Yuki Tatsumi

Yuki Tatsumi is a senior director at the Institute for Indo-Pacific Security (IIPS). Previously, she served as senior fellow and co-director of the East Asia Program and director of the Japan Program at the Stimson Center. Prior to joining Stimson, Tatsumi worked as a research associate at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) and as the special assistant for political affairs at the Embassy of Japan in Washington.

Tatsumi has over 20 years of experience of in-depth research and program development in the field of the U.S.-Japan alliance and Japan’s national security policy-making. She is an author of numerous single- and co-authored books including Lost in Translation? U.S. Defense Innovation and Northeast Asia (Stimson Center, 2017), U.S.-Japan-Australia Security Cooperation: Prospects and Challenges (Stimson Center, 2015), Opportunity out of Necessity: The Impact of U.S. Defense Budget Cuts on the U.S.-Japan Alliance (Stimson Center, 2013), Global Security Watch: Japan (Praeger, 2010), and Japan’s National Security Policy Infrastructure: Can Tokyo Meet Washington’s Expectations?  (Stimson Center, 2008).

In 2012 she was awarded the Letter of Appreciation from the Ministry of National Policy of Japan for her contribution in advancing mutual understanding between the United States and Japan. She is a recipient of the 2009 Yasuhiro Nakasone Incentive Award. 

A native of Tokyo, Tatsumi holds a B.A. in liberal arts from the International Christian University in Tokyo, Japan and an M.A. in international economics and Asian studies from the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) at Johns Hopkins University in Washington.