Nathaniel B. Thayer Yasuhiro Nakasone Professor Senior Advisor to the Reischauer Center Contact Details: nbthayer@jhu.edu
Courses Taught: Japanese Domestic Politics Seminar on Japanese Political Thought
Education: Ph.D., Columbia University
Expertise: Domestic politics of Japan and international relations of East Asia
Publications: Japan's Foreign Policy After the Cold War (1993) How the Conservatives Rule Japan (1968) Japan Foreign Policy During the Nakasone Years Japanese Politics in Comparative Perspectives (chapter)
Current Project: Currently working on Japanese Politics in Comparative Perspectives
Background: Dr. Thayer received a Ph.D. with distinction in Political Science from Columbia University. He served in the State Department in Washington and in the US Embassies in Tokyo and Rangoon. He later served as the National Intelligence Officer for East Asia and the Pacific, the senior official in the intelligence community for this region. Professor Thayer has taught at Columbia University, the City University of New York, and one year as a visiting professor at Harvard University. He has been a Ford Foundation Fellow and an Abe Foundation Fellow.
