Adam P. Liff

Adam P. LIFF (黎雅澹) is Associate Professor of East Asian International Relations at Indiana University’s Hamilton Lugar School of Global and International Studies, where he also serves as founding director of its “21st Century Japan Politics & Society Initiative” (21JPSI). His research focuses on international security and the Asia-Pacific—especially Japanese and Chinese security policy; U.S. Asia-Pacific strategy; the U.S.-Japan alliance; and the rise of China. In addition to various book chapters, reports, and public analysis, his academic scholarship has been published in leading international affairs and area studies journals, including Asia Policy, The China Quarterly, International Relations of the Asia-Pacific, International Security, Japanese Journal of Political Science, Japanese Studies, Journal of Contemporary China, Journal of Strategic Studies, Security Studies, Texas National Security Review, and The Washington Quarterly. Beyond IU, Dr. Liff is a Non-resident Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution and Associate-in-Research at Harvard University’s Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies and Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies. Dr. Liff holds a Ph.D. and M.A. in Politics from Princeton University, and a B.A. from Stanford University.