Jennifer M. Lind

|Associate Professor

Academic Appointments

Associate Professor of Government
Faculty Associate, Reischauer Insitute for Japanese Studies, Harvard University
Research Associate, Chatham House, London

Contact

Jennifer.M.Lind@dartmouth.edu

(603) 646-2282

Silsby, Room 219

HB 6108

Department(s)

Government

Center(s)

The John Sloan Dickey Center for International Understanding

Education

B.A. University of California at Berkeley
M.I.A., University of California at San Diego
Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Selected Publications

BOOK: Sorry States: Apologies in International Politics (Cornell University Press, 2008).
"Is Japan 'Back'? Measuring Nationalism and Military Assertiveness in Asia's Other Great Power," Journal of East Asian Studies (2021). With Chikako Kawakatsu Ueki.
"Narratives and International Reconciliation." Journal of Global Security Studies (2020)
“Markets or Mercantilism: How China Secures its Oil Supplies,” International Security, Vol. 42, no. 4. (2018). With Daryl G. Press.

“Reality Check: American Power in an Age of Constraints.” Foreign Affairs (March/April 2020). With Daryl G. Press.
“The Future of the Liberal Order is Conservative: A Strategy to Save the System.” Foreign Affairs (March/April 2019). With William C. Wohlforth.
“The Rise of China and the Future of the Transatlantic Relationship," Chatham House Briefing, July 2019.
“Life in China’s Asia: What Regional Hegemony Would Look Like,” Foreign Affairs, Vol. 97, no. 2. (2018)

Works In Progress

Book project: Authoritarians at the Cutting Edge: China, Innovation, and the Future Balance of Power.
Many critics argue that China faces a massive wealth and technological gap between itself and the United States, and that it will be unable to close this gap because of its authoritarian institutions. In this book I argue that the gap has already closed -- that China is a peer competitor of the United States -- and that it has succeeded at this through "smart authoritarianism," which fosters economic growth and innovation.
"Comparing National Power in an Age of Transition"
"Demographics and Great-Power Rise."
“The External Sources of Rising State Strength." With Joshua Itzkowitz Shifrinson.
"Can China Fight? Assessing China's Military Effectiveness." With Eric Hundman.

Selected writings in the popular press

"Japan must disavow pacifism and embrace collective defense," Nikkei Weekly, June 18, 2021 (with Elbridge Colby).

"With US help, Japan’s stance towards China hardens," Financial Times, April 21, 2021.

“Is Playing Tough in China’s Interest?” Room for Debate, New York Times, August 23, 2016.

“The Presidential Path to Hiroshima,” Foreign Affairs, April 8, 2016.

“Japan’s Security Evolution, Not Revolution,” Wall St. Journal, July 21, 2015.

Courses