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Journal articles
, 2022, 'Kishida's difficult year', East Asia Forum, https://www.eastasiaforum.org/2022/12/18/kishidas-difficult-year/
, 2022, 'Abe’s death leaves a leadership vacuum', East Asia Forum, https://www.eastasiaforum.org/2022/10/11/abes-death-leaves-a-leadership-vacuum/#more-1255690
, 2022, 'Japan mixes religion and politics', East Asia Forum, https://www.eastasiaforum.org/2022/09/22/japan-mixes-religion-and-politics/#more-1207704
, 2022, 'Shinzo Abe’s special legacy', East Asia Forum, https://www.eastasiaforum.org/2022/07/12/shinzo-abes-special-legacy/#more-1031076
, 2022, ''What Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine Portends for Japan’s Northern Territories'', The Diplomat, https://thediplomat.com/2022/03/what-russias-invasion-of-ukraine-portends-for-japans-northern-territories/
, 2022, ''Kishida’s new capitalism raises more questions than it answers'', East Asia Forum, https://www.eastasiaforum.org/2022/02/07/kishidas-new-capitalism-raises-more-questions-than-it-answers/
, 2021, ''Confusion reigns over Kishida’s big economic promises'', East Asia Forum, https://www.eastasiaforum.org/2021/10/29/confusion-reigns-over-kishidas-big-economic-promises/
, 2021, ''Kishida goes all out for Japan’s top job'', East Asia Forum, https://www.eastasiaforum.org/2021/09/11/kishida-goes-all-out-for-japans-top-job/
, 2021, ''Abe’s Lasting Strategic Legacy in the Indo-Pacific'', Australian Outlook, https://www.internationalaffairs.org.au/australianoutlook/abes-lasting-strategic-legacy-in-the-indo-pacific/
, 2020, ''Suga’s accountability problem'', East Asia Forum, https://www.eastasiaforum.org/2020/12/08/sugas-accountability-problem/
, 2020, ''Japan’s new defence minister makes his early mark with Canberra'', East Asia Forum, https://www.eastasiaforum.org/2020/11/06/japans-new-defence-minister-makes-his-early-mark-with-canberra/
, 2020, ''Suga’s a sure bet in Japan’s leadership election'', East Asia Forum, https://www.eastasiaforum.org/2020/09/06/sugas-a-sure-bet-in-japans-leadership-election/
, 2020, ''Shinzo Abe, prime minister without a cause'', East Asia Forum, https://www.eastasiaforum.org/2020/08/30/shinzo-abe-prime-minister-without-a-cause/
, 2020, ''COVID-19 highlights Abe’s leadership failings'', East Asia Forum, https://www.eastasiaforum.org/2020/05/05/covid-19-highlights-abes-leadership-failings/
, 2020, 'Political Corruption and Scandals in Japan', Journal of Japanese Studies, 46, pp. 266 - 271, http://dx.doi.org/10.1353/jjs.2020.0035
, 2020, ''Abe dominates despite another scandal'', East Asia Forum, https://www.eastasiaforum.org/2020/01/14/abe-dominates-despite-another-scandal/
, 2020, 'Political Corruption and Scandals in Japan by Matthew M. Carlson and Steven R. Reed', The Journal of Japanese Studies, 46, pp. 266 - 271, http://dx.doi.org/10.1353/jjs.2020.0035
, 2019, ''Is Japan weaponising trade against South Korea?'', East Asia Forum, https://www.eastasiaforum.org/2019/11/22/is-japan-weaponising-trade-against-south-korea/
, 2019, ''The "Trump Factor" in the US-Japan trade deal'', East Asia Forum, https://www.eastasiaforum.org/2019/10/13/the-trump-factor-in-the-us-japan-trade-deal/
, 2019, ''Abe's cabinet reshuffle'', East Asia Forum
, 2019, 'Shibutsuka sareru kokka: Shihai to fukujuu no Nihon seiji [The Appropriated State: Dominance and Submission in Japanese Politics]', Social Science Japan Journal, 22, pp. 280 - 283, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ssjj/jyz007
, 2019, ''Is there a crisis of Japanese democracy?'', East Asia Forum, https://www.eastasiaforum.org/2019/07/17/is-there-a-crisis-of-japanese-democracy/
, 2019, 'Shibutsuka sareru kokka: Shihai to fukujuu no Nihon seiji [The Appropriated State: Dominance and Submission in Japanese Politics]', Social Science Japan Journal, 22, pp. 280 - 283, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ssjj/jyz007
, 2019, ''How Japan manages US trade pressure'', East Asia Forum, https://www.eastasiaforum.org/2019/05/20/how-japan-manages-us-trade-pressure/
