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Mina Pollmann
Dr. Mina Pollmann is a researcher focused on Japan’s security and diplomacy, the U.S.-Japan alliance, alliance politics, and Indo-Pacific security.
Dr. Mina Pollmann was most recently a Presidential Management Fellow with the U.S. Department of State’s Office of Japanese Affairs. Previously, she was an Associate Political Scientist at the RAND Corporation. She has also held visiting research appointments with the Harvard Kennedy School and University of Tokyo, and worked as a News Producer for the Washington Bureau of TV Tokyo.
She holds a Ph.D. in Political Science from MIT, and a B.S. in Foreign Service from Georgetown University. Her research interests are Japan’s security and diplomacy, the U.S.-Japan alliance, alliance politics, and Indo-Pacific security.

July 13, 2017
Abe's Nordic Tour and Japan's Arctic Ambitions
By Mina Pollmann

July 07, 2017
Abe's LDP Loses Big in Tokyo Metropolitan Elections: Why That Matters
By Mina Pollmann

June 29, 2017
Toshiba's Chip Unit Saga Drags on
By Mina Pollmann

June 14, 2017
Will Japan Join China's Belt and Road Initiative?
By Mina Pollmann

June 13, 2017
Japan Shops Maritime Arms to Southeast Asia
By Mina Pollmann

June 02, 2017
Tokyo's Governor Throws in With a New Political Party
By Mina Pollmann

May 29, 2017
What Next for Japan-South Korea Relations?
By Mina Pollmann

May 11, 2017
The Asian Development Bank Adjusts to the Age of AIIB and Trump
By Mina Pollmann

May 04, 2017
What's New in Japan-Russia Relations?
By Mina Pollmann

October 27, 2016
Japan's New Security Laws Could See First Test in South Sudan
By Mina Pollmann

October 26, 2016
Duterte's Anti-US Rhetoric Throws Japan for a Loop
By Mina Pollmann
