Phillip Lipscy

Assistant Professor of Political Science
Center Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies

Encina Hall West, Room 411
Phone: (650) 725-8867

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Research

International Relations
Political Economy
International Organizations
Japanese Politics
East Asia




Affiliations

Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies
Shorenstein Asia/Pacific Research Center




Honors

  • Research Grant, Stanford University Japan Fund (2008).
  • Member of Research Team, “An Enhanced Agenda for US-Japan Partnership,” Japan Center for International Exchange(2008).
  • Japan-U.S. Emerging Leaders Program Participant, Government of Japan and the Japan Foundation Center for Global Partnership (2007).
  • Supplementary Dissertation Grant, Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies, Harvard University (2006-2007).
  • Akiyama Award, Program on U.S.-Japan Relations, Harvard University (2006).
  • Summer Research Grant, Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies, Harvard University (2006).
  • Predissertation Fellowship, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University(2005).
  • Graduate Student Associate and Research Grant, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University(2005).
  • Honorable Mention, National Science Foundation Fellowship (2003)
  • Harvard Graduate Society Summer Award (2003)
  • GSAS Fellowship and Summer Research Award, Harvard University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences(2002-2004).
  • Finalist, Presidential Management Intern Program(2002).
  • Firestone Medal for Excellence in Research – Best Honors Thesis in Political Science in 2001 at Stanford. 
  • Phi Beta Kappa (elected Junior Year, 2000) – academically among top 2% of Stanford Class of 2001.
  • Stanford in Government International Fellowship Recipient (2000)
  • Ai Isayama Scholarship, Asia/Pacific Research Center, Stanford University (1999).
  • Stanford President's Scholar (1997).


    • Publications and Panel Presentations

     

    “Japan's Shifting Role in International Organizations.” in Masaru Kohno and
    Frances Rosenbluth, eds. Japan and the World: Japan's Contemporary Geopolit-
    ical Challenges. New Haven: Yale University Council on East Asian Studies, 2008.

    “Congressional Preferences and the Structure of Delegation: Reassessing the Effect of Divided Government on U.S. Trade Policy” (with Yevgeniy Kirpichevsky).  Revise and Resubmit at the Journal of Politics.

    “The Dark Side of Democratic Advantage: International Crises and Secret Agreements” (with Yevgeniy Kirpichevsky).  (Under Review)

    “Outside Options and Institutional Change: The Bretton Woods Institutions,” Paper Presented at the Midwest Political Science Association Annual Meeting, 2008.

    “US-Japan Cooperation on the Reform of International Organizations,” Paper presented at the program on An Enhanced Agenda for US-Japan Partnership, Japan Center for International Exchange.  2008

    “Outside Options and the Renegotiation of International Organizations,” Working Paper.

    “The Political Economy of International Bailout Lending,” Working Paper.

    “International Organizations and East Asia.”  Shorenstein Asia Pacific Research Center Dispatch.  2008-1-14. 

    Toward a Theory of Intelligence (with Gregory Treverton, Seth Jones, and Steve
    Boraz). RAND: Santa Monica, 2006.

    “Japanese Goals at the Six-Party Talks: A Reassessment” (with Kazuyo Kato), Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) PacNet Newsletter, 2005-09-12.

    “Endogenizing Institutional Path Dependence: The Bretton Woods Institutions.”  Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Philadelphia, PA, 2006-8-31.

    “Japan's Asian Monetary Fund Proposal.”  2003.  Stanford Journal of East Asian Affairs 3 (Spring): 93-104.


    Courses


    Political Economy of East Asia, 2007-2008
    International Organizations, 2007-2008