Prof Tsutomu Kikuchi - Regional Institution Building in the Asia-Pacific: A Japanese View

Regional Institution Building in the Asia-Pacific: A Japanese View Prof Tsutomu Kikuchi KIKUCHI Tsutomu is professor of international political economy of the Asia-Pacific at the Department of International Politics, Aoyama-Gakuin University, Tokyo. He has been an adjunct fellowat the Japan Institute of International Affairs (JIIA) since 1987. He was a visiting fellow at the Australian National University (ANU) and the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS) and a visiting professor at the University of British Columbia (UBC). He has been engaged in various track 2 activities such as the Pacific Economic Cooperation Council (PECC) and the Council for Security Cooperation in the Asia Pacific (CSCAP). He has published many books and articles on international political economy (especially regional institution-building) of the Asia-Pacific. He obtained his doctoral degree (LL.D) from Hitotsubashi University, Tokyo.