Yasuhiro Matsuda (松田 康博, Matsuda Yasuhiro, born November, 1965 in Hokkaido) is a Japanese professor of international politics at the University of Tokyo.
Matsuda received his Ph.D. in law from Graduate School of Law at Keio University in Tokyo. He spent sixteen years in the National Institute for Defense Studies (NIDS), Japan Defense Agency (later, Ministry of Defense), as an assistant and a senior research fellow. He moved to the Institute of Oriental Culture of the University of Tokyo in 2008. He is specializing in political and diplomatic history of Asia, politics and foreign relations in the PRC and Taiwan, the Cross-Strait Relations, and Japan’s foreign and security policies. He was a member of the Council on Security and Defense Capability in the New Era, the advisory group of the Prime Minister in 2010. He is the winner of the seventh Yasuhiro Nakasone Award of Excellence in 2011. He has published numerous books and articles in Japanese and English. His recent publication in English is “Taiwan in the China-Japan-US Triangle,” Gerald Curtis, Ryosei Kokubun, and Wang Jisi eds., Getting the Triangle Straight: Managing China-Japan-US Relations, New York: Japan Center for International Exchange, 2010.
1988 B.A. (Literature), Department of Foreign Language, Reitaku University, Chiba-ken
1990 M.A. (International Studies), Graduate School of Area Studies, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, Tokyo
1997 Ph.D. Candidate (Law), Graduate School of Law, Keio University, Tokyo
2003 Ph.D. (Law), Graduate School of Law, Keio University, Tokyo
1992-93 Assistant, 1st Research Office, 2nd Research Department, the National Institute for Defense Studies (NIDS)
1993-99 Assistant, 3rd Research Office, 2nd Research Department, NIDS
1999-04 Senior Research Fellow, 3rd Research Office, 2nd Research Department, NIDS
2004-08 Senior Research Fellow, 6th Research Office, Research Department, NIDS
2008-09 Associate Professor, Institute of Oriental Culture, the University of Tokyo
2010-11 Associate Professor, Institute of Oriental Culture, the University of Tokyo
2011-12 Professor, Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia, the University of Tokyo
2012-15 Professor, The University of Tokyo Interfaculty Initiative in Information Studies (Concurrently held the post of Professor, Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia, the University of Tokyo)
2015 Professor, Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia, the University of Tokyo
2006：Taiwan niokeru Itto Dokusai Taisei no Seiritsu (The Birth of the One-Party Dictatorial System in Taiwan)
2007： Kiro ni Tatsu Nittuu Kankei: Kako tono Taiwa, Mirai eno Mosaku (Sino-Japanese Relations at the Crossroads: Dialogue with the Past and Search for the Future), co-editor with Ryoko Iechika and Duan Ruicong
2009：Nittai Kankei Shi: 1945-2008 (History of Japan-Taiwan Relations: 1945-2008), with Shin Kawashima, Urara Shimizu, and Yang Yung-ming
2009：Enuesushi, Kokka Anzenhoshou Kaigi: Shuyoukoku no Kikikanri Anposeisakutougou Mekanizumu (NSC, National Security Council: Comparative Studies of Crisis Management and Security Policy Making Mechanisms in Major Powers in East Asia), contributor and editor
2009：Gobunya kara Yomitoku Gendai Chuugoku: Rekishi, Seiji, Keizai, Shakai, Gaikou (Contemporary China: History, Politics, Economy, Society and Diplomacy ) (revised edition), co-editor with Ryoko Iechika and Tang Liang
2002：Domestic Determinants and Security Policy-Making in East Asia, edited with Satu P. Limaye
2005：“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, pp. 156–167
2006：“An Essay on China’s Military Diplomacy: Examination of Intentions in Foreign Strategy,” NIDS Security Reports, No. 7
2007：“Domestic Political Determinants of China’s External Behavior,” China’s Rise and Its Limitations: China at the Crossroads, Proceedings of the NIDS International Symposium on Security Affairs, Tokyo: National Institute for Defense Studies, pp. 33–57
2007：“Japanese Assessments of China’s Military Development,” Asian Perspective, Vol. 31, No. 3, pp. 183–193
2008：“Security Relations between Japan and the PRC in the Post-Cold War Era,” Niklas Swanström and Ryosei Kokubun eds., Sino-Japanese Relations: The Need for Conflict Prevention and Management, Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, pp. 66–93
2009：“The Prospect of China Up to 2020: A View from Japan,” Derek J. Mitchell ed., Bridging Strategic Asia: The Rise of India in East Asia and the Implications for the U.S.-Japan Alliance, Washington, D.C.: Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), pp. 1–16
2009：“Improved Cross-Strait Relations Confusing to the Japanese,” AJISS-Commentary
2010：“Taiwan in the China-Japan-US Triangle,” Gerald Curtis, Ryosei Kokubun, and Wang Jisi eds., Getting the Triangle Straight: Managing China-Japan-US Relations, New York: Japan Center for International Exchange, pp. 123–143
2010：“Improved Cross-Strait Relations Confusing to the Japanese,” Asia Pacific Bulletin, East West Center, No. 47
2011：“Japan’s National Security Policy: New Directions, Old Restrictions,” Asia Pacific Bulletin, East West Center, No. 95
2011：“Taiwan’s Partisan Politics and Its Impact on U.S.-Taiwanese Relations,” The Journal of Social Science, Vol. 63, Nos. 3&4
