian think tank based in Milan.

Putting historical evidence aside, the paper discusses how territorial and diplomatic disputes in East Asia can be managed in a manner consistent with international law, practice and norms.

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イタリアのシンクタンクISPIから 'Managing Territorial and Diplomatic Disputes in East Asia', ISPI Analysis, No. 186 (July 2013) と題したペーパーを刊行いたしました。東アジアの領土・外交問題に関して、歴史的な経緯や証拠からは距離を置き、今日の状況において、緊張を激化させないための方策について検討してみました。

Michito Tsuruoka, PhD is an Associate Professor of Keio University. He is based at the Faculty of Policy Management, Shonan Fujisawa Campus (SFC). Until March 2017 for 8 years, he was at the National Institute for Defense Studies (NIDS), Ministry of Defense, Japan. In 2013-14, he was a Visiting Fellow at Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies (RUSI), London.

His research interests include European politics, European foreign policy, NATO, nuclear policy, extended deterrence, defence diplomacy and Europe-Japan/Asia relations. Prior to his tenure at the NIDS, Tsuruoka served as a Special Adviser for NATO at the Embassy of Japan in Belgium (2005-2008) and a Resident Fellow at the German Marshall Fund of the United States (GMF) on the GMF-Tokyo Foundation Fellowship (2009). From April 2012 to April 2013, he served as Deputy Director of the International Policy Division, Bureau of Defense Policy, Ministry of Defense, where he was mainly in charge of the ASEAN Defence Ministers' Meeting-Plus (ADMM-Plus) and the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF).

Tsuruoka studied politics and international relations at Keio University and Georgetown University and received a PhD in War Studies from King's College London.