Satoru Nagao

2011 Ph.D. – Graduate School of Political Studies, Gakushuin University

2003 M.E. –Graduate School of Political Studies, Gakushuin University

2001 B.A. –Faculty of Law; Department of Political Studies, Gakushuin University

Indo-Pacific strategy, QUAD, India’s military strategy, Bay of Bengal security, Japan-India relations, US-China competition, China’s foreign policy, Taiwan security, Indian Ocean security, maritime strategy, South Asia geopolitics, India-Japan-Australia cooperation, Global South diplomacy, Sri Lanka maritime policy, China’s influence in South Asia, regional security architecture, multilateral defense cooperation, strategic deterrence, Asia-Pacific grand strategy.

2014-2017, 2021-2025 Lecturer (National Security), Gakushuin University

2017-2020 Visiting Fellow at Research Institute for Oriental Studies in Gakushuin University

2016-2017 Lecturer (International Mechanism), Aoyama Gakuin University

2016-2017 Lecturer (South Asia Politics), Komazawa University

2015-2016 Lecturer (East Asia Politics), Komazawa University

2011-12 PD researcher, Research Institute for Oriental Cultures, Gakushuin University

2009-10 Research Assistant, Research Institute for Oriental Cultures, Gakushuin University

2005 Awarded Abe Yoshishige Anniversary Scholarship

Satoru Nagao (ed.), “Strategies for the Indo-Pacific: Perceptions of the U.S. and Like-Minded Countries,” Hudson Institute, December 2019

Satoru Nagao, “India’s Military Strategy,” Minerva, 2015 (Japanese book)

Satoru Nagao, “The Potential of QUAD: Preparing for a New Order in the Indo-Pacific,” Indu Saxena and Stephen Nagy (eds.), Southeast Asia and the Indo-Pacific Construct, Nova Science Publishers, 2024, pp. 117-136

Satoru Nagao, “What is the Grand Strategy of the QUAD?” Journal of Governance and Security Development, Vol. 4, No. 2, January 2024 (Published in May 2024),

Satoru Nagao, “Security Aspects of the Bay of Bengal Cooperation: What the QUAD Must Do” in Anasua Basu Ray Chaudhury and Harsh V. Pant (eds.), Global Policy: Anchoring the Bay of Bengal in a Free and Open Indo-Pacific, January 8, 2024, pp. 51-62

Satoru Nagao, “What is the Grand Strategy of the QUAD?” Journal of Governance and Security Development, Vol. 4, No. 2, January 2024

Satoru Nagao, “The Impact of PM Modi’s Global South Policy on the Military Strategy of India,” Security Studies, Vol. 5, No. 4, December 2023, pp. 91-104.

Satoru Nagao, “Japan-India-Australia Cooperation Around US-China Competition,” KAIZEN NITI 70 years of India-Japan relations, Ananta Center, August 2023, pp. 94-101

Satoru Nagao, “How Can the World Prevent China from Taking over Taiwan? Look to India,” Raisina Edit (Observer Research Foundation), February 28, 2023

Satoru Nagao, “Patterns of China’s Provocation: What Should We Do?” Faultlines: Writings on Conflict & Resolution, Vol. 28, April 2022, pp. 1-19.

Satoru Nagao, “Security in the Indian Ocean Region: Implication of the Galwan Incident for QUAD in the Indo-Pacific,” Security Studies, Vol. 3, No. 3, (KIIP/Society of Security and Diplomatic Studies), September 2021, pp. 71-96.

Satoru Nagao, “Chapter 1: What is Beijing’s Plan in the Indo-Pacific?” Mohshin Habib (ed.), China’s Global Ambitions: A Reality Check, HAR-ANAND publications, 2021, pp. 13-25.

Satoru Nagao, “The Age of Quad in the Indo-Pacific: The Purpose & Potential,” Tillotoma Foundation, September 20, 2021

Satoru Nagao, “Rapid Development of India-Japan Cooperation: Its Chance and Challenges,” in Aparna Pande (ed.), Routledge Handbook on South Asian Foreign Policy, Routledge, August 31, 2021, pp. 248-265.

Satoru Nagao, “Japan’s Perspective on Sri Lanka as a Maritime Nation,” in Chulanee Attanayake (ed.), Maritime Sri Lanka: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives, World Scientific, January 2021, pp. 259-278

Husain Haqqani, Aparna Pande and Satoru Nagao, “South Asia: China’s thrust into South Asia: Consideration for US Policy,” in A Global Survey of US-China Competition in the Coronavirus Era, Hudson Institute, May 2020, pp. 16-18