Senior Associate

• East Asia

 

Yuki Tatsumi was appointed Senior Associate of the East Asia Program at the Henry L. Stimson Center in September 2008. Prior to her appointment, Tatsumi had served as a Research Fellow since July 2004. Before joining Stimson, Tatsumi worked as a Research Associate at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) from 2001-2004 and as the special assistant for political affairs at the Embassy of Japan in Washington, D.C. from 1996 to 1999.

She is a co-author of Global Security Watch: Japan (Preager, 2010), an author of Japan's National Security Policy Infrastructure: Can Tokyo Meet Washington's Expectations? (Stimson Center, 2008), and an editor/contributing author of North Korea: Challenge for the US-Japan Alliance (Stimson Center, 2010), Strategic Yet Strained: US force realignment in Japan and its impact of Okinawa (Stimson Center, 2008), and Japan's New Defense Establishment: Institutions, Capabilities and Implications (Stimson Center, 2007).  Her analyses on Japanese security policy, Japanese defense policy, US-Japan alliance and Japanese domestic politics frequently appear in PacNet Newsletter, Japan Times, and the International Herald Tribune. In addition, Tatsumi testified before the House Committee on International Relations in September 2006. She is also a recipient of the 2009 Yasuhiro Nakasone Incentive Award.  In September 2012, she was awarded the Letter of Appreciation from the Ministry of National Policy of Japan for her contribution in advancing mutual understanding between the United States and Japan.

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

For her Japanese profile, please click here.

Selected Analyses, Commentaries, & Publications

"Yuki Tatsumi on Shinzo Abe's Second Term" (CCTV, 2-22-2013)

"Japan under DPJ Rule" (Harvard International Revie-w, January 31, 2013)

"Shinzo Abe gets a Second Chance: What is in Store for Him?" (CSIS Japan Chair Forum, October 22, 2012)

"US-Japanese Tensions Flare" (The National Interest, October 18, 2012)

"Maintaining Japan's Non-Nuclear Identity: The Role of U.S. Security Assurances" in Security Assurances and Nuclear Proliferation (Jeffrey w. Knopf ed. Stanford Security Studies, July 2012)

"A New US-Japan Military Alliance Starts Choppy"(quoted in the Medill National Security Zone, August 2, 2012)

"Thinking Through Japan-ROK Security Relations"(The Japan Times Online, August 1, 2012)

"DPRK Deadlock: Implications for the Future of US-Japan Defense Cooperation"
(38 North, July 9, 2012)

"A View from Tokyo on Regional Politico-Military Developments" (co-author, CIGS-EASQ, June 7, 2012)

“The US and Japan Make a Good Step Forward, for Now” (PacNet Newsletter, Pacific Forum/CSIS, May 3, 2012)

The New Nuclear Agenda: Prospects for US-Japan Cooperation (February 2012)

“Future of the US Marines in Okinawa – Long-term Risks for Short-term Gain?”(PacNet Newsletter, Pacific Forum/CSIS, February 16, 2012)

“Spotlight: Regional Implications and the Passing of Kim Jong-il”(December 20, 2011)

“US-Japan Security Relations: Toward a ‘Deeper and Wider Alliance’?” (June 28, 2011)

“One Month After Tsunami, What are Japan’s Biggest Needs?”(Featured on PBS NewsHour special, April 11, 2011)

“Viewpoint: Japan plant – who is in charge?” (BBC News Asia-Pacific, April 1, 2011)

"North Korea: Challenge for the US-Japan Alliance" (editor, March 29, 2011)

“Spotlight: The Role of the Japan Self-Defense Forces in the Great Eastern Japan Earthquake” (March 17, 2011)

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)

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)

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