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Le, Tom Phuong

Tom Phuong Le is Assistant Professor of Politics at Pomona College. His research areas include Japanese security policy, the U.S.-Japan alliance, war memory and reconciliation, militarism norms, military and security balance in East Asia and East Asia regionalism. Among his areas of expertise: constraints and restraints on Japanese militarism and Japan-South Korea relations. His current work includes examinations of the impact of population demographics and technology on security and antinuclear movements and the environment. He holds a Ph.D., University of California, Irvine and Hiroshima City University, a M.A. from University of California, Irvine and a B.A., University of California, Davis.