Curriculum Vitae(As of February 17, 2024)

Yasuhiro MATSUDA (松田 康博)
Professor, Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia, the University ofTokyo
Tel: 81-3-5841-5871 (DI)Fax : 81-3-5841-5898
Email: ymatsuda@ioc.u-tokyo.ac.jp
Address: 7-3-1, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-0033, Japan
Education & Employment
1988
B.A. (Literature), Department of Foreign Languages, Reitaku University, Chiba-ken
1990
M.A. (International Studies), Graduate School of Area Studies, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies,Tokyo
1992-93 Assistant, 1st Research Office, 2nd Research Department, the National Institute for Defense Studies(NIDS)
1993-99 Assistant, 3rd Research Office, 2nd Research Department, NIDS
1997
Ph.D. Candidate (Law), Graduate School of Law, Keio University, Tokyo
1999-04 Senior Research Fellow, 3rd Research Office, 2nd Research Department, NIDS
1999-00 Concurrently held the post of staff official, Office of Strategic Studies, Defense Policy Division,
Bureau of Defense Policy, Japan Defense Agency
2003
Ph.D. (Law), Graduate School of Law, Keio University, Tokyo
2003-04 Concurrently held the post of Assistant Counselor, Cabinet Secretariat (National Security Affairs andCrisis Management)
2004-08 Senior Research Fellow, 6th Research Office, Research Department, NIDS
2008-11 Associate Professor, Institute of Oriental Culture, the University of Tokyo
2011-12 Professor, Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia, the University of Tokyo
2012-15 Professor, The University of Tokyo Interfaculty Initiative in Information Studies (Concurrently held
the post of Professor, Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia, the University of Tokyo)
2015Professor, Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia, the University of Tokyo
Adjunct Experience
1994-96 Visiting Research Fellow, the Consulate-General of Japan in Hong Kong, (UK).
2000
Visiting Research Fellow, Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies (APCSS) in Hawaii, (USA).
2000
Visiting Fellow, the Henry L. Stimson Center in Washington, D.C. (USA).
2001
Visiting Scholar, Division of Strategic and International Studies, Taiwan Research Institute in Taipei(Taiwan).
2006
Visiting Scholar, US-Asia Institute in Washington, D.C. (USA).
2007
Visiting Scholar, Center for Japanese Studies, Fudan University in Shanghai (PRC).
2010-11 Visiting Scholar, Yale University, (USA).
2014
Visiting Fellow, Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS), Washington D.C., (USA).
2015
Visiting Professor, College of Liberal Arts, National Chengchi University (Taiwan).
2016
Visiting Scholar, National Institute for Advanced Humanistic Studies, Fudan University (PRC).
2017
Visiting Professor, College of International Affairs, National Chengchi University (Taiwan).
2019
Visiting Scholar, School of International Studies, Peking University (PRC).
2021
Visiting Scholar, L'École des hautes études en sciences sociales (EHESS) (France).
2022
Visiting Scholar, College of International Affairs, National Chengchi University (Taiwan).
2023-24 Visiting Scholar, College of International Affairs, National Chengchi University (Taiwan).
Expertise1) Political and diplomatic history of Asia, 2) politics, foreign relations and security in the PRC and Taiwan, 3)
Cross-Strait relations, and 4) Japan’s foreign and security policies
Honors and Awards
1. 2006 Joji Konoshima Distinguished Scholar
2. Award for Promotion of Studies on Developing Countries, Award-Winning Publication for FY2007: The Birthof the One-Party Dictatorial System in Taiwan (in Japanese)
3. Junzo Kashiyama Asian Studies Award, Award-Winning Publication for FY2007:The Birth of the One-Party
Dictatorial System in Taiwan (in Japanese)
4. The seventh Yasuhiro Nakasone Award of Excellence (2011)
Social Activities

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Member, The Council on Security and Defense Capabilities in the New Era

Major Publications in English
1. Satu P. Limaye and Yasuhiro Matsuda eds., Domestic Determinants and Security Policy-Making in East Asia,
The National Institute for Defense Studies and Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies, Honolulu, 2002,
http://www.nids.go.jp/event/colloquium/index.html.
