Faculty

Ryo Hinata-Yamaguchi

Department of International Relations

Associate Professor

Email: ryohy@tiu.ac.jp
Last updated: October 8, 2024 4:31 pm

⬛ Education

2012 Ph.D. ¨C Politics, University of New South Wales, Canberra
2005 M.A. ¨C Strategic and Defence Studies, Australian National University
2002 B.A. ¨C Security Analysis, Australian National University

⬛ Teaching and Research Interests

Defense Strategy and Planning, Security in the Indo-Pacific, Transport Security

⬛ Academic Appointments

2023 ¨C Present Associate Professor, Tokyo International University
2023 ¨C Present Nonresident Senior Fellow, Indo-Pacific Security Initiative, Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security, Atlantic Council
2023 ¨C Present Adjunct Senior Fellow, Pacific Forum
2022 ¨C Present External Lecturer, Command and Staff College, Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force
2021 ¨C 2024 Project Assistant Professor, Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Tokyo
2014 ¨C 2021 Visiting Professor, Department of Global Studies, College of Economics and International Trade, Pusan National University
2013 Visiting Lecturer, Faculty of Social and Political Science, University of Muhammadiyah Malang
2013 ¨C 2023 Adjunct Fellow, Pacific Forum
2012 ¨C 2013 Resident Vasey Fellow, Pacific Forum

⬛ Fellowships & Grants

2022-2025 Principal Investigator: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B), Transport Security: Developments and Issues in the Indo-Pacific Region, grant number: 23K22086
2009 Postgraduate Research Support Scheme
2008-2011 KF/KSAA Graduate Studies Scholarship
2006-2007 Korea Foundation Fellowship for Korean Language Training

⬛ Selected Publications/Conference Papers

Defense Planning and Readiness of North Korea: Armed to Rule, Oxfordshire, UK and New York, NY: Routledge, 2021.
¡°Optimizing Joint Operational Readiness: Lessons for Japan¡±, Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Command and Staff College Review, 13:2, Mar 2024.
¡°Civil Aviation Governance in North Korea¡±, ROLES Review,2, Sep 2022.
¡°Japan¡¯s Defense Readiness: Prospects and Issues in Operationalizing Air and Maritime Supremacy¡±, Naval War College Review, 71:3, Summer 2018, pp. 41-60.
¡°New Chapter in the Japan-US Alliance? Developments and Challenges in Japan¡¯s Role¡±, International Public Policy Studies, 22:2, Mar 2018, pp.40-61.
¡°Airpower Modernization in East Asia: Evolving Capabilities and Impact on Regional Security¡±, Akita International University Global Review, 9, 2017, pp.26-50.
¡°North Korea¡¯s Transport Policies: Current Status and Problems¡±, Journal of International Relations, 19:2, Dec 2016, pp.67-94.
¡°Prospects and Issues in Systemizing Ecological Defense Planning: Case Study of Korea¡±, Pacific Focus, 31:3, Dec 2016, pp.383-402.
¡°Completing the U.S.-Japan-Korea Alliance Triangle: Prospects and Issues in Japan-Korea Security Cooperation¡±, Korean Journal of Defense Analysis, 28:3, Fall 2016, pp. 383-402.
¡°The Japan Self-Defense Forces: Developments and Transformation¡± in Handbook on Japanese Security, edited by Leszek Buszynski, Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, 2023.
¡°Comparing Military AI Strategic Perspectives: Japan and South Korea¡± in The AI Wave in Defence Innovation: Assessing Military Artificial Intelligence Strategies, Capabilities, and Trajectories, edited by Michael Raska and Richard Bitzinger, Routledge, 2023.
Emerging Technologies and the Future of US-Japan Defense Collaboration (Coauthored with Tate Nurkin), Atlantic Council Snowcroft Center for Strategy and Security, Apr 17, 2020.
¡°The US and Japan are Upgrading their Security Alliance. Here¡¯s What Needs to Come Next¡±, The Atlanticist, April 2024.
¡°Japan: Defense Planning in Transition¡±, DGAP Report, Sep 2022.
¡°Developments in Japan¡¯s Defense Strategies and Readiness: Is the Glass Half-Full or Half-Empty?¡±, Asie.Visions, 124, Oct 2021.
¡°Flying Blind at Sea: Growing Japan¡¯s Naval Aviation Capability¡±, Texas National Security Review, (policy roundtable), Oct 1, 2020.
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