Professional Affiliation

Executive Vice President, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS)

Expert Bio

Narushige Michishita is Japan Scholar at the Woodrow Wilson Center’s Asia Program and simultaneously professor at the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS) in Tokyo. Previously, he served as senior research fellow at the National Institute for Defense Studies (NIDS), Ministry of Defense and assistant counsellor at the Cabinet Secretariat for Security and Crisis Management of the Government of Japan. A specialist in Japanese security and foreign policy as well as security issues on the Korean Peninsula, his works include North Korea's Military-Diplomatic Campaigns, 1966-2008 (Routledge, 2009). He is fluent in Japanese and Korean.

Education:

Ph.D. in International Relations (Asian Studies), Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), Johns Hopkins University
M.A., International Relations (Strategic Studies) and International Economics, Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), Johns Hopkins University
B.A., International Relations, College of International Relations, University of Tsukuba, Japan

Wilson Center Project

Comparative Study on Military Strategies in Asia during the Cold War and at the Present Time

Previous Terms

June, 2019 - July, 2017 - Global Fellow