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Fumiko Sasaki

Fumiko Sasaki

Adjunct Lecturer

About

Dr. Sasaki is an adjunct lecturer for the Master of Arts in Global Policy Program and a fellow at the Reischauer Center East Asian Studies at the School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) at Johns Hopkins University. As a fellow, she focuses on how space capabilities impact geopolitics in the Indo-Pacific region. She is also an adjunct professor at the School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) at Columbia University, teaching East Asian Security, the Theory of International Relations for Global Policy Making, and an advisor for the Capstone Workshops. 
 
Her research topics and numerous publications span political thoughts of Japan (Nationalism, Political Realism and Democracy in Japan: The Thought of Masao Maruyama: Routledge 2012), the Internet and its political empowerment, and space and geopolitics (Risk-Benefit Analysis of China’s Belt and Road Initiative Spatial Information Corridor: Implications for Chinese Global Expansion and US Strategy: Air University Press 2022). She has frequently appeared in media, including the Economist, South China Morning Post, The Strait Times, and Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.
 
She received her M.A. and Ph.D. from SAIS at Johns Hopkins University.
  • Nationalism, Political Realism and Democracy in Japan: The Thought of Masao Maruyama: Routledge 2012

  • Risk-Benefit Analysis of China’s Belt and Road Initiative Spatial Information Corridor: Implications for Chinese Global Expansion and US Strategy: Air University Press 2022

Expertise

Regions

  • East Asia

Topics

  • East Asian Security
  • Geopolitics in the Indo-Pacific Region