Adam P. Liff

Japan’s Present and Future National Security Strategy: Five Key Challenges to Watch As Japan’s new leadership considers revising its national security strategy, it faces questions related to funding, domestic politics, spending priorities, indigenous production, and U.S.-Japan allian...

Christopher Johnstone and @adampliff.bsky.social highlight five key questions related to Japanese defense funding, domestic politics, spending priorities, indigenous production, and U.S.-Japan alliance cooperation

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2026 U.S.-Japan Security Seminar | CSIS Events Join the CSIS Japan Chair in collaboration with The Japan Institute of International Affairs (JIIA) for the 2026 U.S.-Japan Security Seminar

On Friday, CSIS Japan Chair hosted a packed audience for its annual U.S.-Japan Security Seminar with @kristigovella.bsky.social, @kazutosuzuki.bsky.social, @adampliff.bsky.social, Nick Szechenyi, and Tetsuo Kotani

Check out the video: https://www.csis.org/events/2026-us-japan-security-seminar

@adampliff.bsky.social analyzed trends in Japanese security policy and U.S.-Japan relations at our recent U.S.-Japan Security Seminar.

Watch here: https://www.csis.org/events/2026-us-japan-security-seminar

Takeaway 6: Taiwan's international space and cross-Strait peace & stability have long depended on far more than the U.S. Recent developments all-but-guarantee that will continue to be the case.

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Takeaway 5: Flexibility in Practice.
"Officiality" is in the eye of the beholder. The book explores how the depth and nature of allies' "unofficial" relationships with Taiwan have been elastic, with bounds typically more contingent on political will in allied capitals than anything else. (6/7)

Takeaway 4: The Power of Ambiguity
By not taking a clear stance on Taiwan’s legal status, the US and its major allies have maintained significant flexibility to expand (or shrink) "unofficial" ties and practical cooperation with Taiwan, all while managing ties with Beijing. (5/7)

Takeaway 3: Allies as Trailblazers🗺️
Indeed, it is a myth that U.S. allies always follow Washington's lead. In fact, at key historical moments, partners like France, Canada, and Japan drafted pages in a playbook from which the USA itself would later borrow. (4/7)

Takeaway 2: Countering Disinformation⛔️
Beijing often claims a "universal consensus" re: Taiwan's status. That is demonstrably false. Upon recognizing Beijing, no major democratic US ally endorsed its claim that Taiwan is part of the PRC. Importantly, most moved ahead of the USA.(3/7)

Takeaway 1: Beyond the "Triangle"📐
Academic/policy debates have often focused narrowly on the U.S.-PRC-Taiwan triangle. But Japan, Australia, the UK, France, and others haven't just been bystanders—their agency has long been critical to Taiwan's international space & the status quo.(2/7)

U.S. Allies and the Taiwan Strait Cambridge Core - East Asian Government, Politics and Policy - U.S. Allies and the Taiwan Strait

🧵I am thrilled to announce the print publication of my new book, "U.S. Allies and the Taiwan Strait" @CambridgeUP!

The full-text PDF is available #OpenAccess (free) here: bit.ly/49ljZ52

Below: 6 major takeaways on the vital role of U.S. allies, past & present (1/7)

Japan’s Present and Future National Security Strategy: Five Key Challenges to Watch As Japan’s new leadership considers revising its national security strategy, it faces questions related to funding, domestic politics, spending priorities, indigenous production, and U.S.-Japan allian...

Recently Released: Christopher Johnstone and @adampliff.bsky.social highlight five key questions related to Japanese defense funding, domestic politics, spending priorities, indigenous production, and U.S.-Japan alliance cooperation

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USJF Publishes New Paper by Adam P. Liff on Declining Japan Foreign Policy Expertise in U.S. Academia USJF publishes Dr. Adam P. Liff's paper on the decline of Japan's foreign policy expertise in U.S. academia, urging renewed investment in future scholars and practitioners.

A new paper by Dr. Adam P. Liff (@adampliff.bsky.social) on Japan foreign policy expertise in U.S. academia, published as part of the new USJF Research series, highlights the accelerating disappearance and calls for renewed investment in future generations of scholars.
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米日財団 アダム・P・リッフ氏による米国学界における日本外交専門性の衰退に関する論考を発表 米国の大学における日本の外交政策研究の衰退に関するアダム・P・リッフ氏による論考を米日財団が公開。将来の学者や実務家への投資の再開を促します。

米日財団は、アダム・P・リッフ氏(@adampliff.bsky.social)による米国学界における日本外交専門性の衰退を分析した新論考を米日財団リサーチ・シリーズとして公開しました。次世代の育成に向けた再投資を呼びかけています。
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Quote from James Madison: " Learned Institutions ought to be favorite objects with every free people. They throw that light over the public mind which is the best security against crafty & dangerous encroachments on the public liberty."

James Madison (1822):

"Learned Institutions ought to be favorite objects with every free people. They throw that light over the public mind which is the best security against crafty & dangerous encroachments on the public liberty."

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