Report

• Matsuda, Yasuhiro. “China’s Strategic Culture Hypothesis: Pursuing the Mystery of a Unique Idea,” Research Reports,, July 27, 2022.: The Japan Institute of International Affairs, 2023. [Link] [Link]

Articles and Book Chapters

• Matsuda, Yasuhiro. “Japan’s National Security Council since 2013: The Abe and Suga Administrations,.” Securing the State and its Citizens: National Security Councils from Around the World: London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2022: 113-122. [Link]
• Matsuda, Yasuhiro. “The Strategic Impact of the Taiwan Issue on the U.S.-Japan Alliance.”Japanese Vies on China and Taiwan: Implications for the U.S.-Japan Alliance, China Power Project, Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS), Washington D.C. 2018.3. [Link]
• Matsuda, Yasuhiro. “Trump Administration’s Impact on the Cross-Strait Relations.”The Prospect Foundation & SSDP 2017 Dialogue, Taipei 2017.5. [Link]
• Matsuda, Yasuhiro. “Taiwan’s New DPP Administraition: Its Impact on the Cross-Strait Relations and Japan’s Strategic Choices.”Paper Presentetd to Japan’s Grand Strategic Choices, Program GEAS-Einstein Visiting Fellow Workshop, Graduate School of East Asian Studies, Freie Universität Berlin 2016.6.
• Matsuda, Yasuhiro. “Taiwan in the China-Japan-US Triangle.” Getting the Triangle Straight: Managing China-Japan-US Relations. Edited by Gerald Curtis, Ryosei Kokubun, and Wang Jisi: Japan Center for International Exchange, 2010: 123-143. [Link]
• Matsuda, Yasuhiro. “Diplomatic Rise or Transformation?: Assessing China’s Diplomatic Power and Influence in the 21st Century.”Presentation at a Workshop on Assessing China’s Rise : Power and Influence in the 21st Century: MIT Faculty Club, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MA, USA 2009.2.
• Matsuda, Yasuhiro. “Security Relations between Japan and the PRC: Implications for Regional Security and Taiwan Conundrum.”The need for conflict management and conflict prevention in Sino-Japanese relations: The Silk Road Studies Program and Keio University Global Security Research Institute 2007.3.
• Matsuda, Yasuhiro. “Security Relations between Japan and the PRC: Past, Present, and Prospects.”Paper Presentation at a seminar co-organized by The National Institute for Defense Studies (NIDS), Tokyo, Japan and Centre asie ifri: France Ifri 2006.6.
• Matsuda, Yasuhiro. “Taiwan’s Roles in the Structural Changes of Japan-China Relations: Substance and Image of Japan’s Taiwan Policy.”: Annual Meeting of Association for Asian Studies (AAS) 2006.4.
• Matsuda, Yasuhiro. “Japan’s Changing View and Policy toward Taiwan: With Public Support, Without a Comprehensive Strategy.”Paper for Presentation at the Conference on “Japan’s Foreign and Security Policies: Alternatives, Drivers, and Implications”: Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies (APCSS) 2005.10.
• Matsuda, Yasuhiro. “Structural Changes in Japan-China Relations: A Japanese Perspective.”Proceedings of the International Conference on China and the Emerging Asian Century: Organised by Institute of Strategic Studies (ISS) in Collaboration with Hanns Seidel Foundation, Islamabad, Pakistan 2005.9: 156-167.
• Matsuda, Yasuhiro. “Taiwan’s Presidential Election in 2004: Its Impact on the PRC-Taiwan Relations.”: the European Association of Taiwan Studies Conference, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London 2004.4.
• Matsuda, Yasuhiro. “Changing Relations between the PRC and Taiwan: Impact on Security in Northeast Asia and Japan.” Handbook: Japan-Taiwan Research Forum II: College of Social Science, Taiwan University, 2002: 5-21.
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Book Reviews

• Madoka Fukuda, Adam Liff, and Yasuhiro Matsuda. “Assessing the Future Trajectory of China-Japan Relations,.”CSIS Interpret: China (2023.3). [Link]

