Curriculum Vitae(As of April 1, 2017)

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
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
2010
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.
2. “An Essay on China’s Military Diplomacy: Examination of Intentions in Foreign Strategy,” NIDS SecurityReports, No. 7, December 2006.
3. “Domestic Political Determinants of China’s External Behavior,” China’s Rise and Its Limitations: China at theCrossroads, Proceedings of the NIDS International Symposium on Security Affairs, Tokyo: National
Institute for Defense Studies, 2007.
4. “Japanese Assessments of China’s Military Development,” Asian Perspective, Vol. 31, No. 3, October 2007.
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.
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.
9. “Engagement and Hedging: Japan’s Strategy toward China,” SAIS Review, vol. XXXII, no. 2, Summer-Fall
2012, pp. 109-119.
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.
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