THAYER, Nathaniel B. Dr.
b. 1929, US citizen

Professor

The Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies

Johns Hopkins University
1619 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20036

TEL: (202) 663-5693
FAX: (202) 663-5891

CAN BE INTERVIEWED FOR: Print, Radio, TV

INTERVIEW LANGUAGES: English, Japanese

SPECIALIZATIONS:

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Director of Asian Studies, Nakasone Professor of Japanese Studies, SAIS, John Hopkins University, 1978-present; Visiting Professor, Columbia University, 1990; Visiting Associate Professor, Harvard University, 1976-77; Associate Professor, SAIS, Johns Hopkins University, 1973-75; Associate Professor, Hunter College, City University of New York, 1971-73; National Intelligence Officer, East Asia; Director of Programs, Japan Society; Foreign Service.

IN JAPAN: 1993-94 - Abe Fellowship, research, foreign service; 1963-67 - study; 1958-60 - Ford Fellow; 1950-53 - military; repeated brief trips.

MAJOR PUBLICATIONS:

An Introduction to Japanese Politics (forthcoming); How the Conservatives Rule Japan (Princeton University Press, 1968); "Race and Politics in Japan," Pacific Review (1988); "Beyond Security: United States-Japanese Relations in the 1990s," Journal of International Affairs (1989); "Japanese Foreign Policy During the Nakasone Years," Japan's Foreign Policy after the Cold War (1993).