Kitti Prasirtsuk

Professor, International Relations, Thammasat University

Kitti Prasirtsuk is Professor of international relations at Thammasat University in Thailand and advisory committee for the International Studies Centre at Thai Foreign Ministry. He held positions as Vice Rector (2018-2021), Director at the Institute of East Studies (2013-2018), strategic committee at Thai Defence Ministry (2014-19), and Director of the ASEAN Watch Project under Thailand Research Fund (2011-21).

With degrees from Thammasat (B.A.), Keio University (M.A.) and UC Berkeley (Ph.D.), his research spans Japan-Southeast Asia relations, U.S.-Thailand security alliance, ASEAN, maritime security, soft power, public diplomacy, and Thai politics. He authored “From Japan Inc. to the FOIP” in The Courteous Power (Ciorciari and Tsutsui, eds., 2021) and “Towards Co-creation” in East Asia Quarterly (2023). His recent publications include a chapter on Thailand in Hall, Lee Brown, and Strating (eds.), Blue Security in the Indo-Pacific (Routledge, 2025). A recent Japan Foundation fellow (2024–2025) at Kyushu University, he researched Japan’s policy and practices in local revitalization.

He was a visiting professor at UC Berkeley, teaching “International Relations in Southeast Asia,” and gave lectures at various universities, such as ANU, Munich, Tokyo, Peking, Yonsei, Universitas Indonesia, and National University of Laos. He has been invited to speak, including at Nikkei Forum, Jeju Forum, Beijing Forum, Korea National Diplomatic Academy, ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute, and Columbia University.