トーマス・クリステンセン（英語：Thomas J. Christensen、1962年 -）はアメリカ合衆国の国際政治学者、プリンストン大学政治学部教授。専門は国際安全保障、中国外交、東アジアの国際関係。

略歴 
1984年、ハヴァフォード大学卒業（歴史学専攻）。1987年、ペンシルベニア大学大学院修士課程を修了。北京大学への留学を経て、1993年、コロンビア大学大学院よりPh.D.（政治学）の学位を取得。

コーネル大学助教授（1993-97年）、同准教授（1997-98年）、マサチューセッツ工科大学准教授（1998-2002年）、同教授（2002年-03年）を経て、2003年7月より現職。

2006年7月から2008年7月まで東アジア・太平洋担当国務副次官補（中国、台湾、モンゴル担当）を務めた。2000年より民間NPO米中関係全米委員会（NCUSCR）の理事・執行委員を務める。

著書 
Useful Adversaries: Grand Strategy, Domestic Mobilization, and Sino-American Conflict, 1947-58, (Princeton University Press, 1996).

論文

雑誌論文 
"Chain Gangs and Passed Bucks: Predicting Alliance Patterns in Multipolarity," (with Jack Snyder), International Organization, (Spring 1990).
"Correspondence: Mobilization and Inadvertence in the July Crisis," International Security, Vol.16, No.1 (1991). 
"Threats, Assurances, and the Last Chance for Peace: The Lessons of Mao's Korean War Telegrams," International Security, Vol.17, No.1 (1992). 
"A Lost Chance for What? Rethinking the Origins of US-PRC Confrontation," The Journal of American-East Asian Relations, Vol.4, No.3 (1995). 
"Chinese Realpolitik," Foreign Affairs, (September/October 1996).
"Perceptions and Alliances in Europe, 1865-1940," International Organization, (Winter 1996/97). 
"Progressive Research About Degenerate Alliances," (with Jack Snyder), American Political Science Review, (Winter 1997/98). 
"China, the U.S.-Japan Alliance and the Security Dilemma in East Asia," International Security, Vol.23, No.4 (1999). 
"Theater Missile Defense and Taiwan's Security," Orbis, Vol.44, No.1 (2000). 
"Correspondence: Spiral, Security, and Stability in East Asia," International Security, Vol.24, No.4 (2000). 
"Clarity on Taiwan: Correcting Misperceptions on Both Sides of the Strait," Washington Post OpEd, (March 20, 2000). 
"China: Getting the Questions Right," (with Richard K. Betts) The National Interest, (Winter 2000/2001). 
"Posing Problems Without Catching Up: China's Rise and Challenges for U.S. Security Policy," International Security, Vol.25, No.4 (2001). 
"Correspondence: Power and Resolve in U.S. China Policy," International Security, Vol.26, No.2 (2001). 
"Tracking China's Security Relations: Causes for Optimism and Pessimism," China Leadership Monitor, No.1 (2002)
"Terrorism, Taiwan Elections, and Tattered Treaties: PRC Security Politics From September 11 Through Year's End," China Leadership Monitor, No.2 (2002).
"Bejing's Views of Taiwan and the United States in Early 2002: The Renaissance of Pessimism," China Leadership Monitor, No.3 (2002). 
"The Contemporary Security Dilemma: Deterring a Taiwan Conflict," The Washington Quarterly, Vol.25, No.4 (2002).
"A Smooth Ride Despite Many Potholes: The Road to Crawford," China Leadership Monitor, No.4(2002). 
"The Party Transition: Will It Bring a New Maturity in Chinese Security Policy?," China Leadership Monitor, No.5 (2003). 
"Optimistic Trends and Near-term Challenges: Sino-American Security Relations in Early 2003," China Leadership Monitor, No.6 (2003). 
"PRC Foreign Relations After the National People's Congress: Iraq, North Korea, SARS, and Taiwan," China Leadership Monitor, No.7 (2003).
"PRC Security Relations with the United States: Why Things are Going so Well," China Leadership Monitor, No.8 (2003). 
"Taiwan's Legislative Yuan Elections and Cross-Strait Security Relations: Reduced Tensions and Remaining Challenges," China Leadership Monitor, No.13 (2005).
"Worse than a Monolith: Disorganization and Rivalry within Asian Communist Alliances and U.S. Containment Challenges, 1949-69," Asian Security. Vol.1, No.1 (2005). 
"Have Old Problems Trumped New Thinking: China's Relations with Taiwan, Japan and North Korea," China Leadership Monitor, No.14 (2005).
"Looking Beyond the Nuclear Bluster: Recent Progress and Remaining Problems in PRC Security Policy," China Leadership Monitor, No.15 (2005).
"Will China Become a ‘Responsible Stakeholder’?: the Six-Party Talks, Taiwan Arms Sales, and Sino-Japanese Relations," China Leadership Monitor, No.16 (2005).
"Fostering Stability or Creating a Monster?: the Rise of China and U.S. Policy toward East Asia," International Security, Vol.31, No.1 (2006).

単行本所収論文 
 "Conclusion: Systemic Stability and the Security of the Most Vulnerable Significant Actor," in Jack Snyder and Robert Jervis, (eds.), Coping With Complexity in the International System, (Westview Press, 1993). 
 "Pride, Pressure, and Politics: The Roots of China's Worldview," in Yong Deng and Feiling Wang, (eds.), In the Eyes of the Dragon: China Views the World and Sino-American Relations, (Rowman and Littlefield, 1999). 
 "China," in Richard Ellings and Aaron Friedberg, (eds.), Strategic Asia, 2001-02, (National Bureau of Asian Research, 2001). 
 "China" in Richard J. Ellings and Aaron L. Friedberg with Michael Wills, (eds.), Strategic Asia 2002-03: Asian Aftershocks, (National Bureau of Asian Research, 2002). 
 "Sources of Stability in U.S.-China Security Relations" (with Michael A. Glosny), in Richard Ellings and Michael Wills, (eds.) Strategic Asia 2003-2004: Fragility and Crisis, (National Bureau of Asian Research, 2003). 
 New Challenges and Opportunities in the Taiwan Strait: Defining America’s Role, (National Committee on US-China Relations, 2003). 
 "Contradictory Messages on Deterrence: Zhanyixue and Taiwan Scenarios," in James Mulvenon and David Finkelstein, (eds.), The PLA Revolution in Doctrinal Affair, (RAND, 2005). 
 "Introduction", (with Alastair Iain Johnston and Robert Ross) in Alastair Iain Johnston and Robert Ross, (eds.), New Approaches to China's Foreign Relations: Essays in Honor of Allen S. Whiting, (Stanford University Press, 2006). 
 "Windows and War: Changes in the International System and China's Decision to Use Force." in Alastair Iain Johnston and Robert Ross, (eds.), New Approaches to China's Foreign Relations: Essays in Honor of Allen S. Whiting, (Stanford University Press, 2006).

アメリカ合衆国の政治学者
国際関係研究者
プリンストン大学の教員
マサチューセッツ工科大学の教員
コロンビア大学出身の人物
1962年生
存命人物