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• Video: Prof Hughes appeared in a recent NHK documentary about Japanese Studies at Harvard
• Podcast: Responding to North Korea's Nuclear Diplomacy
• Two podcasts: Responding to North Korea's Nuclear Diplomacy and The Remilitarisation of Japan
• Podcast: Japan's New Militarism

Recent Releases and Media Commentary

• Prof Hughes was quoted in an article appearing on 17 March 2017 in The Japan Times entitled 'Tillerson’s tough talk on North Korea garners mixed reviews'
• Prof Hughes was quoted in an article appearing on 7 August 2016 in The Japan Times entitled 'Chinese Senkaku swarm tactic spells trouble for Japan'.
• Prof Hughes was quoted in an article appearing on 25 June 2016 in The Japan Times entitled 'Shinzo Abe’s bait-and-switch campaign strategy'.
• Prof Hughes was quoted in an article appearing on 11 March 2016 in The Japan Times entitled 'Amid South China Sea spat, Japan foreign aid white paper stresses importance of sea lanes'.
• Prof Hughes was quoted in an article appearing on 31 January 2016 in Defense News entitled 'Japan Shifts Air Force Posture South, Unveils Stealth Demonstrator'.
• Prof Hughes was quoted in an article appearing on 13 November 2015 in Space News entitled 'What’s Behind Japan’s Sudden Thirst for More Spy Satellites'.
• Prof Hughes was quoted in an article appearing on 12 October 2015 in Defense News entitled 'Japan’s Amphib Capabilities Struggle With Rivalries, Budgets'.
• Prof Hughes was quoted in an article appearing on 29 August 2015 in Public Radio International entitled 'Japanese anti-war protesters take to the streets, but they're not likely to win this battle'.
• Prof Hughes was interviewed by Peter Ennis for Dispatch Japan on 23 July 2015 in an article entitled 'Abe Doctrine Marks a Radical Shift in Japanese Security Policy'.
• Prof Hughes wrote an article appearing on 21 July 2015 in The Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus entitled 'An ‘Abe Doctrine’ as Japan’s Grand Strategy: New Dynamism or Dead-End?'.
• Prof Hughes was quoted in an article appearing on 11 June 2015 in The Japan Times entitled 'Security bills’ credibility hobbled by suspicious explanations and reporting: scholars'.
• Prof Hughes was quoted in an article appearing on 12 April 2015 in Defense News entitled 'Japan Begins National Security Space Buildup'.
• Prof Hughes was quoted in articles appearing on 19 and 21 January 2015 in Defense News and IntellAsia entitled 'Experts: Japan Budget Boost Won't Hit Goals'.
• Prof Hughes was quoted in an article appearing on 5 November 2014 in Jane's Defence Weekly entitled 'Briefing: Japan's new dawn'.
• Prof Hughes was quoted in an article appearing on 3 November 2014 in Defense News entitled 'Japan to Focus on Atago, PAC-3 Upgrades'.
• Prof Hughes was quoted in an article appearing on 9 September 2014 in The Christian Science Monitor entitled 'Japan, Germany shake off WWII arms constraints. A cause for concern?'.
• Prof Hughes was quoted in an article appearing on 28 August 2014 in Defense News entitled 'Japanese Defense Ministry Requests 2.4% Budget Hike'.
• Prof Hughes was quoted in an article appearing on 1 July 2014 in Defense News entitled 'Japan Loosens Guidelines for Defensive Operations'.
• Prof Hughes was quoted in an article appearing on 19 May 2014 in Defense News entitled 'Abe Sprints Toward Expanding Japan's Military Posture'.
• Prof Hughes was quoted in an article appearing on 13 April 2014 in Defense News entitled 'Big-Ticket Buys Could Hurt Japan'.
• Prof Hughes contributed to an article appearing on 1 April 2014 in the Asahi Shimbun entitled 'Talking about how to defend one's country'.
• Prof Hughes was quoted in an article appearing on 19 July 2013 in The Christian Science Monitor entitled 'Hot summer for Japan and China disputes'.
• Prof Hughes was quoted in an article appearing on 15 July 2013 in Defense News entitled 'Japan’s Blunt Stance Riles China, S. Korea'.
• Prof Hughes was quoted in an article appearing on 26 May 2013 in DefenseNews entitled 'Japan Plans More Aggressive Defense'.
• Prof Hughes contributed to an 8 February 2013 article on BBC News entitled 'Viewpoints: How serious are China-Japan tensions?'.
• Prof Hughes was quoted in an article appearing on 1 February 2013 in Jane's Defence Weekly entitled 'Japan's Abe sets course for constitutional revision'.
• Prof Hughes was quoted in an article appearing on 7 January 2013 on the Asia News Network and in the 8 January issue of The China Post entitled 'Stoking old flames in new Japan'. Link 1 (ANN), Link 2 (China Post)
• Prof Hughes was quoted in an article appearing in the 12 December 2012 issue of The Guardian entitled 'North Korean rocket launch prompts international condemnation'.
• Prof Hughes was quoted in an article appearing in the 4 October 2012 issue of Straits Times entitled 'Japan's shift to be "normal"'.
• Prof Hughes was interviewed by the National Bureau of Asian Research on 2 August 2012: 'China’s Military Modernization and Implications for Northeast Asia'.
• Prof Hughes was quoted in an article appearing in the 24 June issue of Defense News entitled 'Japan Strives To Overcome Defense Industrial Base
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• Japan, U.K. to team up on defense projects, Japan Times, 2 June 2012
• Prof Hughes was quoted in a BBC article, 'Japan's contradictory military might'.
• Prof Hughes was recently interviewed by the National Bureau of Asian Research.
• Prof Hughes was interviewed in The Diplomat: 'Japan Officially Selects F-35'.
• Prof Hughes gave a lecture in September on Japan's Peace Constitution at the Woodrow Wilson Center in Washington, DC.
• Prof Hughes was quoted in an article appearing in the 8 August issue of Defense News entitled 'Japan's Defense White Paper: Concerns Over China, U.S.'
• Prof Hughes' new monograph Security Studies: A Reader is out now. Read about it on the publisher's website.
• The 3rd edition of the joint-authored Japan’s International Relations: Politics: Economics and Security released in August 2011.
• Article in Asahi Shimbun, Japan's second-largest newspaper, available in Japanese and English.
• Prof Hughes was quoted in a widely-published article about Japan considering the purchase of Eurofighters; this version is from the New York Times.
• Uncertainty Clouds Koizumi's Victory, BBC News, 12 September 2005
• Koizumi Wins Reform Mandate, The Guardian Weekly, September 2005
• Latter-Day Samurai Could Transform Japanese Politics, The Guardian, 12 September 2005
• Japan Emerges as America's Deputy Sheriff in the Asia-Pacific, The Guardian, 19 April, 2005
• Japan's US Alliance Hamstringing Its Leadership Potential?, Japan Times, 10 March 2004
• Japan Struggles for Place in World, BBC News, 18 October 2004