Dr Tomohiko Satake is a Senior Fellow in the Defense Policy Division at the National Institute for Defense Studies (NIDS) in Tokyo. Dr Satake’s research interests include alliance studies, Asia-Pacific security, and Japanese security policies. He has published extensively on the US-Japan-Australia trilateral relationship. Dr Satake earned a B.A. and M.A. from Keio University, and a Ph.D. in international relations from the Australian National University.