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Australia-Japan political and security ties reach new heights

  • Dr David Walton,

The Australia-Japan relationship is based on complementarity and mutual interests that have been able to withstand difficult periods.

India and the Quad: Chinese belligerence and Indian resilience

  • Professor Harsh V. Pant,

New Delhi has not been shy of challenging Beijing’s actions on its disputed borders and other matters.

North Korea’s nuclear weapons have not been a ‘game changer’

  • Dr Denny Roy,

Pyongyang is a regional irritant and international outlaw government, but it hasn’t become more aggressive since becoming a de facto nuclear weapons state.

Women: missing (but) in action in Japanese politics

  • Professor Donna Weeks,

Is Japan’s first female prime minister already in parliament or is she yet to be elected? The less optimistic among us wonder if she is yet to be born?

The racialised and gendered online abuse of activists in Japan

  • Assistant Professor Robin O’Day, Satsuki Uno & Professor David Slater,

While human rights activists take advantage of social media, so do their opponents with xenophobic, racist, and sexist tropes.

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