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REPOSITIONING JAPAN ON THE GLOBAL STAGE: THE NATURE OF THE SHINZO ABE ADMINISTRATION
A KnowledgeCentre article by Misato Matsuoka, PhD candidate
Collaborating author Miriam Grinberg, PhD candidate
With upper house elections due to take place on 21 July 2013, the future direction of Japanese foreign policy, as well the administration, is under debate with relations between Japan, the US, China and South Korea being amongst the policies being debated. Misato Matsuoka and Miriam Grinberg look at the current political debate and what may result from an end to what Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has called the "twisted parliament."
PhD Candidate awarded Toshiba International Foundation Scholarship
Miriam Grinberg, a first-year PhD candidate in PAIS, has been awarded a Toshiba International Foundation Scholarship for 2013-14. The award goes towards funding Miriam's fieldwork next year in Japan, where she will be conducting interviews and archival studies as part of her dissertation research entitled 'The US-Japan alliance and the relocation of Futenma: Sites of discursive exchange in the reproduction of security alliances'.
PAIS drinks reception before your graduation ceremony on Thursday 18th July.
The Department of Politics and International Studies would like to invite all PAIS undergraduate students and their guests to our drinks reception which will take place before your graduation ceremony on Thursday 18th July 2013. The event will be in Chancellors Suite, Rootes Building, from 12noon-1.30pm, there will be a buffet lunch available and refreshments so please come along and join us for a glass of bucks fizz to toast your future success.
Article: Forget GCHQ, the real surveillance state is yet to come
Prof Richard Aldrich contributed an article to The Conversation entitled 'Forget GCHQ, the real surveillance state is yet to come' on 12 June. The article comments on the current state of internet surveillance and speculates where it will be in future.