Masahiro Matsumura

Writing for PS since 2007
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Masahiro Matsumura is Professor of International Politics at St. Andrew’s University (Momoyama Gakuin Daigaku) in Osaka.

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China’s Self-Destructive Maritime Strategy
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China’s Self-Destructive Maritime Strategy

Aug 20, 2015 Masahiro Matsumura points out that the country undermining security in the South China Sea depends on it the most.

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China’s Resurgent Warlords
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China’s Resurgent Warlords

Jun 25, 2014 Masahiro Matsumura links North Korea’s execution of Chang Song-thaek to Chinese political infighting.

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From San Francisco to the South China Sea
Pedro Molina

From San Francisco to the South China Sea

Oct 8, 2013 Masahiro Matsumura on the San Francisco Peace Treaty and territorial disputes in the South China Sea.

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Praetorian China?
Barrie Maguire

Praetorian China?

Apr 26, 2013 Masahiro Matsumura

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Oki-Now-What?
Dean Rohrer

Oki-Now-What?

Nov 13, 2012 Masahiro Matsumura

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The West’s Arrested Social Development

Helmut K. Anheier

In 1995, the sociologist Ralf Dahrendorf argued that developed countries’ “overriding task” for the subsequent decade was to "square the circle of wealth creation, social cohesion, and political freedom.” More than two decades later, most have not even attempted that feat.

Impeachment and the Wider World

Carl Bildt

As with the proceedings against former US Presidents Richard Nixon and Bill Clinton, the impeachment inquiry into Donald Trump is ultimately a domestic political issue that will be decided in the US Congress. But, unlike those earlier cases, the Ukraine scandal threatens to jam up the entire machinery of US foreign policy.