缅北禁地

Previous Positions

Chair of Japanese Studies, University of 缅北禁地 upon Tyne 1989-2002;
Director of the 缅北禁地 East Asia Centre January 1989- September
1996

Visiting Research Fellow at St. Antony's College, Oxford
(October 1987-December 1988)

Assistant Director for Regional Security Studies, International Institute for Strategic Studies London (October 1984-September 1987) Research Fellow at the Graduate Institute of International Studies
IUHEI), PSIS, Geneva, Switzerland (September 1980-September 1984)

In-service trainee with the Commission of the European Community, DG
III, Brussels (1979-80) Research on Euro-Japanese economic relations

Memberships

Kokusai Mondai Kenkyujo (Tokyo)
Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Asienkunde British Association for Japanese Studies Vereinigung fur sozialwissenschaftliche Japanforschung, Berlin
International Institute for Strategic Studies, London

Languages

German, French, Japanese, Chinese

Research Interests

Reinhard Drifte’s main research interests are Japan’s foreign and security policy, security issues in Northeast Asia, and EU-Northeast Asian relations. He is currently working on various issues in Japanese-Chinese relations, including territorial disputes

Other Expertise

Reviewer for Routledge publication proposals
Reviewer for Pacific Review article proposals
Research/lecture assignments for the German Development Agency (GIZ)

Postgraduate Supervision

International relations and security issues in Northeast Asia

• Drifte R. . London: RoutledgeCurzon, 2003.
• Drifte R. . Asia-Pacific Review 2006, 13(1), 94-117.
• Drifte R. . Basingstoke: Macmillan Press, 2000.
• Drifte R. . In: Akiner S, ed. The Caspian: Politics, Energy and Security. Abingdon: RoutledgeCurzon, 2004, pp. 278-294.
• Drifte R. . RUSI Journal 2003, 148(5), 68-71.
• Drifte R. . London: Asia Research Centre, London School of Economics, 2003. Available at: .
• Drifte R. . Dundee University, 2002. Available at: .
• Drifte R. . Asia-Pacific Focus (Korea) 2002, VI(XXV), 130-151.
• Drifte R. . In: Akaha Ts, ed. The future of North Korea. London: Routledge, 2002, pp. 157-170.
• Drifte R. . RUSI Journal 2001, 146(4), 83-86.
• Drifte R. . Sentaku Magazine 2001, 38-39.
• Drifte R. . In: Constructing cooperative security in East Asia. 2001, Tsukuba University: TARA Center.
• Drifte R. . Social Science Japan 2001, 21, 26-29.
• Drifte R. . In: Holzhausen A, ed. Can Japan globalize? Studies on Japan's changing political economy and the process of globalization in honour of Sung-Jo Park. Berlin: Springer/Physica Verlag, 2001, pp. 257-274.
• Drifte R. . In: Regnier P; Warner D, ed. Japan and multilateral diplomacy. London: Ashgate, 2001, pp. 185-199.
• Drifte R. . Asien: deutsche Zeitschrift fur Politik, Wirtschaft und Kultur 2001, 79, 50-61.

• Drifte R. . In: Breslin, S, ed. Handbook of China`s International Relations. London: Routledge, 2010, pp.138-146.
• Drifte R. . Asia-Pacific Review 2009, 16(2), 55-74.
• Drifte R. . Journal of Japanese Studies 2001, 27(1), 197-200.
• Drifte R. . Security Dialogue 2000, 31(4), 449-462.
• Drifte R. . Japan Aktuell 2008, (3), 27-51.
• Drifte RWF. . Oil, Gas and Energy Law 2005, 3(4).