C. Douglas Lummis is a writer, former professor at Tsuda College in Tokyo[1] and former U.S.
[3] Lummis' writings - many of which concern Japan's relationship to the United States - are extremely critical of US foreign policy.
[3] He has also published numerous pieces in journals such as The Nation[5] and Japan Focus.
[2] Susan Sontag has called Lummis "one of the most thoughtful, honorable, and relevant intellectuals writing about democratic practice anywhere in the world,"[3] while Karel van Wolferen has referred to him as an "eminent observer of the American-Japanese vassalage relationship.
"[4] Lummis' ideas have been criticized by Francis Fukuyama and others in Foreign Affairs and other journals.