Jennifer M. Lind
Associate Professor
Appointments
Associate Professor of Government
Faculty Associate, Reischauer Insitute for Japanese Studies, Harvard University
Research Associate, Chatham House, London
Area of Expertise
International relations,
East Asian international security,
US foreign policy toward East Asia
Education
B.A. University of California at Berkeley
M.I.A., University of California at San Diego
Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Taught Courses
Publications
BOOKS:
Half-Vicious: China's Rise, Authoritarian Adaptation, and the Balance of Power (forthcoming, Cornell University Press)
Sorry States: Apologies in International Politics (Cornell University Press, 2008).
ARTICLES:
"Is Japan 'Back'? Measuring Nationalism and Military Assertiveness in Asia's Other Great Power," Journal of East Asian Studies (2021). With Chikako Kawakatsu Ueki.
"Narratives and International Reconciliation." Journal of Global Security Studies (2020)
"Markets or Mercantilism: How China Secures its Oil Supplies," International Security, Vol. 42, no. 4. (2018). With Daryl G. Press.
"Reality Check: American Power in an Age of Constraints." Foreign Affairs (March/April 2020). With Daryl G. Press.
"The Future of the Liberal Order is Conservative: A Strategy to Save the System." Foreign Affairs (March/April 2019). With William C. Wohlforth.
"Life in China's Asia: What Regional Hegemony Would Look Like," Foreign Affairs, Vol. 97, no. 2. (2018)
Founder and contributor, "Blue Blaze" newsletter
Works in Progress
"Comparing National Power in an Age of Transition"
"Chinese Innovation and the Global Balance of Power"
"Demographics and Great-Power Rise."
"The External Sources of Rising State Strength." With Joshua Itzkowitz Shifrinson.
"Can China Fight? Assessing China's Military Effectiveness." With Eric Hundman.
Selected writings in the popular press
"Japan must disavow pacifism and embrace collective defense," Nikkei Weekly, June 18, 2021 (with Elbridge Colby).
"With US help, Japan’s stance towards China hardens," Financial Times, April 21, 2021.
“Is Playing Tough in China’s Interest?” Room for Debate, New York Times, August 23, 2016.
“The Presidential Path to Hiroshima,” Foreign Affairs, April 8, 2016.
“Japan’s Security Evolution, Not Revolution,” Wall St. Journal, July 21, 2015.
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