Shorenstein APARC
Stanford University
Encina Hall, Room W411
Stanford, CA 94305-6055

plipscy@stanford.edu
(650) 725-8867 (voice)
(650) 723-6530 (fax)

Research Interests
International and comparative political economy; international security; Japanese politics; US-Japan relations; regional cooperation in East and South East Asia.

A specialist on Japanese political economy and international relations, Phillip Lipscy is a center fellow at FSI and an assistant professor of political science at Stanford University. His fields of research include international and comparative political economy, international security, Japanese politics, U.S.-Japan relations, and regional cooperation in East and South East Asia.

Prior to joining Shorenstein APARC, Lipscy pursued his doctoral studies in government at Harvard University. He received his MA in international policy studies and BA in economics and political science at Stanford University. Lipscy has been affiliated with the Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies and Weatherhead Center for International Affairs at Harvard University, The Institute for Global and International Studies at The George Washington University, the RAND Corporation, and the Institute for International Policy Studies in Tokyo.

Lipscy's most recent research investigates negotiations over representation in international organizations such as the United Nations Security Council, International Monetary Fund, and World Bank. He is also researching the causes and implications of the rapid accumulation of international reserves in East and Southeast Asia.