MIDFORD, Paul

School of Policy Studies, Kwansei Gakuin University

Address: 2-1 Gakuen

Sanda, Hyogo 669-1337 JAPAN

Departmental Fax: +81-795-65-7605

Office Phone: +81-795-65-7957

Home phone: +81-79-501-4747

Email address midfordp@ksc.kwansei.ac.jp

Recent Publications

"China Views the Revised US-Japan Defense Guidelines: Popping the Cork?" International Relations of Asia Pacific, vol. 4, no. 1 (February 2004) (Forthcoming)

"Japan’s Response to Terror: Sending the SDF to the Arabian Sea,” Asian Survey, XLII, no. 2 (March/April 2003), pp. 329-351

"The Logic of Reassurance and Japan's Grand Strategy,” Security Studies, vol. 11, no. 3 (Spring 2002), pp. 1-43.

Co-authored with Kazuhiko Noguchi, “Sengo Ajia in okeru Nihon to Seiryoku Kinkouron: Kokka Hyouban to Kyouii Kinkouron no Shiten kara,” ( [Classical Balance of Power and Japan in The Postwar Era: State Reputation and Balance of Threat Theory] Koudou Kagaku Kenkyu [Journal of Behavioral and Social Science], vol. 54 (March 2002), pp. 67-74.

“Japan’s leadership role in East Asian security multilateralism: the Nakayama proposal and the logic of reassurance,” The Pacific Review 13, no. 3 (2000), pp. 367-398

Current Projects:

Researching and writing chapter on the impact of globalization on Japanese defense for the 2003-2004 Globalization and National Security Workshops sponsored by the Economics and National Security Program of the Olin Institute for Strategic Studies, Harvard University.

Writing a chapter on Japanese public opinion toward the War on Terrorism for a Suntory Foundation project, "Japanese Public Opinion Since 9-11."

Revising my doctoral dissertation for publication under the title "Reputation and Reassurance in International Politics: The Case of Japan."