John Nilsson-Wright
@JNilssonWright
Associate Professor, Japanese Politics & IR, Cambridge; Head, Japan and Koreas Programme, @CamGeopolitics, University of Cambridge @jnilssonwright.bsky.social
The first in our new On Geopolitics podcasts is out. With @SuzanneRaine2 offering her dispassionate and historically informed perspective, we talk to Nobukatsu Kanehara, one of Japan’s leading strategic thinkers.
On Geopolitics Currents - Episode 1: Japan’s foreign policy challenges in the new Trump era is out now! Listen now with @JNilssonWright and @SuzanneRaine2 Apple bit.ly/Currents1Apple Spotify bit.ly/Currents1Spot YouTube bit.ly/Currents1YouT
#Ishiba has ltd room 4 manoeuvre & no obvious path for governing. Prefectural party chapters demanding resignation & looking to convene joint LDP house convention to vote against PM. Also, key opposition party heads (Ishin, DPFP, CDP) won’t coop w/ LDP nikkei.com/article/DGXZQO…
「タブーが消え、ポピュリストの波がきた」 英有識者がみる参院選：朝日新聞 asahi.com/articles/AST7Q… # My thoughts on the recent Upper House election in Japan
A very hard act to follow.
On Geopolitics - Episode 54: What just happened? Is out now, with @SuzanneRaine2 @aa51_ansari @JNilssonWright and @wjhurst Listen now on: Apple bit.ly/OnGeo54Apple Spotify bit.ly/OnGeo54Spot YouTube bit.ly/OnGeo54YouT
Big shoes to fill as Suzanne and Ali pass the baton to Bill and me.
Our video recording of @FrankJannuzi 's wonderful talk on #US-#Japan-#ROK trilateral relations is now available. All made possible thanks to the support of the Korea Foundation-한국국제교류재단 . @KoreaFoundation cfg.cam.ac.uk/events/cambrid…
The US-Japan alliance – its past, present and unclear future | @JNilssonWright engelsbergideas.com/essays/the-us-…
To read the full book review, check out our Global Asia website, where you can access them for free. @JNilssonWright @JohnDelury tinyurl.com/4tnynvk5