2. “An Essay on China’s Military Diplomacy: Examination of Intentions in Foreign Strategy,” NIDS Security
Reports, No. 7, December 2006.
http://www.nids.go.jp/english/publication/kiyo/pdf/bulletin_e2006_2_Matsuda.pdf.
3. “Domestic Political Determinants of China’s External Behavior,” China’s Rise and Its Limitations: China at
the Crossroads, Proceedings of the NIDS International Symposium on Security Affairs, Tokyo: National
Institute for Defense Studies, 2007.
http://www.nids.go.jp/english/event/symposium/e2006.html.
4. “Japanese Assessments of China’s Military Development,” Asian Perspective, Vol. 31, No. 3, October 2007,www.asianperspective.org.
5. “Security Relations between Japan and the PRC in the Post-Cold War Era,” Niklas Swanström and Ryosei
Kokubun eds., Sino-Japanese Relations: The Need for Conflict Prevention and Management, Newcastle
upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2008.
6. “The Prospect of China Up to 2020: A View from Japan,” Derek J. Mitchell ed., Bridging Strategic Asia: The
Rise of India in East Asia and the Implications for the U.S.-Japan Alliance, Washington, D.C.: Center for
Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), February, 2009,http://csis.org/programs/international-security-program/asia-division/bridging-strategic-asia-rise-india-east-asia-a
7. “Taiwan in the China-Japan-US Triangle,” Gerald Curtis, Ryosei Kokubun, and Wang Jisi eds., Getting theTriangle Straight: Managing China-Japan-US Relations, New York: Japan Center for International
Exchange, 2010.
8. “Taiwan’s Partisan Politics and Its Impact on U.S.-Taiwanese Relations,” The Journal of Social Science, Vol.
63, Nos. 3&4, December 2011, http://jww.iss.u-tokyo.ac.jp/jss/63/0304/jss630304_073094.html
9. “Engagement and Hedging: Japan’s Strategy toward China,” SAIS Review, vol. XXXII, no. 2, Summer-Fall
2012, pp. 109-119, https://muse.jhu.edu/article/493424.
10. “Understanding Japan’s Strategy toward China,” Jung-Ho Bae and Jae H. Ku eds., China’s Domestic Politics
and Foreign Policies and Major Countries’ Stategies toward China, Seol: Korea Institute for National
Unification (KINU), 2012.
11. “Japan-Taiwan Relations under DPJ and KMT Administrations in International Context,” “Summary andConclusion: Japanese Papers,” in Ocean Policy Research Foundation and Prospect Foundation, Japan andTaiwan in a New Era: Possible Effects and Influences towards Its Relationship, Tokyo: Ocean Policy
Research Foundation, 2013, https://www.spf.org/opri-j/publication/pdf/201303_16.pdf.
12. “Cross-Strait Relations under the Ma Ying-jeou Administration: From Economic to PoliticalDependence?” The Journal of Contemporary China Studies, Vol. 4, No. 2, 2015.pp.3-36.
http://china-waseda.jp/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/68dc46c48b1863b1fef4648fb84c7f5f.pdf
13. “How to Understand China’s Assertiveness since 2009: Hypotheses and Policy Implications,” Michael J.
Green and Zack Cooper eds., Strategic Japan: New Approaches to Foreign Policy and the U.S.-Japan
Alliance, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield, 2015, pp. 7-33, available athttps://csis.org/program/strategic-japan-working-papers.
14. "China's UN Peacekeeping Operations Policy : Analysis of the Factors behind the Policy Shift toward Active
Engagement, "International Circumstances in the Asia-Pacific Series (China), Japan Digital
Library (March 2016),
http://www2.jiia.or.jp/en/pdf/digital_library/china/160518_Yasuhiro_Matsuda.pdf
15. “The Taiwan Policy of the Xi Jinping Administration in its Second Term: An Outlook on Cross-Strait
Relations in the ‘New Era,’" Society of Security and Diplomatic Policy Studies (SSDP), September 2018,
http://ssdpaki.la.coocan.jp/en/proposals/20.html
16. “Changes in the Dynamics of the Taiwan Strait due to Taiwan’s Success in Controlling the Novel
Coroavirus,” Asia-Pacific Review, Volume 27, 2020, December 11, 2020, pp. 57-79.
