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• Chris on 28 November 2024 appeared on Japanese TV station Tokyo Broadcasting System (TBS) to talk about comparisons between the Japanese and UK parliamentary systems. The broadcast is on YouTube at around the 41st minute.
• Chris was quoted in an article in The Japan Times on new Prime Minister Ishiba's plan to make the US-Japan alliance more equal.
• Chris was extensively cited in a KYODO NEWS and South China Post article on Japan's sixth-generation fighter plane, the Global Combat Air Programme and the UK defence review.
• Chris was cited in an article in Japanese on 19 August 2024 in the Asahi Shimbun comparing the prospects for Japan to change its governing party in elections compared to the UK
• Chris was quoted in an article on the 23 July 2024 in The Japan Times on the prospects for US-Japan relations of a possible Harris administration
• Chris was quoted on the 22 July 2024 in The Japan Times on the Japanese reaction to President Biden dropping out of the presidential election race
• Chris was quoted in an article in The Business Insider on 17 June 2024 on the topic of the impact of declining birth rates in Asia on military forces.
• Chris on 15 May 2024 took part in an International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) Japan Memo podcast on the subject of 'Japan and North Korea'. He was also joined by Naoko Aoki (RAND Corporation), Joseph Dempsey (IISS), and Robert Ward (IISS). The full podcast can be found here: Japan and North Korea: Japan Memo Podcast May 2024
• Chris was quoted in an article on Voice of America China focusing on Japan-China relations on 22 April 2024
• Chris was interviewed for a Voice of America China article on Japan's evaluation of its external security environment on 18 April 2024.
• Chris was quoted in a Japan Times article on 27 March 2024 on Japan-North Korea relations: 'North Korea reaches for familiar playbook in talks with Japan'.
• Chris was quoted in a Japan Times article on 2 February 2024 on Japan's rapid security policy changes: Japan starts 2024 with a flurry of security deals
• Chris was quoted in a Japan Times article on 22 December 2023 regarding Japan's revision of its defence exports guidlelines: In a major shift, Japan eases rules on exporting defence gear
• Chris took part in a panel on the 'UK-Japanese defence and security relationship: past, present and future' at the University of Cambridge's Centre for Geopolitics on 17 November 2023. The video from the event is available here: UK-Japanese defence and security relationship
• Chris was extensively quoted in a Japan Times article on 13 November 2023 on the new US-South Korea-Japan missile launch data sharing agreement and implications for Japan's security: US-ROK-Japan missile launch data sharing, Japan Times
• Chris was interviewed for a British Forces Broadcasting Service Sitrep podcast on the topic of 'Japan's big military ambitions' on 9 November 2023. Chris appears throughout the 18-minute podcast which can found here: 'Japan's big military ambitions' BFBS podcast
• Chris spoke on 25 October 2023 at the Korean Peninsula Peace Forum at the School of Oriental and African Studies on the topic of US-ROK-Japan trilateralism and approaches to North Korea. The Youtube video is available here: Korean Peninsula Peace Forum 
• Chris was extensively quoted in an article on the foreign policy legacy of PM Abe one year after his death in The Japan Times on 9 July 2023.
• Chris published 'Japan's decaying anti-militarism ecosystem', as part of a roundtable on Japan's Ageing Peace in Asia Policy, April 2023.
• Chris provided extensive comment on Japan's military space programmes in The Japan Times on 20 March 2023.
• Chris commented on Japan-South Korea relations in The Japan Times on 17 March 2023.
• Chris was interviewed in The Japan Times on 23 January 2023 on Japan's military role to support the US in a Taiwan contingency
• Chris provided extensive comment on Japan's revised defence policy documents in an article in The Japan Times on 3 January 2023.
• Chris's book Japan as a Global Military Power was reviewed in feature articles in December 2022 in the East Asia Forum and Asia Times by Tom Wilkins from the University of Sydney.
• Chris was quoted on 16 December 2022 in Agence Presse France and various syndicated news outlets including The Guardian on Japan's new National Security Strategy and National Defence Strategy. He was further cited on the topic in El Mercurio on 17 December, Chile's paper of record.
• Chris was quoted in an article in The New York Times on 14 November 2022 on the future of Japan's military policy.
• Chris appeared on a Asia Scotland Institute roundtable on the subject of 'How Shinzo Abe Changed Japan Forever', including a range of other experts from Japan, the US and UK. The YouTube recording is available at the Asia Scotland Institute website
• Chris launched his new book Japan as a Global Military Power at an event hosted on the 27 September 2022 by the East-Center in Washington DC. Chris's talk was introduced by Satu Limaye, the Center's Director, and discussed by Prof Ellis Krauss of UC San Diego. The YouTube recording of the talk in full is available here EWC YouTube channelLink opens in a new window
• Chris published a short paper 'Japan's Integration into US-Japan Alliance Strategy vis-a-vis Taiwan' on 28 September in an IPSI Dossier on 'Japan, China, Taiwan: Troubled Waters'. IPSI is one of Italy's leading institutes on international policy. The paper is available on the IPSI website.
• Prof Hughes featured in a 20 September podcast produced as part of the Strategic Asia Program of the National Bureau of Asian Research based in Seattle and Washington DC in the US on the topic of 'Shinzo Abe's Political Legacy and Influence on Japan's Geostrategic Role'. The podcast can be accessed on the NBR webpage hereLink opens in a new window
• Prof Hughes has published a new book, Japan as a Global Military Power: New Capabilities, Alliance Integration, Bilateralism-Plus (Cambridge University Press, 2022). The book is available via gold open access for full and free download at: Japan as a Global Military PowerLink opens in a new window
• Prof Hughes was quoted in an article appearing on 5 May 2022 in Japan Today on the new UK-Japan defense deal
• Prof Hughes published on 29 September 2021 a European University Institute policy brief on ‘UK-Japan Strategic Convergence Post-Brexit'
• Prof Hughes was quoted in an article appearing on 6 September 2021 in The Japan Times titled ''U.S. - Japan alliance to take hit from Suga's decision to step down'Link opens in a new window'
• Prof Hughes was quoted in an article appearing on 22 May 2021 in Asia Times titled 'Japan may boost its long-range strike capabilityLink opens in a new window'
• Prof Hughes was quoted in an article appearing on 1 Oct 2019 in the Japan Times titled 'Tenuous ties: Few signs of substance behind warming Sino-Japanese relations as communist China marks 70th anniversaryLink opens in a new window'
• Prof Hughes was quoted in an article on 7 May 2019 in the East Asia Forum titled 'Japanese Security Turns To the Stars'

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