Social Sciences
Dr. William Brooks is Asia Policy Point's Senior Fellow and an adjunct professor of Japan Studies at SAIS, Johns Hopkins. He retired from the State Department in September 2009 after a 35-year career as a diplomat, research analyst, and linguist. In his final assignment, he ran Embassy Tokyo?s media analyst and translation unit for 16 years (1993-2009). In earlier diplomatic career, Dr. Brooks served in the economic section of the Embassy Tokyo, as well as in the Bureau of Intelligence and Research (INR).
Mostly recently, he published two books, The Politics of the Futenma Base Issue in Okinawa (2010); and Cracks in the Alliance? (SAIS, 2011), in addition to translating a book of Japanese poetry, Beyond the Vast Wasteland (Tokyo, 2011), a memorial to victims of the great earthquake disaster in 2011 to English. He is now writing book on the Democratic Party of Japan, from which a shortened chapter will be published in SAIS Review.
Dr. Brooks earned his Ph.D. in East Asian Languages and Cultures, MA in East Asian Studies and BS in History from Columbia University.
- More Futenma Analysis
APP's Senior Fellow William Brooks has published in December Cracks in the Alliance? Futenma Log: Base Relocation Negotiations 2009-2010 on the current status of Futenma negotiations. It is issued by Johns Hopkins University SAIS Reischauer...
- Our Own Bill Brooks In Tokyo
THE POLITICS OF BASE RELOCATION IN OKINAWA: THE FUTENMA NEGOTIATIONS, 1995-97, 2005-6. 7/1, 7:00pm, Tokyo. Sponsor: Institute for Contemporary Asian Studies, Temple University Japan. Speaker: William Brooks, Senior Fellow, Asia Policy Point and Senior...
- Edwin O. Reischauer And The American Discovery Of Japan
Edwin O. Reischauer and the American Discovery of JapanA Book TalkWithGeorge R. PackardPresident, US-Japan Foundation and APP member Wednesday, June 2, 20102:00 ? 3:00 PM FPRI Library, 1528 Walnut Street, Suite 610Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Free...
- Slicing Through The Gordonian Knot Of Futenma, One Thread At A Time
It's not a task for the faint-hearted, but Asia Policy Point's very own Bill Brooks has grasped the many tangled threads of the Futenma saga and unravelled them to find what lies at the core: a knot of conflicting demands between...
- Brooks To Talk May 17 On Okinawa Base Politics
The Politics of Base Relocation in Okinawa The Futenma MCAS Negotiations 1995-97 and 2005-06 With Dr. William L. BrooksProfessorial lecturer in the SAIS Japan Studies Program and APP Senior Fellow May 17, 20104:30 PM - 6:00...
Social Sciences
Stress Test for the Alliance
Edwin O. ReischauerCenter for East Asian Studies Seminar Series
Stress Test for the Alliance under the Democratic Party of Japan, 2009-2012
Professor William L. Brooks
APP Senior Fellow
Adjunct Professor, Japan Studies
Edwin O. Reischauer Center for East Asian Studies
SAIS, Johns Hopkins
Thursday, September 27, 2012
4:30p.m. - 6:00p.m.
Rome Building, Room 806
1619 Massachusetts Ave., NW
Washington, DC
RSVP
Dr. William Brooks is Asia Policy Point's Senior Fellow and an adjunct professor of Japan Studies at SAIS, Johns Hopkins. He retired from the State Department in September 2009 after a 35-year career as a diplomat, research analyst, and linguist. In his final assignment, he ran Embassy Tokyo?s media analyst and translation unit for 16 years (1993-2009). In earlier diplomatic career, Dr. Brooks served in the economic section of the Embassy Tokyo, as well as in the Bureau of Intelligence and Research (INR).
Mostly recently, he published two books, The Politics of the Futenma Base Issue in Okinawa (2010); and Cracks in the Alliance? (SAIS, 2011), in addition to translating a book of Japanese poetry, Beyond the Vast Wasteland (Tokyo, 2011), a memorial to victims of the great earthquake disaster in 2011 to English. He is now writing book on the Democratic Party of Japan, from which a shortened chapter will be published in SAIS Review.
Dr. Brooks earned his Ph.D. in East Asian Languages and Cultures, MA in East Asian Studies and BS in History from Columbia University.
- More Futenma Analysis
APP's Senior Fellow William Brooks has published in December Cracks in the Alliance? Futenma Log: Base Relocation Negotiations 2009-2010 on the current status of Futenma negotiations. It is issued by Johns Hopkins University SAIS Reischauer...
- Our Own Bill Brooks In Tokyo
THE POLITICS OF BASE RELOCATION IN OKINAWA: THE FUTENMA NEGOTIATIONS, 1995-97, 2005-6. 7/1, 7:00pm, Tokyo. Sponsor: Institute for Contemporary Asian Studies, Temple University Japan. Speaker: William Brooks, Senior Fellow, Asia Policy Point and Senior...
- Edwin O. Reischauer And The American Discovery Of Japan
Edwin O. Reischauer and the American Discovery of JapanA Book TalkWithGeorge R. PackardPresident, US-Japan Foundation and APP member Wednesday, June 2, 20102:00 ? 3:00 PM FPRI Library, 1528 Walnut Street, Suite 610Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Free...
- Slicing Through The Gordonian Knot Of Futenma, One Thread At A Time
It's not a task for the faint-hearted, but Asia Policy Point's very own Bill Brooks has grasped the many tangled threads of the Futenma saga and unravelled them to find what lies at the core: a knot of conflicting demands between...
- Brooks To Talk May 17 On Okinawa Base Politics
The Politics of Base Relocation in Okinawa The Futenma MCAS Negotiations 1995-97 and 2005-06 With Dr. William L. BrooksProfessorial lecturer in the SAIS Japan Studies Program and APP Senior Fellow May 17, 20104:30 PM - 6:00...