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Deepening Japan–UK relations with Profes...

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Robert Ward hosts Professor Hosoya Yuichi, Professor of International Politics at Keio University, Professor Yee Kuang Heng, Professor at the Graduate School of Public Policy and Director of the Security Studies Unit at the Institute for Future Initiatives at the University of Tokyo, and Fenella McGerty, the IISS Senior Fellow for defence economics in the Defence and Military Analysis Programme. They discuss Japan-UK relations.  

 

Robert, Yuichi, Yee Kuang and Fenella discuss:  


  • Japan-UK diplomatic alignment, amid the UK’s tilt towards the Indo-Pacific
  • Japan-UK defence partnership, including the GCAP, the UK CSG deployment to the Indo-Pacific
  • Japan-UK economic cooperation, including the bilateral economic 2+2, the UK accession to the CPTTP


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Date recorded: 6 May 2025  

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