, 2019, ''Abe’s make-or-break year'', East Asia Forum, http://www.eastasiaforum.org/2019/01/17/abes-make-or-break-year/
, 2018, ''Great Powers in 2018: Japan’s Regional Offensive'', The Australian outlook, http://www.internationalaffairs.org.au/australianoutlook/great-powers-2018-japans-regional-offensive/
, 2018, ''Hardening the hedge: Japan's security strategy revisited'', East Asia Forum, http://www.eastasiaforum.org/2018/12/10/hardening-the-hedge-japans-security-strategy-revisited
, 2018, ''Reading Room: Asian Century…on a Knife-edge'', Australian Outlook, https://www.internationalaffairs.org.au/australianoutlook/asian-century-on-a-knife-edge/
, 2018, ''Deja-vu all over again in US-Japan trade'', East Asia Forum, http://www.eastasiaforum.org/2018/06/13/deja-vu-all-over-again-in-us-japan-trade/
, 2018, ''What’s wrong with Japan’s bureaucrats?'', East Asia Forum, http://www.eastasiaforum.org/2018/05/03/whats-wrong-with-japans-bureaucrats/
, 2018, ''Abe getting schooled by Moritomo scandal'', East Asia Forum, http://www.eastasiaforum.org/2018/03/21/abe-getting-schooled-by-moritomo-scandal/
, 2018, ''CPTPP a boost for Japan’s regional trade leadership'', East Asia Forum, http://www.eastasiaforum.org/2018/02/27/cptpp-a-boost-for-japans-regional-trade-leadership/
, 2018, ''Political Economy of Agricultural Reform in Japan under Abe's Administration'', Asian Economic Policy Review, 13, pp. 128 - 144, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/aepr.12208
, 2018, ''Will Japan's checks and balances survive the teflon prime minister in 2018?'', East Asia Forum, http://www.eastasiaforum.org/2018/01/03/will-japans-checks-and-balances-survive-the-teflon-prime-minister-in-2018/
, 2017, ''Opposition becoming a prop-osition under LDP changes'', East Asia Forum, http://www.eastasiaforum.org/2017/11/16/opposition-becoming-a-prop-osition-under-ldp-changes
, 2017, ''Japan’s Rush to Conclude TPP-11'', The Diplomat, https://thediplomat.com/2017/11/japans-rush-to-conclude-tpp-11/
, 2017, ''Japan’s general election: what the data shows'', East Asia Forum, http://www.eastasiaforum.org/2017/10/31/abes-big-gamble-2/
, 2017, ''Where is Japan’s party system headed?'', East Asia Forum, http://www.eastasiaforum.org/2017/10/10/where-is-japans-party-system-headed/
, 2017, ''Abe's big gamble'', East Asia Forum, http://www.eastasiaforum.org/2017/09/28/abes-big-gamble/
, 2017, ''Time to Consider "Active Deterrence" Of North Korea'', The Diplomat, https://thediplomat.com/2017/09/time-to-consider-active-deterrence-of-north-korea/
, 2017, ''The old and the new in Abe’s revamped administration'', Australia & Japan in the Region, 5, https://ajrc.crawford.anu.edu.au/department-news/11127/old-and-new-abes-revamped-administration
, 2017, ''The old and the new in Abe's revamped administration'', East Asia Forum, http://www.eastasiaforum.org/2017/08/08/the-old-and-the-new-in-abes-revamped-administration/
, 2017, ''Shinzo Abe’s Fall From Grace: Of His Own Making'', Asian Currents, http://asaa.asn.au/shinzo-abes-fall-grace-making/
, 2017, ''Japan-EU negotiations racing against protectionism'', East Asia Forum, http://www.eastasiaforum.org/2017/07/06/japan-eu-negotiations-racing-against-protectionism/
, 2017, ''Scandals starting to stick to the Abe administration'', East Asia Forum, http://www.eastasiaforum.org/2017/06/21/scandals-are-starting-to-stick-to-the-abe-administration/
, 2017, ''Should China turn its back on North Korea?'', East Asia Forum, http://www.eastasiaforum.org/2017/03/24/should-china-turn-its-back-on-north-korea/
, 2017, ''The Abe-Trump summit and the price of success'', East Asia Forum, http://www.eastasiaforum.org/2017/03/02/the-abe-trump-summit-and-the-price-of-success
, 2016, ''The Politics of Japan’s Trade Strategy'', The Oriental Economist Report, 84, pp. 9 - 9
, 2016, ''Securitizing the TPP in Japan: Policymaking Structure and Discourse'', Asia Policy, pp. 193 - 221, http://www.nbr.org/publications/element.aspx?id=903
, 2016, ''International Law Won’t Stop China in the South China Sea'', The Diplomat, http://thediplomat.com/2016/07/international-law-wont-stop-china-in-the-south-china-sea/