Navigating complementarity: between bilateralism and multilateralism

Dr. Akiko Fukushima is Professor, School of Global Studies and Collaboration, Aoyama Gakuin University with a Doctoral degree from Osaka University and M.A. from the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), Johns Hopkins University. Her career includes the following positions: Adjunct Professor of the Law School at Keio University, Director of Policy Studies at the National Institute for Research Advancement (NIRA), Senior Fellow at the Japan Foundation and a visiting scholar of CSIS, United States. Concurrently Dr. Fukushima has served on the Japanese government committees including the Advisory Council on National Security and Defense Capabilities to the Prime Minister in 2013. Her publications include Japanese Foreign Policy: The Emerging Logic of Multilateralism (1999) by MacMillan, Conflict and Cultural Diplomacy (2012) by Keio University Press. She has also contributed chapters including “Multilateralism Recalibrated,” in Postwar Japan (CSIS 2017).