Japan-China Relations: Balancing engagement, resilience, and deterrence in an era of instability

Japan-China relations are complex and can be understood through several lenses. This talk will examine bilateral relations using the ideas of engagement, resilience, and deterrence in an era of instability based on several prominent books. It will conclude by reflecting on how the current era of instability is further strengthening or weakening these dynamics.

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This event is a part of YCAPS' "Getting to Know Japan Series".

Speaker:

Dr. Stephen Nagy’s main affiliation is as a professor at the International Christian University, Tokyo. Concurrently, he is a visiting fellow with the Japan Institute for International Affairs (JIIA). He serves as the director of policy studies for the Yokosuka Council of Asia Pacific Studies (YCAPS), spearheading their Indo-Pacific Policy Dialogue series.

He is currently working on middle-power approaches to great-power competition in the Indo-Pacific.

His latest publications include: Nagy, S.R. and Indu Saxena. 2024. Southeast Asia and the Indo-Pacific Construct. Nova Science Publishers; Nagy, Stephen and Thomas Murphy, 2024. “Middle Power Cyber Security Cooperation in the Indo-Pacific: An Analysis Through the Lens of Neo-Middle Power Diplomacy,” in The Journal of Intelligence, Conflict, and Warfare, Vol. 7 No. 1 (2024), pp. 1-24. https://doi.org/10.21810/jicw.v7i1.6454 ISSN 2561-8229; “Middle-Power Alignment in the Free and Open Indo-Pacific: Securing Agency through Neo-Middle-Power Diplomacy,” Asia Policy 17, no. 3, 2022; “US-China Strategic Competition and Converging Middle Power Cooperation in the Indo-Pacific,” Strategic Analysis 46, no. 3, 2022; “Sino-Japanese Reactive Diplomacy as Seen Through the Interplay of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and the Free and Open Indo-Pacific Vision (FOIP),” China Report, 2021: 1–15.; Nagy, Stephen and Nanae Balduff. Reboot, Continuity, or Adaptation? Making Sense of Japan’s FOIP Vision Update in the Context of China and Taiwan. Chinese Political Science Review 78(2024/12), pp.77-121 (Collaboration) 2024/12; Nagy, Stephen R. and LInh Ha, 2024, "Indo-PacificConnector? Japan’s Role in Bridging ASEAN and the Quad," in The Journal of East Asian Affairs. Institute for National Security Strategies (INSS), Vol. 37., Issue 1, Spring/ Summer. pp.125-160.; Nagy, Stephen and Thomas Murphy, 2024. “Middle Power Cyber Security Cooperation in the Indo-Pacific: An Analysis Through the Lens of Neo-Middle Power Diplomacy,” in The Journal of Intelligence, Conflict, and Warfare, Vol. 7 No. 1 (2024), pp. 1-24.

Format: This event will be recorded and published in our web archive. Questions are encouraged during the live event.

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Moderators: Amani Kidd and Isak Nordenberg

Webinar Cost: Free of charge