Robert Ward hosts Iwama Yoko, Professor at Japan's National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS), Guibourg Delamotte, Professor of Political Science at the Japanese Studies Department of the French Institute of Oriental Studies (Inalco), and Dr Alexandra Sakaki, Deputy Head of the Asia Division at the German Institute for International and Security Affairs at Stiftung Wissenschaft and Politik (SWP).  

Robert, Yoko, Guibourg and Alexandra discuss Japan and the EU:  

• EU strategy for cooperation in the Indo-Pacific amid Russia’s war against Ukraine 
• China's growing footprint in Europe and its implications for the EU's Indo-Pacific strategy 
• The development and challenges of enhanced defence cooperation between Japan and the EU 
• Implications for the future of the similarity between Japan’s and the EU’s economic security strategies 

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Date recorded: 24 May 2024  

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