Richard Samuels

Faculty + Scholars
Richard
Samuels

Ford International Professor of Political Science
Faculty Director, MIT-Japan
Former Director, Center for International Studies (2003-2023)

E40-475
617-253-2449

Expertise: 

Asia (Japanese politics and leadership, Asian security, political economy, comparative politics), Japan (security, politics, public policy, political leadership, defense/aerospace, international education), Italy (political leadership and economic history), civil-military relations

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