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Mina Pollmann
Mina Pollmann is an associate political scientist at the nonprofit, nonpartisan RAND Corporation.
Mina Pollmann is an associate political scientist at the nonprofit, nonpartisan RAND Corporation. She received her Ph.D. in Political Science from MIT, and her BS in Foreign Service from Georgetown University. Her research interests focus on Japan’s security and diplomacy, the U.S.-Japan alliance, U.S. foreign policy in the Indo-Pacific, alliance politics, the domestic and local politics of alliance management, and security cooperation.
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August 08, 2015
Atomic Remembrance and Japan's Security Reform Debate
By Mina Pollmann
The 70th anniversary of the bombings at Hiroshima and Nagasaki is a focal point for opponents of defense reform.
August 03, 2015
NSA Spying on Japan: The Fallout
By Mina Pollmann
WikiLeaks revelations about U.S. espionage against Japan could jeopardize Abe's security reforms.
July 28, 2015
Can Japan Win Australia's Submarine Contract?
By Mina Pollmann
Domestic factors will play just as much of a role as actual technology when it comes time to select the winning bid.
July 27, 2015
The Troubled Japan-South Korea Relationship
By Mina Pollmann
The Diplomat talks with Brad Glosserman and Scott A. Snyder about Japan-Korea relations.
July 24, 2015
Japan's Xenophobia Problem
By Mina Pollmann
Despite recent efforts, hate speech and racial discrimination continues to plague Japan.
July 10, 2015
How Does Japan's LDP Plan to Pass Security Reform?
By Mina Pollmann
With the 60-day rule, the Diet juggles technicalities and the LDP presses forward its bill reinterpreting Article 9.
July 07, 2015
Is Japan’s LDP Beginning to Get Serious About Reigning In Public Debt?
By Mina Pollmann
For Abe, security reforms and TPP-related legislation may trump the annual budget.
July 01, 2015
Japan’s South China Sea Strategy
By Mina Pollmann
Tokyo doesn’t have a claim to the sea, but it certainly cares about what happens there.
June 15, 2015
Japan and China: ‘Intimate Rivals’
By Mina Pollmann
An interview with Sheila Smith, author of Intimate Rivals: Japanese Domestic Politics and a Rising China.
May 07, 2015
Japan’s Nuclear Diplomacy
By Mina Pollmann
At the NPT review conference, Japanese politicians and citizens push for a nuclear-weapons-free world.
May 06, 2015
The Domestic Hurdles for Japan's Defense Reforms
By Mina Pollmann
With Abe's U.S. visit over, the next task is getting the domestic security reforms he promised while in Washington.
May 02, 2015
Japan's Local Elections: LDP Victories Marred By Record-Low Turnout
By Mina Pollmann
The elections were a victory for the LDP, but a dismal showing for Japanese democracy.