Fellows
Security Studies,Regional Studies-Areas of Expertise
Tomotaka Shoji(Head, America, Europe, and Russia Division, Regional Studies Department)
t-shoji @ nids.go.jp
Education
| 1995 | BA in International Relations, University of Tokyo |
| 1997 | MA in International Relations, University of Tokyo |
| 2006 | Ph.D. in International Relations,Tokyo University |
| 2006 | MSC.,Nanyang Technological University(Singapore) |
Areas of Expertise
Area Studies (Indochina, particularly Vietnam), Security in Southeast Asia
Selected Publications
- “ASEAN Security Community: An Initiative for Peace and Stability”, NIDS Security Reports, No. 4 (December 2008)
- “Pursuing a Multi-dimensional Relationship: Rising China and Japan’s Southeast Asia Policy”. Jun Tsunekawa ed., The Rise of China: Responses from Southeast Asia and Japan (NIDS Joint Research Series No. 4, Tokyo: The National Institute for Defense Studies, 2009)
- “Japan's Security Outlook： Security Challenges and the New National Defense Program Guidelines”. Eiichi Katahara ed., Asia Pacific Countries' Security Outlook and Its Implications for the Defense Sector (NIDS Joint Research Series No. 6, Tokyo, The National Institute for Defense Studies, 2011）
- "China's Rise and Japan's Changing Approach toward Southeast Asia: Competition and Cooperation". Lam Peng Er and Victor Teo eds., Southeast Asia between China and Japan (Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2012)
- “Vietnam, ASEAN, and the South China Sea: Unity or Diverseness?” NIDS Journal of Defense and Security, No.13 (December 2012)
- “ASEAN Defense Ministers' Meeting (ADMM) and ADMM Plus: A Japanese Perspective” NIDS Journal of Defense and Security, No.14 (December 2013)
- “Japan's Perspective on Security Environment in the Asia Pacific and Its Approach toward Multilateral Cooperation: Contradictory or Consistent?” Prospects of Multilateral Cooperation in the Asia Pacific: To Overcome the Gap of Security Outlooks, NIDS International Symposium on Security Affairs 2013 (October 2014).
- “The South China Sea: A View from Japan” NIDS Journal of Defense and Security, No.15 (December 2014)
- “Japan’s Security Cooperation with ASEAN: Pursuit of a Status as a ‘Relevant Partner”, NIDS Journal of Defense and Security, No.16 (December 2015)
- “Japan’ “Vietnam’s Omnidirectional Military Diplomacy: Focusing on the South China Sea,”, NIDS Journal of Defense and Security, No. 17 (December 2016)
- “Vietnam’s Security Cooperation with the United States: Historical Background, Present and Future Outlook,”,NIDS Journal of Defense and Security, No. 19 (December 2018)