Japan and the EU with Professor Iwama Yoko, Professor Guibourg Delamotte and Dr Alexandra Sakaki
06/13/24 • 56 min
Robert Ward hosts Iwama Yoko, Professor at Japan's National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS), Guibourg Delamotte, Professor of Political Science at the Japanese Studies Department of the French Institute of Oriental Studies (Inalco), and Dr Alexandra Sakaki, Deputy Head of the Asia Division at the German Institute for International and Security Affairs at Stiftung Wissenschaft and Politik (SWP).
Robert, Yoko, Guibourg and Alexandra discuss Japan and the EU:
- EU strategy for cooperation in the Indo-Pacific amid Russia’s war against Ukraine
- China's growing footprint in Europe and its implications for the EU's Indo-Pacific strategy
- The development and challenges of enhanced defence cooperation between Japan and the EU
- Implications for the future of the similarity between Japan’s and the EU’s economic security strategies
For more information, transcript and background reading, please visit out website IISS Podcast: Japan Memo.
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Date recorded: 24 May 2024
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Robert Ward hosts Iwama Yoko, Professor at Japan's National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS), Guibourg Delamotte, Professor of Political Science at the Japanese Studies Department of the French Institute of Oriental Studies (Inalco), and Dr Alexandra Sakaki, Deputy Head of the Asia Division at the German Institute for International and Security Affairs at Stiftung Wissenschaft and Politik (SWP).
Robert, Yoko, Guibourg and Alexandra discuss Japan and the EU:
- EU strategy for cooperation in the Indo-Pacific amid Russia’s war against Ukraine
- China's growing footprint in Europe and its implications for the EU's Indo-Pacific strategy
- The development and challenges of enhanced defence cooperation between Japan and the EU
- Implications for the future of the similarity between Japan’s and the EU’s economic security strategies
For more information, transcript and background reading, please visit out website IISS Podcast: Japan Memo.
We hope you enjoy the episode and please follow, rate, and subscribe to Japan Memo on your podcast platform of choice. If you have any comments or questions, please contact us at [email protected].
Date recorded: 24 May 2024
Japan Memo is recorded and produced at the IISS in London.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Robert Ward hosts Chris Hughes, Professor of International Politics and Japanese Studies at the University of Warwick, Dr Naoko Aoki , Associate Political Scientist at the RAND Corporation, and Joseph Dempsey, Research Associate for Defence and Military Analysis at the IISS.
Robert, Chris, Naoko and Joseph discuss Japan and North Korea:
- Japan’s diplomatic strategy towards North Korea
- North Korea’s strategy for its advancing missile and nuclear capabilities
- The development of Japan’s counterstrike capabilities and the challenges they face
- Implications for Japan of the strategic cooperation between North Korea, China and Russia
We hope you enjoy the episode and please follow, rate, and subscribe to Japan Memo on your podcast platform of choice. If you have any comments or questions, please contact us at [email protected] or visit our website The International Institute for Strategic Studies (iiss.org)
Date recorded: 26 April 2024
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Japan’s intelligence capabilities with Professor Richard J Samuels, Professor Kotani Ken and Hosaka Sanshiro
Robert Ward hosts Richard J Samuels, Ford International Professor of Political Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Kotani Ken, Professor at Nihon University in Japan, and Hosaka Sanshiro, Research Fellow at the International Centre for Defence and Security and PhD student at the University of Tartu.
Robert, Richard, Ken and Sanshiro discuss:
- The history of Japanese intelligence agencies
- Japan’s current intelligence capabilities
- Intelligence threats faced by Japan and the West
- Outlook of intelligence operations
The following books are recommended by our guests to gain a clearer picture of the topics discussed:
Tessa Morris-Suzuki, Exodus to North Korea: Shadows from Japan's Cold War, (Lanham, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2007), 302pp.
John W. Dower, Embracing Defeat: Japan in the Wake of World War II, (New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2000), 688pp.
Kotani Ken, 日本インテリジェンス史:旧日本軍から公安、内調、NSCまで [Nihon Intelligence Shi: Kyu-nihongun Kara Kōan, Naichō, NSC Made], (Tokyo: Chuo Koron Shinsha, 2022), 296pp.
Michael S. Molasky, 呑めば、都─居酒屋の東京 [Nomeba Miyako – Izakaya No Tokyo], (Tokyo: Chikuma Shobō, 2016), 400pp.
Richard J. Samuels, Special Duty: A History of the Japanese Intelligence Community, (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2019), 384pp.
We hope you enjoy the episode and please follow, rate, and subscribe to Japan Memo on your podcast platform of choice. If you have any comments or questions, please contact us at [email protected].
Date recorded: 21 June 2024
Japan Memo is recorded and produced at the IISS in London.
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