Conference

• Matsuda, Yasuhiro. “Taiwan Contingency in the Context of Japan’s New Defense Strategy.” Presented at the 2023 Taipei Security Dialogue: China and Its Challenges to Global Order and Democracy, Taipei, November 8 2023. (in en) [Link]
• Shingo Ito, Yasuhiro Matsuda, Satoshi Morimoto, and Masakazu Toyoda. “Possible Taiwan War: How Should Japan Deal with It under Intensified US-China Conflict?” Presented at the Japan Spotlight,March/April 2023 (No. 248), March 2023, March 10 2023. [Link]
• Matsuda, Yasuhiro. “Webinar Video + Report- Taiwan Tensions – Implications for China, the US, Japan and Europe.” Presented at the the Japan Society, September 20 2022. [Link] [Link]
• Matsuda, Yasuhiro. “Implications of the Ukrainian War for the Indo-Pacific: A Conversation with Yasuhiro Matsuda.” Presented at the (Hudson Institute), March 11 2022. [Link] [Link]
• Matsuda, Yasuhiro. “Japan-China Rivalry: Negotiating Challenges and Great Power Competition in Asia-Pacific.” Presented at the 65th IRENE Seminar Co-sponsored by the ESSEC Geopolitics & Negotiation Track, online Event, January 31 2022.
• Matsuda, Yasuhiro. “Japan-Taiwan Relations in the 21 Century.” Presented at the Dans le cadre du séminaire « La Chine républicaine (1912-1949) : nouvelles approches historiques » de Xavier Paulès et Delphine Spicq, L’école des Houtes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS), December 14 2021.
• Matsuda, Yasuhiro. “Cross-Strait Relations in the 21st Century : Dilemma between Prosperity and Self-Reliance.” Presented at the Dans le cadre du séminaire « Taiwan et ses lieux de mémoire » de Samia Ferhat (séance exceptionnelle), L’école des Houtes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS), December 13 2021.
• Matsuda, Yasuhiro. “The Strategic Impact of the Taiwan Issue on the US-Japan Alliance.” Presented at the L’école des Houtes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS), Centre de Recherches sur le Japon, December 9 2021. [Link]
• Matsuda, Yasuhiro. “The Prospects of Sino-Japanese Relations : From Rivalry to Cooperation ?” Presented at the Dans le cadre du séminaire « Aux origines de la mondialisation et de la « divergence ». Europe Asie, 1500-2000 » de François Gipouloux, L’école des Houtes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS), December 6 2021.
• Matsuda, Yasuhiro. “The Prospects of Sino-Japanese Relations: From Rivalry to Cooperation?” Presented at the Bai Xian Asia Institute (BXAI) Sponsored Lecture Series, Yenching Academy of Peking University, April 23 2019. [Link]
• Matsuda, Yasuhiro. “A Dilemma between Security & Economy: Japan’s Strategy for the ‘New Cold-War’.” Presented at the School of Languages Litatures Cultures and Linguistics, Monash University, March 15 2019. [Link]
• Matsuda, Yasurhiro. “A Dilemma between Security & Economy: Japan’s Strategy for the ‘New Cold-War’.” Presented at the Australian Institute of International Affairs, Camberra, March 13 2019. [Link]
• Matsuda, Yasuhiro. “A Dilemma between Security & Economy: Japan’s Strategy for the ‘New Cold-War’.” Presented at the The Centre for International Security Studies (CISS), The University of Sydney, March 12 2019. [Link]
• Matsuda, Yasuhiro. “Sino-Japanese Relations Are More Stabele than They Seem.” Presented at the East-West Center Washington, February 28 2018. [Link]
• Matsuda, Yasuhiro. “The Prospects for Improved Sino-Japanese Relations Following the 19th Party Congress: Converging Interests Despite in the Same Bed, Different Dreams.” Presented at the Japanese Diplomatic/Political History & Studies, Carlton University, January 24 2018.
• Matsuda, Yasuhiro. “How to Understand Cross-Strait Stalemate Under Xi Jinping and Tsai Ing-wen: ‘A Lost Opportunity’ or ‘The Dawn of A New Noral?’.” Presented at the Cross-Strait Relations at A Juncture: Japanese and American Perspectives, Brookings Institution, March 13 2017. [Link]
• Matsuda, Yasuhiro, and Naoko Mizutani. “New Taiwanese Government.” Presented at the Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Japan, April 22 2016. [Link]
• Matsuda, Yasuhiro. “How to Understand China’s ‘Assertiveness’: Facts, Hypotheses, and Explanations.” Presented at the Department of International Relations, London School of Economics and Political Science, February 24 2016.
• Matsuda, Yasuhiro. “Rise of China and East Asia’s Security: The Evolving View from Japan.” Presented at the European Institute for Asian Studies (EIAS) and European Policy Centre (EPC), Brussels, January 27 2015. [Link]

