Ryosei Kokubun

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Ryosei Kokubun, Ph.D

  • Visiting Scholar at FSI and APARC, 2022-23
  • Payne Distinguished Fellow, 2023 Spring Quarter

Biography

Professor Ryosei Kokubun joined the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies (FSI) and the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center (APARC) as Payne Distinguished Fellow for the 2023 spring quarter. He is currently Professor Emeritus at Keio University in Tokyo, Japan, as well as Adviser at the Fujitsu Future Studies Center, Ltd. Previously, he served as President of the National Defense Academy of Japan. While at APARC, he conducted research on comparing engagement policies toward China between the U.S. and Japan since the 1990s, and the future possibilities of policy coordination.

Current research

In The News

Ryosei Kokubun, the Spring 2023 Payne Distinguished Fellow and panelists Oriana Skylar Mastro, Kiyoteru Tsutsui, and Thomas Fingar
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Payne Distinguished Fellow Explores Japan’s Deterrence Dilemma Amid Rising Asia-Pacific Security Threats

As Japan looks to increase military spending to levels not seen since World War II, Professor Ryosei Kokubun, the Spring 2023 Payne Distinguished Fellow, considers Tokyo’s security policy and how it can balance deterrence and interaction to maintain stability in the era of U.S.-China strategic competition.
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