Tom Le

Japan's Aging Peace: Pacifism and Militarism in the Twenty-First Century (2021).

“Negotiating in Good Faith: Overcoming Legitimacy Problems in the Japan-South Korea Reconciliation Process.” Journal of Asian Studies. 78, 3, 621-644. (2019)

“Japan and the Revolution in Military Affairs.” Journal of Asian Security and International Affairs. 5, 2, 172-196. (2018)

“Northeast Asia.” In J. Sperling (Ed.), Handbook of Governance and Security (pp. 188-215). Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar. (with Robert Uriu; 2014)

“North Korea: Outcomes and implications,” Global North Korea, East Asia Institute (November 2019).

“China will dominate high-tech unless the United States takes off the gloves,” The National Interest (September 2019). (with Lucy Gold and Ryan Levy) “South Korea and Japan must cooperate more, not less, on North Korea,” Nikkei Asian Review (August 2019).

“Why Japan-South Korea history keeps resurfacing,” The Washington Post Monkey Cage (July 2019).

“It’s not just Trump: Why North Korea won’t denuclearize,” International Policy Digest (July 2019). (with Lucy Gold and Ryan Levy)

“America’s new danger zone: Divisions with Japan could wreck negotiations with North Korea,” The National Interest (April 2019).

“The bogus backlash against ‘Crazy Rich Asians,’ International Policy Digest (August 2018).

“The fight for human rights in North Korea,” East Asia Forum (May 2018).  (with Kent Boydston)

“Looking beyond 1 percent: Japan’s security expenditures,” The Diplomat (April 2018). (with Crystal Pryor)

“What it means to be an ally: A Vietnamese-American’s view on the US in the Vietnam War,” The Diplomat (October 2017).

“Living with failure on the Korean peninsula,” East Asia Forum (May 2017).

“Reviving the ‘pivot to Asia’,” East Asia Forum (March 2017). (with Mieczysław P. Boduszyński)

“The price of Abe’s pragmatism,” Foreign Affairs (March 2017).

“Is America abandoning Japan,” The National Interest (February 2017). (with J. Berkshire Miller)

“Presidential debate should include nuclear weapons discussion,” The Hill (October 2016).

“In Hiroshima, Obama and Abe are pledging to stop nuclear proliferation. Their actions don’t match their words,” The Washington Post Monkey Cage (May 2016).

“How Trump is Already Damaging US Alliances,” The Diplomat (May 2016).

“Japan’s security bills: Overpromising and under-delivering,” The Diplomat (October 2015). Reprinted by The Japan Times.

“The consequences of shaming politics in East Asia,” The Diplomat (July 2014).

US Next Generation Research Program Grant ($33,000), Korea Foundation (2019-2020)

CION Trust Grant for Bombs, Birds, and Beauty ($60,000) (with Nina Karnovsky, Kyoko Kurita and Rebecca McGrew) (2018-2020)

US-Korea NextGen Fellowship, KSI-CSIS (2018-2020)

Next Generation Fellowship, American Friends of the International House of Japan (2018-2021)

Travel Grant, Korea World Congress (2017)

Non-resident Sasakawa Peace Foundation Fellowship, Pacific Forum CSIS (2014-2016)

Fulbright Fellowship, U.S. Department of State (IIE) (2014-2015) 

Japan Foundation Japanese Studies Fellowship, Japan Foundation (declined) (2013-2014)

JASSO Research Scholarship, Monbukagakusho (Government of Japan) (2012)

Working Papers

“Shin Godzilla, Japanese Security, and International Relations Theory”

“The Consequences of Compromise: Lessons from Reconstruction Era America and Post-WWII East Asia”

“Understanding Global Reponses to Terrorism: What Drives Opinions on Terror” (with Neil Chaturvedi)

“Finding the Results in Non-Results: Arguments for Reporting Non-Results” (with Neil Chaturvedi)

“In Times of Need: An Examination of the Auxiliary Benefits of Soft Power”

CSIS-JIIA Security Seminar, Washington D.C. (March 2016)

Council for Security Cooperation in the Asia Pacific (CSCAP), Singapore (January 2016)

IPU-WSD Forum on International Development, Tokyo, Japan, (May 2015)

ROK-Japan-US Trilateral Young Leaders Dialogue, Seoul, South Korea (November 2014)

Global Opinion Leaders Summit, Tokyo, Japan (October 2014)

Council for Security Cooperation in the Asia Pacific (CSCAP), Tokyo, Japan (July 2014)

“Understanding Global Responses to Terrorism: What Drives Opinions on Terror,” Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, San Francisco, CA, August 2017 (with Neil Chaturvedi)

“Finding the Results in Non-Results: Arguments for Reporting Non-Results,” Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, San Francisco, CA, 2017 (with Neil Chaturvedi)

“Negotiating in Good Faith: Overcoming Legitimacy Problems in the Japan-South Korea Reconciliation Process,” Korea World Congress, Seoul, South Korea, June 2017

“Negotiating in Good Faith: Overcoming Legitimacy Problems in the Japan-South Korea Reconciliation Process,” ISA-Hong Kong, Hong Kong, June 2017

“Negotiating in Good Faith: Overcoming Legitimacy Problems in the Japan-South Korea Reconciliation Process,” discussant at Korean Studies Institute Graduate Student Symposium, USC, Los Angeles, CA, April 2017

“Bargaining in Good Faith: A Role for the U.S. in the Japan-ROK Reconciliation Process,” The Hope of a New Generation Pacific Forum CSIS Conference, Honolulu, HI, March 2016

Invited Talks and Lectures (Selected)

“Shin Godzilla and the Limits of American International Relations Theory,” Meiji Gakuin University, Tokyo, Japan, October 2018

“Options with Consequences: The Trump-Kim Summit and the North Korea Humanitarian and Nuclear Puzzles,” keynote address at Pomona in the City of Seattle, Seattle, WA, June 2018

“Japan’s Aging Peace: Finding Security Among Militarisms,” Pomona in the City of Los Angeles, December 2017

“Crafting an Enduring Peace Agreement between Japan and South Korea,” Hiroshima City University, Hiroshima, Japan, 2017

“Japanese Peace Culture and Identity,” Japanese-American National Museum, Los Angeles, CA, February 2017

“Japanese Peace Culture and Identity,” Claremont Public Library, Claremont, CA, October 2016

“Bargaining in Good Faith: A Role for the U.S. in the Japan-ROK Reconciliation Process,” Jonathan Club, Los Angeles, CA, May 2016

“Presidential Primary Process: Politicians, Parties & Possibilities, panel discussant at Arsalyn Youth Forums: Presidential Primary Process, Duarte, CA, September 2015

Japan Studies Summer Institute, Japan Foundation (2017)

Japan Studies Summer Institute, Japan Foundation (2016)

Institute for Qualitative and Multi-method Research (IQMR), Syracuse University (2012)

Co-editor, Politics and History Section Newsletter, APSA (2016 - Present)                                                  

Dissertation Committee, Eivande Lande at the NTNU (2018 - 2019)

Reviewer, East Asia: An International Quarterly (2019)

Reviewer, Journal of Human Rights (2019)

International Relations Senior Seminar (Fall 2019)

International Relations Intermediate Seminar (Fall 2015, Fall 2016, Spring 2018)

International Relations of East Asia (Fall 2015, Fall 2016, Fall 2017)

Security and Cooperation in International Relations (Spring 2016, Spring 2018)

Introduction to International Relations (Spring 2016, Fall 2017)