Professor Michishita is an associate professor at the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS) in Tokyo. Previously, he served as a senior research fellow at the National Institute for Defense Studies in the Japanese Ministry of Defense. He also served as the deputy director of the Bureau of Defense Policy. His publications include North Korea’s Military-Diplomatic Campaigns, 1966-2008; “Japan’s Response to 9-11”; “Changing Faces of Japanese Defense Policy: Past and Future”; and “Alliances after Peace in Korea.” He received his Ph.D. in international relations from the Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies.