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Mike M. Mochizuki

Associate Professor of Political Science and International Affairs

Associate Dean for Academic Programs

1957 E Street, NW Suite 401

Washington, D.C. 20052

Phone: (202) 994-7074
Fax: (202) 994-0335
E-mail: mochizuk@gwu.edu

Education:

Ph.D., Harvard University

Expertise:

Japanese politics and foreign policy, U.S.-Japan relations, East Asian security

Background:

Professor Mochizuki holds Elliott School's endowed chair in Japan-U.S. Relations in Memory of Gaston Sigur. Dr. Mochizuki came to the George Washington University from the Brookings Institution where he was a senior fellow. He was formerly with RAND where he served as co-director of the Center for Asia-Pacific Policy. He has taught at the University of Southern California and at Yale University. He received his Ph.D. in political science from Harvard University. His most recent publications include "Japan: Between Alliance and Autonomy;" "Strategic Thinking under Bush and Koizumi: Implications for the U.S.-Japan Alliance;" "Terms of Engagement: the U.S.-Japan Alliance and the Rise of China;" and Crisis on the Korean Peninsula: How to Deal with a Nuclear North Korea, co-authored with Michael O'Hanlon. He is now writing a book entitled The New Strategic Triangle: the U.S.-Japan Alliance and the Rise of China, and co-editing a volume entitled Japan in International Politics: the Foreign Policy of an Adaptive State.

Courses Taught:

PSc 175 International Relations of East Asia
Psc 190 Japanese Politics and Foreign Policy
PSc 249 International Security Politics
PSc 288 Japanese Politics
PSc 289 Japanese Foreign Policy

Last update: 1/7/2010