Kitti Prasirtsuk is professor of international relations at the Faculty of Political Science, Thammasat University in Thailand. His work experiences include Vice Rector for International Affairs and Director at the Institute of East Studies at the university. He is advisory committee for the International Studies Center at the Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs and used to serve as a strategic committee at the Thai Ministry of Defense (2014-19). He served as an advisory committee, representing Thailand, of the Asia Center under the Japan Foundation (2015-2021) and was director for the ASEAN Watch Project, funded by the then Thailand Research Fund. Earning an M.A. from Keio University (Japan) and a Ph.D. from UC Berkeley, Prof. Prasirtsuk has a wide range of publications, including those on Japan-Southeast Asia relations, U.S.-Thailand alliance, ASEAN, and Thai politics. He is currently on the editorial board of the journal Global Studies Quarterly. His writings include “The Implications of the U.S. Strategic Rebalancing: A Perspective from Thailand” and “Japan and ASEAN in East Asian Community-Building: Activating the Fukuda Doctrine,” a chapter in Lam Peng Er (ed.), Japan and Southeast Asia.