Media Interviews

Selected Media Mentions

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Selected Interviews, Webinars, and Podcasts

War on the Rocks (Warcast podcast), “Japan’s New Prime Minister,” September 30, 2021. link (available to members only)

The German Marshall Fund of the United States (Out of Order podcast), “Prospects for US-Japan-Europe Security Cooperation in the Indo-Pacific,” September 9, 2021.

National Bureau of Asian Research (Asia Insight podcast), “Promoting Good Governance in the Global Commons through the US-Japan Alliance,” August 6, 2020.

East-West Center (webinar), “Japanese Politics and Foreign Policy Amid COVID-19 and Beyond,” July 1, 2020.

Marketplace (radio), “Pompeo travels to boost US interests in South Asia,” July 31, 2018.

BBC World News (TV interview), November 11, 2017

Selected Writings

  • How to Mend the Rift Between Japan and South Korea.” Foreign Affairs (May 17, 2022). link
  • “Seeking Resilience and Revitalization: US Supply Chain Strategy in the Indo-Pacific.” Stability and Security in the Indo-Pacific: The US, Japan, the EU, and the Elephant in the Room, Italian Institute for International Political Studies (March 17, 2022). link to article | download pdf issue
  • “Ukraine: A Turning Point for Japanese Foreign Policy?” PacNet, no. 15 (March 9, 2022). link | pdf version
  • “Trump’s trip to Japan reveals some mixed signals.” The Monkey Cage, The Washington Post (May 29, 2019). link
  • “Japan’s Quest to Preserve the Trans-Pacific Partnership.” Asia Dialogue, (October 26, 2017). download

For more written analysis, see Publications.