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Yuki Tatsumi was appointed Senior Associate of the East Asia Program at the Henry L. Stimson Center in September 2008. Prior to her appointment to Senior Associate, she served as Research Fellow at the Stimson Center, a position that she took in July 2004.

Tatsumi's research career in Northeast Asian security began in 2000 when she joined the Stimson Center as a research associate. In August 2001, she joined the International Security Program of the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), where she focused on Northeast Asian security issues as a research associate. Since her departure from CSIS, she continues to serve as an Adjunct Fellow. Tatsumi also served at the Embassy of Japan in Washington, DC, from 1996 to 1999 as special assistant for political affairs. During her assignment, she monitored key developments in US policy toward Asia.

Her analyses of Japanese security policy, Japanese defense policy, the US-Japan alliance and Japanese domestic politics frequently appear in PacNet Newsletter, CSIS Japan Watch, Japan Digest, Japan Times, and the International Herald Tribune. She has also contributed articles to Japanese journals, including Ronza and Sekai Shuho. She also appears frequently on CNN International, Voice of America, BBC International and CNBC-Asia. Additionally, she has participated in numerous discussions on the US-Japan alliance, and testified before the House Committee on International Relations of the US Congress in September 2006. 

A native of Tokyo, Tatsumi holds a BA in liberal arts from the International Christian University in Tokyo, Japan, and an MA in international economics and Asian studies from the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) at Johns Hopkins University in Washington, DC.

Selected publications

Nakaima Wins in Okinawa: Implications for the US-Japan Alliance (Asia-Pacific Bulletin published by East-West Center on December 2, 2010)

North Korea: A Challenge for the US-Japan Alliance (editor, Stimson, 2010)

Global Security Watch Japan: A Reference Handbook (coauthor, Praeger, 2010)

US-Japan alliance at 50: heading into uncharted waters (Spotlight Analysis, February 2010)

New Government in Japan-implication for US-Japan relations (Spotlight Analysis, September 2009)

Japan's National Security Policy Infrastructure: Can Tokyo Meet Washington's Expectation? (Washington: Henry L. Stimson Center, November 2008)

Stategic Yet Strained (Washington: Henry L. Stimson Center, September 2008)