Student Profile

Tomohiko Satake, BA, MA (Keio)

Tomohiko started his PhD in March 2006, with the support of 2006 Endeavour Japan Award. His thesis examines why and how Japan and Australia have contributed to 'alliance burden-sharing' with the United States since the end of the Cold War. His research interests lie primarily in areas of theories of international relations, alliance politics, Asia-Pacific security, and security policies in Japan and Australia. His publications include 'Nakasone Koso no Sai-Kento [Rethinking the "Nakasone Plan": Nakasone Yasuhiro's Defense Strategy as the Director General of Japanese Defense Agency in 1970-1971]', Hogaku Seijigaku Ronkyu [Journal of Law and Political Studies], No. 68, Spring 2006. Tomohiko was an intern at the Japan Foundation Information Center in 2005. He also worked as an Editorial Assistant for Gaiko Forum [Japan Journal of Foreign Affairs] between 2001 and 2004.

Email: tomohiko.satake@anu.edu.au