The 27 October general election for Japan’s House of Representatives resulted in a major setback for the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)– Komeito coalition. The ruling parties were widely ...

Jenny Balboa is Lecturer at the Tokyo University of Foreign Studies and at the Department of Global and Interdisciplinary Studies, Hosei University.

Carlyle A Thayer is Emeritus Professor at the University of New South Wales at the Australian Defence Force Academy in Canberra. Thayer is a Southeast Asia regional specialist with special expertise ...

Martin Gilman is Director of the Centre for Advanced Studies at the Higher School of Economics, National Research University, Moscow.

Sim Vireak is a public servant in Cambodia.

Jin Canrong is Professor and Dean at the School of International Studies at Renmin University, China. He is a visiting professor at the Gerald Ford School of Public Policy, University of Michigan, and ...

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Pradeep Peiris is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Political Science and Public Policy, University Of Colombo, Sri Lanka.

Miwa Hirono is Professor and Associate Dean in the College of Global Liberal Arts at Ritsumeikan University.

Yoji Koda is the former Commander in Chief of Japan’s Self-Defence Fleet and is currently an advisor to the National Security Secretariat of the Japanese government.

Eugene Mark is a Senior Analyst with the Military Studies Programme of the S Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), Nanyang Technological University.