{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/60ddc2c98471380013ddd178/694013fa58c537ceb61329de?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Japan’s Security and Diplomacy in 2025 with Dr Kristi Govella and Dr Eva Pejsova","description":"<p>Robert Ward hosts&nbsp;Kristi&nbsp;Govella,&nbsp;senior advisor and Japan chair at the Centre for Strategic&nbsp;and International Studies&nbsp;and&nbsp;Eva&nbsp;Pejsova,&nbsp;Japan chair at the Centre for Security, Diplomacy and Strategy of the Brussels School&nbsp;of Governance. They&nbsp;review Japan’s&nbsp;security and diplomacy&nbsp;in 2025.&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Together, they explore:&nbsp;</p><ul><li>The US&nbsp;tariffs on Japan&nbsp;and trade negotiations&nbsp;between the two countries&nbsp;</li><li>Ishiba&nbsp;Shigeru’s legacy as&nbsp;prime&nbsp;minister&nbsp;</li><li>Takaichi&nbsp;Sanae’s&nbsp;selection&nbsp;as&nbsp;prime&nbsp;minister,&nbsp;her&nbsp;cabinet&nbsp;appointments&nbsp;and the collapse of the LDP-Komeito&nbsp;coalition&nbsp;</li><li>Changing security relations with the US and other countries&nbsp;</li><li>The policy agenda for the Takaichi administration</li></ul><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Recommended&nbsp;materials&nbsp;from our guests:&nbsp;</p><ul><li>Kenneth M. McElwain (ed.), Robert J. Pekkanen (ed.), Daniel M. Smith (ed.),&nbsp;<a href=\"https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-98797-7\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Japan Decides 2024</em></a>&nbsp;(Cham: Palgrave Macmillan), 365pp.&nbsp;</li><li>Michael J. Green,&nbsp;<a href=\"https://cup.columbia.edu/book/line-of-advantage/9780231555630/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Line of Advantage: Japan’s Grand Strategy in the Era of Abe Shinzō</em></a>&nbsp;(New York: Columbia University Press), 328pp.&nbsp;</li><li>Andrew L. Oros,&nbsp;<a href=\"https://cup.columbia.edu/book/japans-security-renaissance/9780231172615/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Japan’s Security Renaissance: New Policies and Politics for the Twenty-First Century</em></a>&nbsp;(New York: Columbia University Press), 320pp.&nbsp;</li></ul><p><br></p><p>We hope you enjoy the episode. Please follow, rate, and subscribe to Japan Memo on your&nbsp;preferred&nbsp;podcast&nbsp;platform. If you have any comments or questions, please contact us at&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:japanchair@iiss.org\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">japanchair@iiss.org</a>.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>Date recorded:&nbsp;<strong>28th&nbsp;November&nbsp;2025</strong></p><p>Japan Memo is recorded and produced at the IISS in London.</p>","author_name":"The International Institute for Strategic Studies"}