Luke Austin
May 23, 2025
Asia and Pacific, Latest Articles, Security and Defence, Uncategorized
If negotiations between Tokyo and Washington do not terminate positively,, there is the risk that their economic interdependence between Japan and China will increase to the point that former becomes dangerously vulnerable to geopolitical shocks, as was the case with Germany and Russia in the leadup to the latter’s invasion of Ukraine.
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Oleksandra Zadesenets
April 1, 2025
Asia and Pacific, Latest Articles, Russia and Eurasia, Uncategorized
Both Trump and Putin see NATO as a threat to national security. For Trump, NATO affairs represent a chief factor in distracting American attention and resources from the most urgent threats represented by the Southern US border and China’s rising power.
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Oleksandra Zadesenets
August 22, 2024
Asia and Pacific, Latest Articles, Security and Defence
The highly militaristic nature of the North Korean-Russian alliance can escalate the tensions on the Korean peninsula, making it a global concern.
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Luke Austin
October 11, 2023
Asia and Pacific, Latest Articles
Japan and Hong Kong share deep-rooted commercial and cultural ties. Hong Kong’s younger generation appear to hold a much more favourable view of Japan than their forebears.
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Rowan Allport
October 1, 2023
Asia and Pacific, HSC in the Media, Latest Articles, Security and Defence, Uncategorized
October 1, 2023 HSC Deputy Director Dr Rowan Allport has had a comment piece on Taiwan’s unveiling of its new first Hai Kun-class submarine published in The Diplomat. In it, he examines how the type will contribute to the defense of ...
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Sam Biden
September 4, 2023
Asia and Pacific, Global Governance and Human Rights, Latest Articles
The IIMM is continuing to strengthen its relationships with key stakeholders and persist in expanding their already substantial evidence pile of war crimes.
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Luke Austin
August 10, 2023
Asia and Pacific, Latest Articles, Uncategorized
The future of UK-Japan relations appears promising. With bilateral trade increasing again alongside far-reaching advances in security cooperation, this appears to be a trajectory that will not terminate anytime soon.
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Luke Austin
June 22, 2023
Asia and Pacific, Latest Articles
Amidst a deteriorating global security environment punctuated by ongoing crises such as the fourth Taiwan Straits crisis and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Japan-South Korea bilateral relations have entered a new period of détente and relative calm.
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Luke Austin
March 14, 2023
Asia and Pacific, Latest Articles, Security and Defence, Uncategorized
The potential trajectory of Japan's possible nuclear path could be shaped by the aspirations and policies of not only potential adversaries such as North Korea, China and Russia, but also those of its own allies.
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Sam Biden
March 1, 2023
Asia and Pacific, Global Governance and Human Rights, Latest Articles, The Policy Unit
Poor investigative mechanisms, conflicts of interest, an epidemic-level use of torture and enforced disappearances as well as a protective relationship between the judiciary, law enforcement agencies and Bangladeshi government shows any meaningful aims to eradicate these issues only exist in a theoretical format.
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