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- YouTube video: Prof Hughes appeared in The Center for the National Interest's second webinar, their two-part series on US-Japan security relations Fit for Purpose? The US-Japan Alliance at 60, posted on 12 Feb 2021
- Podcast on Asian Financial Crisis posted on 25 Jul 2012
- YouTube video: Prof Hughes gave a lecture in September on Japan's Peace Constitution at the Woodrow Wilson Center in Washington, D.C., posted on 22 Sept 2011
- Podcast North Korea's nuclear diplomacy posted on 24 Oct 2006
- Video: Prof Hughes appeared in a NHK documentary about Japanese Studies at Harvard, posted in 2010
- Podcast: Prof Hughes appeared about 7 minutes into the recording Japan's New Militarism, posted in 2005
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- 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'
- Prof Hughes was quoted in an article appearing on 22 May 2021 in Asia Times titled 'Japan may boost its long-range strike capability'
- 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 anniversary'
- Prof Hughes was quoted in an article on 7 May 2019 in the East Asia Forum titled 'Japanese Security Turns To the Stars'
- Prof Hughes was quoted in an article appearing on 18 September 2019 in the Washington Post titled 'Japan's Abe finds himself on sidelines amid outreach with North Korea'
- Prof Hughes was quoted in an article appearing on 9 May 2019 in the Sina News titled 'Japanese National Security'
- Prof Hughes was quoted in an article appearing on 8 May 2019 in the Khmer Times titled 'Japanese security turns to the stars'
- Prof Hughes was quoted in an article appearing on 7 May 2019 in the East Asia Forum titled 'Japanese security turns to the stars'
- Prof Hughes was quoted in an article appearing on 20 April 2019 in Economist 'Japan's Self-Defence Forces are beginning to focus on China'
- Prof Hughes was quoted in an article appearing on 17 April 2019 in Economist 'Japan's Self-Defence Forces are beginning to focus on China'
- Prof Hughes was quoted in Times Higher Education (THE): THE Europe Teaching Rankings 2018 on 11 July 2018.
- Prof Hughes was quoted in an article appearing on 1 July 2018 in Japan Times titled 'North Korea needs cash. Japan has it. Can a deal be made?'
- Prof Hughes was quoted in an article appearing on 18 March 2017 in Japan Times titled 'Tillerson’s tough talk on North Korea garners mixed reviews'
- Prof Hughes was quoted in an article appearing on 17 March 2017 in The Japan Times titled '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 titled 'Chinese Senkaku swarm tactic spells trouble for Japan'.
- Prof Hughes was quoted in an article appearing on 25 June 2016 in The Japan Times titled 'Shinzo Abe’s bait-and-switch campaign strategy'.
- Prof Hughes was quoted in an article appearing on 11 March 2016 in The Japan Times titled '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 titled 'Japan Shifts Air Force Posture South, Unveils Stealth Demonstrator'.
- Prof Hughes was quoted in an article appearing on 13 November 2015 in Space News titled '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 titled 'Japan’s Amphib Capabilities Struggle With Rivalries, Budgets'.
- Prof Hughes was quoted in an article appearing on 29 August 2015 in Public Radio International titled '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 titled '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 titled '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 titled '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 titled 'Japan Begins National Security Space Buildup'.
- Prof Hughes was quoted in articles appearing on 19 and 21 January 2015 in Defense News and IntellAsia titled '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 titled 'Briefing: Japan's new dawn'.
- Prof Hughes was quoted in an article appearing on 3 November 2014 in Defense News titled '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 titled '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 titled 'Japanese Defense Ministry Requests 2.4% Budget Hike'.
- Prof Hughes was quoted in an article appearing on 1 July 2014 in Defense News titled 'Japan Loosens Guidelines for Defensive Operations'.
- Prof Hughes was quoted in an article appearing on 19 May 2014 in Defense News titled 'Abe Sprints Toward Expanding Japan's Military Posture'.
- Prof Hughes was quoted in an article appearing on 13 April 2014 in Defense News titled 'Big-Ticket Buys Could Hurt Japan'.
- Prof Hughes contributed to an article appearing on 1 April 2014 in the Asahi Shimbun titled '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 titled 'Hot summer for Japan and China disputes'.
- Prof Hughes was quoted in an article appearing on 15 July 2013 in Defense News titled 'Japan’s Blunt Stance Riles China, S. Korea'.
- Prof Hughes was quoted in an article appearing on 26 May 2013 in DefenseNews titled 'Japan Plans More Aggressive Defense'.
- Prof Hughes contributed to an 8 February 2013 article on BBC News titled 'Viewpoints: How serious are China-Japan tensions?'.
- Prof Hughes was quoted in an article appearing on 1 February 2013 in Jane's Defence Weekly titled '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 titled 'Stoking old flames in new Japan'. Link 1 (ANN), Link 2 (China Post)
- Prof Hughes was quoted in an article appearing on 12 December 2012 issue of The Guardian titled 'North Korean rocket launch prompts international condemnation'.
- Prof Hughes was quoted in an article appearing in the 4 October 2012 issue of Straits Times titled '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 titled 'Japan Strives To Overcome Defense Industrial Base ‘Crisis’
- Prof Hughes was quoted in an article appearing on 2 June 2012 in the Japan Time Japan, U.K. to team up on defense projects
- Prof Hughes was quoted in a BBC article on 15 Mar 2012, 'Japan's contradictory military might'.
- Prof Hughes was recently interviewed by the National Bureau of Asian Research on 13 Sept 2011.
- Prof Hughes was interviewed in The Diplomat: 'Japan Officially Selects F-35' on 20 Dec 2011.
- Prof Hughes was quoted in an article appearing on 8 August issue of Defense News titled 'Japan's Defense White Paper: Concerns Over China, U.S.'
- The 3rd edition of the joint-authored Japan’s International Relations: Politics: Economics and Security released in August 2011.
- Prof Hughes was quoted in a widely-published article about Japan considering the purchase of Eurofighters; this version is from the New York Times posted on 22 Feb 2011.
- Prof Hughes' new monograph Security Studies: A Reader is out now. Read about it on the publisher's website
- Article in Asahi Shimbun, Japan's second-largest newspaper, available in Japanese and English, January 2011
- 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