Professor Berger specializes in German and Japanese Politics, International Relations, Political Culture and Comparative Government in East Asia. Prior to joining Boston University in 2001, he taught for seven years at the Johns Hopkins University’s Department of Political Science. His publications include War, Guilt and World Politics After World War II, Cultures of Antimilitarism: National Security in Germany and Japan and is the co-editor of Japan in International Politics: Beyond the Reactive State. He holds a Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a B.A. from Columbia College.