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Richard J. Samuels
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Phone: 617-253-2449 Curriculum Vitae (PDF) |
RICHARD J. SAMUELS is Ford International Professor of Political Science and Director of the MIT Center for International Studies. Professor Samuels specializes in comparative politics, political economy, and Asian security affairs. He is the author of numerous articles and has written or edited eight books. His 1987 book, The Business of the Japanese State: Energy Markets in Comparative and Historical Perspective, won the Ohira Prize. His 1994 book, Rich Nation, Strong Army: National Security and the Technological Transformation of Japan (winner of the 1996 John Whitney Hall Prize and the Arisawa Prize) concerned the Japanese technology process, the aerospace industry, and relations between the military and civilian economies. In 2003 he published Machiavellis Children, a study of political leadership in Italian and Japanese history, which won the Jervis-Schroeder prize of the American Political Science Association and the Marraro prize of the Society for Italian Historical Studies. His most recent book, Securing Japan: Tokyo's Grand Strategy and the Future of East Asia (2007) was a finalist for the 2008 Lionel Gelber Prize for the best book in international affairs. Professor Samuels was also general editor of The Encyclopedia of U.S. National Security (2005).
Courses
- 17.486 Japan and East Asian Security (Syllabus)
- 17.537 Politics and Policy in Contemporary Japan (Syllabus)
Selected Articles
- Richard J. Samuels, "New Fighting Power!': Japan's Growing Maritime Capabilities and East Asian Security." International Security Vol. 32, No. 3 Winter 2007/2008, pp. 84-112.
- Eric Heginbotham and Richard J. Samuels, " Japan's Dual Hedge, " Foreign Affairs Vol 81 No. 5 (September/October 2002) pp. 110-121.
- Richard J. Samuels, " Leadership and Political Change in Japan: The Case of the Second Rincho," Journal of Japanese Studies 29:1 (2003) pp 1-31.
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