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13439006.2020.1845447
17. “Normalized Tensions in the Cross-Strait Relations: Structural Changes in Taiwanese Society and the Xi
Jinping Administration’s Strategic Shift,” Security Studies, Vol. 3, No.2, June 2021, pp. 41-55.
http://ssdpaki.la.coocan.jp/en/proposals/74.html?fbclid=IwAR0lAzir8UeUSBD-hqW9ElCQOYuwDtzSmaC
OnPyCVM78gmIYeVvybiiGOzY
18. Translated by Tsutomu Inuzuka, “How Will the Ukraine War Change the New US-China Cold War?” SecurityStudies, Vol. 4, No. 2, June 2022, pp. 116-135.
19. “Chap. 11. Japan’s National Security Council since 2013: The Abe and Suga Administrations,” Paul O’Neilled., Securing the State and its Citizens: National Security Councils from Around the World, London:
Bloomsbury Academic, 2022, pp. 113-122.
20. “China’s Strategic Culture Hypothesis: Pursuing the Mystery of a Unique Idea,” Research Reports, The Japan

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https://www.jiia.or.jp/en/column/2022/07/27/china-fy2021-11.pdf
Minor Publications in English
1.
“Improved Cross-Strait Relations Confusing to the Japanese,” Asia Pacific Bulletin, East West Center, No.
47, February 12, 2010, http://www.eastwestcenter.org/fileadmin/stored/pdfs/apb047.pdf.
2. “Japan’s National Security Policy: New Directions, Old Restrictions,” Asia Pacific Bulletin, East West
Center, No. 95, February 23, 2011, http://www.eastwestcenter.org/fileadmin/stored/pdfs/apb095.pdf.
3. “Taiwan’s President Ma Wins a Second Term: Implications for Relations with Beijing, Washington, andTokyo,” nippon.com: Your Doorway to Japan, February 13, 2012, http://nippon.com/en/currents/d00023/.
4. “China’s Excessive Reactions to Senkakus Reflect Weakness of Its Territorial Claim,” The Asahi Shimbun
Asia & Japan Watch, December 21, 2012,
http://ajw.asahi.com/article/forum/security_and_territorial_issues/japan_china/AJ201212210001.
5. “Japan-Taiwan Relations in the New DPP Era,” Asia Pacific Bulletin, East West Center, No. 334, February
11, 2016, http://www.eastwestcenter.org/system/tdf/private/apb334.pdf?file=1&type=node&id=35524.
6. “Japan-Taiwan Relations under Beijing’s Watchful Eye,” East Asia Forum, Economics, Politics and Public
Policy in East Asia and the Pacific, May 6, 2017,
http://www.eastasiaforum.org/2017/05/06/japan-taiwan-relations-under-beijings-watchful-eye/.
7. "Indo-Pacific 'Strategies' and Their Implication for Taiwan: A Japanese perspective," Global Taiwan Brief,Vol.4, Issue 3, February 13, 2019,http://globaltaiwan.org/2019/02/vol-4-issue-3/#YasuhiroMatsuda02132019.
8. “Perfect Storm of New Normal?’: Prospects for Cross-Strait Relations during President Tsai’s Second Term,”
Public Jurist, September 2020,
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1BKELh21JG9rJVYcDQD1uHCCe_HVc4cU-/view?fbclid=IwAR2cO9V6iG
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9. Madoka Fukuda, Adam Liff and Yasuhiro Matsuda, “Assessing the Future Trajectory of China-JapanRelations,” CSIS Interpret: China, March 2, 2023.
https://interpret.csis.org/assessing-the-future-trajectory-of-china-japan-relations/?fbclid=IwAR2A1x9sWgA8EgkKgTXqMGvFd_2ufxFsFcP-kSlb2xygAHeVf6R2Ov2pM7I3