Asia Pacific

Research Activities
Research on Asia Pacific

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Japan
From “Non-Alignment” to “Multi-Alignment”: India’s Place in the Global Order

India–U.S. Trade Relations and Historical Context / Sticking Point: 20% Baseline Tariff and Market Access / Agriculture as a Polit

Visiting Research Fellow

Andrew Capistrano

Americas
Trump 2.0 and the U.S.-South Korea Alliance

The progress made at last month’s Oval Office meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and South Korean President Lee Jae Myung

Japan
Exporting Frigates to Australia (Part III: Implications for Defense Equipment Transfer Policy)

The greatest implication for Japan’s defense industry arising from the Royal Australian Navy’s adoption of the new FFM is the furt

Research Fellow

Rintaro Inoue

Asia Pacific
Exporting Frigates to Australia (Part II: Three Risks in Defense Equipment Transfers)

Exporting large, complex defense equipment is never easy for any country. For Japan, the first-ever transfer of the New FFM frigat

Research Fellow

Rintaro Inoue

Japan
Exporting Frigates to Australia (Part I: Why Japan Won the Bid)

Will the only way to distinguish between Australian and Japanese frigates soon be the red kangaroo emblem painted behind the bridg

Research Fellow

Rintaro Inoue

Asia Pacific
From Threats to Substance: Decoding India-US Relations

Recent developments in Indo-US relations, marked by public threats of steep unilateral tariffs, have introduced a rare geopolitica

Visiting Research Fellow

Manish Sharma

Japan
Beyond a Zero-Sum Approach to U.S.-Japan Defense Burden Sharing

The Trump administration’s policy of pressing U.S. allies to shoulder more of the defense burden has fueled fears of “abandonment”

Senior Research Fellow

Hirohito Ogi

Asia Pacific
India’s Strategic Autonomy in a Trumpian World

In a bombshell revelation, India’s top defense official has suggested that China and Turkey have provided active military support,

Visiting Research Fellow

Manish Sharma

Americas
Canada’s changing landscape: the impact of Trump tariffs and G7 Challenges

Canada and Japan's Approach to Trump Administration / Legal and Negotiation Issues of Tariff / Indo-Pacific Strategy and Canada's

Director & Group Head, Economic Security

Kazuto Suzuki

Asia Pacific
Australia Navigates a New Order

Geoeconomic Agenda is a new Pacific-centric, globally-minded podcast that investigates the connections between economics, geopolit

Visiting Research Fellow

Paul Nadeau

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