Magazine Articles

• Matsuda, Yasuhiro. “How will the war in Ukraine change the New Cold War between the United States and China? — Xi Jinping’s diplomacy of self-reliance and its implications for Taiwan.”Diplomacy Vol73, Oct14, 2022: Ministry of Foreign Affairs (2022.10). [Link] [Link]
• Matsuda, Yasuhiro. “Will a Taiwan Contingency Happen? Analyzing the Challenges Facing China.”Japan Spotlight: The Atlantic January/February Issue (2022.1): 1-3. [Link]
• Onuorah, Darlene. “Interview with Yasuhiro Matsuda: The 2021 Defense White Paper and Japan’s Taiwan Policy.”The National Bureau of Asian Research: The National Bureau of Asian Research (2021.12): 1-3. [Link]
• Skulley, Mark. “China-US Tensions: the View from Japan.”bluenotes: ANZ (2019.4): 18 April 2019. [Link]
• Matsuda, Yasuhiro. “Indo-Pacific ‘Strategies’ and Their Implication for Taiwan: A Japanese perspective.”Global Taiwan Brief: Global Taiwan Institute 4, no. 3 (2019.2): February 13, 2019. [Link]
• Matsuda, Yasuhiro. “Japan-Taiwan Relations under Beijing’s Watchful Eye.”East Asia Forum, Economics, Politics and Public Policy, May 6, 2017: East Asia and the Pacific (2017.5). [Link]

Misc. Articles

• “The Question of Taiwan in the Context of East Asian Affairs,.”UTokyo FOCUS, Tokyo: The University of Tokyo (2023.10): web. (in en) [Link] [Link]

Newspaper

• Kitado, Akira. “Japan Boosts Defenses on Remote Islands near Taiwan amid China Fears: Tokyo Is Rapidly Upgrading Military Bases on Yonaguni, Miyako and Ishigaki.” NIKKEI ASIA March 31 2024. [Link] [Link]
• Christian Shepherd, Theodora Yu, and Lillian Yang. “Chinese Consumers Punish Japan over Fukushima Nuclear Warter Release.” The Washington Post August 29 2023. [Link] [Link]
• Jessie Yeung,Junko Ogura,Emiko Jozuka, Saki To. “Schools egged, businesses harassed: Japan suffers Chinese backlash over Fukushima release.” CNN August 29 2023. [Link] [Link]
• Yeung, Jessie. “Putin Expected to Meet Xi Jinping and Other world Leaders for First Time since Wagner Insurrection,.” CNN July 4 2023. [Link] [Link]
• Gan, Nectar. “JG7 Leaders Gather on China’s Doorstep to Seek unified Response to Beijing’s Threat.” CNN May 19 2023. [Link]
• Simone McCarthy,, and Nectar Gan. “China Has Widened Its Already Seeping Counter-Espionage Law. Experts Say Foreign Businesses Should Be Worried.” CNN April 17 2023. [Link]
• Benoza, KATHLEEN. “Japan’s Top Diplomat Set for First Visit to China since 2019.” Japan Times March 29 2023. [Link]
• Brad Lendon, Wayne Chang, Emiko Jozuka, and Junko Ogura. “Japan approves long-range weapons to counter growing threats from rivals.” CNN(WEB) December 20 2022. [Link]
• Chris Zappone, Felicity Lewis, Nigel Gladstone, and David Wroe. “Dassling, Jamming and the International Race to Stake out Space.” Explainer July 14 2019, SPACE. [Link]
• Zappone, Chris. “New ‘Cold war’ could claim Chinese Students, says Japanese lecture.” The Sydney Morning Herald March 23 2019. [Link]
• Lee Jeong-ho,. “Why Thailand Could Be the Big Winner as China and Japan Start to Work Together.” South China Morning Post October 26 2018, diplomacy. [Link]
• Tobin, Meaghan. “What Asia Thinks (But Won’t Say) about Trump Ditching Nuclear Treaty with Russia.” South China Morning Post October 24 2018, topic. [Link]
• Matsuda, Yasuhiro. “Free Flow of Talents, Goods and Information Essential.” China Daily May 9 2018, opinion. [Link]
• Isabel Reylolds, Emi Nobuhiro, Yasuhiro Matsuda. “Top China Envoy Makes Rare Japan Visit.” Bloomberg April 15 2018. [Link]
• Li, Tor Ching. “Japan, Taiwan Poised for New Era in Ties.” The Straits Times May 3 2016, News analysis. [Link]
• Matsuda, Yasuhiro 「Japan-Taiwan Relations in the New DPP Era」 『Asia Pacific Bulletin(East West Center)』 2016.2.11 、No. 334. [Link]
• Clavel, Teru. “In an Age of Global Terrorism, What Do We Tell the Children.” The Japan Times November 26 2015. [Link]
• Kwok, Kristine. “China and Japan Mending Frail Relationship One Step at a Time.” South China Morning Post January 11 2015, China-Japan relations / Focus. [Link]