Dr. Matteo Dian is a Research Fellow at School of Political Sciences of the University of Bologna. He received his Ph.D. in political science from the Italian Institute of Human Sciences (Scuola Normale Superiore) in Florence. He held visiting positions at University of Oxford, London School of Economics, the Johns Hopkins SAIS (Bologna Center), and the European University Institute. He also taught at the University of Bologna, Ca’ Foscari University in Venice, and at the overseas programs of the James Madison University, Kent State University and Vanderbilt University. He is also author of The Evolution Of The Us-Japan Alliance: The Eagle And The Chrysanthemum (Chandos Books, 2014) and co-editor of The Chinese Challenge To The Western Order (FBK Press, 2014)

"...an in-depth examination of some of the most significant issues of the US-Japan alliance since the two nations revised their Mutual Security Treaty more than fifty years ago…of interest to students and scholars working both on the important US-Japan alliance and on alliances in general." --Public Affairs

• 1. Asymmetric alliances in theory: Introduction2. Asymmetric alliances in theory3. How alliances evolve4. The alliance game5. Hypotheses6. From theory to history7. Since the creation of the alliance to the Nixon doctrine (1960-1969)8. Japan and the alliance during the détente (1969-1978): Renewal of the alliance and "normalization" of Japan, 1997-20089. The alliance and the American Pivot to Asia (2008-2013)10. Conclusion