This is a year-end special episode. In this episode we are joined by Sascha Simon, and these are the four events shaping our world in 2020.
17 Nov 2020
What could be Japan's Foreign Policy under Prime Minister Suga?
Japan has just got its new Prime Minister, Yoshihide Suga. This happens after the previous Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe, resigned from his post due to health reasons. Suga was pretty much an insider of Abe's administration. Suga held a ministerial position from 2006 to 2007, and was appointed Chief of Cabinet Secretary in 2012. He departed his post to assume his new role in September 2020. Shortly after being sworn in, he made some diplomatic manoeuvres by meeting officials from the US, China, Vietnam, and very recently Indonesia. With this succession of power, we would like to know, what could be Japan's foreign policy under Prime Minister Suga?
In this episode, we talked to Noto Suoneto from the Foreign Policy Talks Podcast and a current Master's Candidate in International Political Economy at the University of Birmingham about the outlook of Japan's foreign policy, and specifically its relations with Indonesia. Besides his interest in IPE, Noto Suoneto has an interest in the East Asian Affairs.
Very recently, Noto Suoneto wrote a number of articles for The Jakarta Post and The Diplomat. The links to the publications can be found below:
"After Abe, Opportunities Loom for Japan-Indonesia Relations" The Diplomat: https://thediplomat.com/2020/09/after-abe-opportunities-loom-for-japan-indonesia-relations/
"The outlook of Indonesia-Japan relations under PM Suga" The Jakarta Post: https://www.thejakartapost.com/paper/2020/09/21/the-outlook-of-indonesia-japan-relations-under-pm-suga.html
"The Challenges Facing US-Indonesia Relations Post-Trump" The Diplomat: https://thediplomat.com/2020/11/the-challenges-facing-us-indonesia-relations-post-trump/
16 Nov 2020
Indo-Pacific Insider: Japan
Japan, world's once second biggest economy, is among the first countries to articulate its Indo-Pacific vision. Then-Prime Minister Shinzo Abe delivered his famous "Confluence of the Two Seas" before the Indian Parliament back in 2007. In his more recent term as Japan's Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe once again reiterated Japan's interest to pursue a Free and Open Indo-Pacific (FOIP). But what does Japan's FOIP entail? In this episode of In The World Podcast's Indo-Pacific Insider series, we will explore the vision, position, and role of Japan in the Indo-Pacific region.
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