Chikako Ueki is a Professor of International Relations at the Graduate School of Asia-Paciffc Studies (GSAPS), Waseda University. Her areas of expertise include International Relations and Security in East Asia with a special focus on U.S.-Japan-China relations. She has written on issues concerning threat perception in a unipolar world, transformation of international relations after the Cold War, and issues relating to security problems in East Asia. Her publications include: War Studies for Peace (2015); The "Long Peace" in Northeast Asia: War Avoided (2012); and The U.S.-Japan Security Alliance: Regional Multilateralism (2011). Dr. Ueki was Senior Research Fellow at the National Institute for Defense Studies; Visiting Scholar at Peking University; and Staff Writer for Asahi Shimbun. She served as a member of the Prime Minister's Council on Security and Defense Capabilities (2009).