From Michito Tsuruoka: The Transatlantic Community and Japan under Pressure

2018/12/07

The Transatlantic Community and Japan under Pressure

Michito Tsuruoka, "A Community of Shared Values: The Transatlantic Community and Japan under Pressure," Atlantic Community, 17 April 2018 is available online.

Article URL: https://atlantic-community.org/a-community-of-shared-values-the-transatlantic-view-from-japan/

This short piece discusses Japan's views on the changing nature of the transatlantic community in the era of Donald Trump. Tokyo expects the transatlantic relationship to remain in a good shape and still believes that Europe and the US share values and interest a lot more than with others, particularly Russia and China.

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.