| Japan's security policy: A shift in direction under Abe? A Sakaki SWP Research Paper, 2015 | 45 | 2015 |
| Introduction to the Special Issue—China’s Belt and Road Initiative: the View from East Asia F Heiduk, A Sakaki East Asia 36 (2), 93-113, 2019 | 27 | 2019 |
| Japan’s new arms export policies: strategic aspirations and domestic constraints A Sakaki, S Maslow Australian Journal of International Affairs 74 (6), 649-669, 2020 | 26 | 2020 |
| Japan's South Korea predicament A Sakaki, J Nishino International Affairs 94 (4), 735-754, 2018 | 20 | 2018 |
| Japan’s uncertain security environment and changes in its legislative‒executive relations A Sakaki, K Lukner West European Politics 40 (1), 139-160, 2017 | 20 | 2017 |
| Introduction to Special Issue: Japan's Crisis Management amid Growing Complexity: In Search of New Approaches A Sakaki, K Lukner Japanese Journal of Political Science 14 (2), 155-176, 2013 | 18 | 2013 |
| Japan-South Korea relations-a downward spiral: more than" just" historical issues A Sakaki DEU 35, 7, 2019 | 17 | 2019 |
| Japanese-South Korean textbook talks: The necessity of political leadership A Sakaki Pacific Affairs 85 (2), 263-285, 2012 | 16 | 2012 |
| Japan's political trust deficit K Lukner, A Sakaki Japan Forum 29 (1), 1-18, 2017 | 15 | 2017 |
| China-Japan-South Korea: A tense ménage à trois A Sakaki, G Wacker SWP research paper, 2017 | 15 | 2017 |
| Reluctant Warriors: Germany, Japan, and Their US Alliance Dilemma A Sakaki, HW Maull, K Lukner, ES Krauss, TU Berger Brookings Institution Press, 2019 | 14 | 2019 |
| Lessons from Fukushima: An assessment of the investigations of the nuclear disaster K Lukner, A Sakaki ASIA-PACIFIC JOURNAL-JAPAN FOCUS 11 (19), 2013 | 12 | 2013 |
| Germany and Japan as Regional Actors in the Post-Cold War Era: A Role Theoretical Comparison A Sakaki | 9 | 2011 |
| Dealing with Taiwan HG Hilpert, A Sakaki, G Wacker, SW und Politik-SWP-Deutsches DEU 9, 91, 2022 | 7 | 2022 |
| Keeping the dragon at bay: the South China Sea dispute in Japan’s security strategy A Sakaki Power politics in Asia’s contested waters: territorial disputes in the South …, 2016 | 6 | 2016 |
| » Blockade durch Misstrauen « K Lukner, A Sakaki WeltTrends 80, 49-58, 2011 | 6 | 2011 |
| The Japan-South Korea Rift:“Inside” and “Outside” Pressures on Relations A Sakaki | 4 | 2020 |
| Japan’s Debate Over Russia and the Ukraine Conflict LD Oberbauemer, A Sakaki Stiftung Wissenschaft Und Politik, 1-8, 2015 | 4 | 2015 |
| Vom Umgang mit Taiwan HG Hilpert, A Sakaki, G Wacker DEU 4, 98, 2022 | 3 | 2022 |
| Rückkehr aus unruhigen Gewässern des Indo-Pazifiks: Bilanz und Folgerungen nach Fahrt der Fregatte" Bayern" A Sakaki, G Swistek SWP-Aktuell, 2022 | 2 | 2022 |
