Michael Auslin

Michael Auslinis Director of the Japan Studies Program at the American Enterprise Institute and a member of the Committee on the Present Danger. was an associate professor of history and senior research fellow at the MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies at Yale University prior to joining AEI. His writings on Japan and Japanese diplomacy include the books Negotiating with Imperialism: The Unequal Treaties and the Culture of Japanese Diplomacy (Harvard University Press, 2006) and Japan Society: Celebrating a Century, 1907-2007 (Japan Society Gallery, 2007).

Previous professional work

At Yale University, he was an associate professor in the Department of History; Senior Research Fellow, MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies, 2006-2007; and Founding Director, Project on Japan-U.S. Relations.

He was Visiting Researcher, Graduate School of Law, Kobe University in 2005.

Honors and Education

He has been named a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum, a Marshall Memorial Fellow by the German Marshall Fund, and a Fulbright and Japan Foundation Scholar.

• Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
• M.A., Indiana University at Bloomington
• B.S.F.S., Georgetown University