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H.D.P. Envall

Fellow / Senior Lecturer, Japan and the Asia-Pacific

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David Envall is a Fellow / Senior Lecturer in the Department of International Relations, Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs, at The Australian National University.

Japan and the dangers of multipolarisation

My newly published chapter entitled, “Japan and the Dangers of Multipolarisation,” in Benjamin Zala’s edited volume, National Perspectives on a Multipolar Order: Interrogating the Global Power Transition. PDF also available here.

hdpenvall Uncategorized February 25, 2022 1 Minute

Australia-Japan relations

Important piece by Shiro Armstrong: “Security relationship with Japan is only the beginning for Australia,” in East Asia Forum. Also includes link to wider report, Reimagining the Japan Relationship.

hdpenvall Uncategorized February 25, 2022February 25, 2022 1 Minute

The US-Japan alliance and Taiwan

“Taiwan and Six Potential New Year’s Resolutions for the U.S.-Japanese Alliance,” as set out by Jeffrey Hornung in War on the Rocks.

hdpenvall Uncategorized January 14, 2022January 14, 2022 1 Minute

What is China’s strategy in the Senkaku Islands?

Writing at War on the Rocks, Alessio Patalano asks – “what is China’s strategy in the Senkaku Islands?” 

hdpenvall Uncategorized September 11, 2020September 11, 2020 1 Minute

Japan’s intel ambitions

The Nikkei Asian Review on Japan’s eagerness to cooperate more with the “Five Eyes” intelligence-sharing partners, the US, UK, Australia, Canada, and New Zealand – “Japan wants de facto ‘Six Eyes’ intelligence status: defense chief.”

hdpenvall Uncategorized August 17, 2020August 17, 2020 1 Minute

When the “chips are down”

The Economist on casinos and corruption in Japan – “The Japanese Government Wants to Build Three Flashy Casinos.”

hdpenvall Uncategorized February 17, 2020 1 Minute

Geopolitics Redux: Explaining the Japan-Korea Dispute

Takuya Matsuda and Jaehan Park write on Japan-South Korea relations – “Geopolitics Redux: Explaining the Japan-Korea Dispute and Its Implications for Great Power Competition” – in War on the Rocks.

hdpenvall Uncategorized Leave a comment November 8, 2019 1 Minute

More Significance than Value

Todd Henry argues that it is the “increasing symbolic stakes” which drive the escalation of rivalry between China and Japan over the Senkaku/Diaoyu islands. See “More Significance than Value: Explaining Developments in the Sino-Japanese Contest Over the Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands” in the Texas National Security Review.

hdpenvall Uncategorized Leave a comment November 4, 2019 1 Minute

East Asia Summit buffeted by great power rivalry

“East Asia Summit Buffeted by Great Power Rivalry” by Nick Bisley at East Asia Forum.

hdpenvall Uncategorized Leave a comment November 4, 2019 1 Minute

Dangerous Decade: Taiwan’s security and crisis management

Great read; quite depressing. Brendan Taylor writes on the Taiwan “flashpoint” in Dangerous Decade: Taiwan’s Security and Crisis Management (IISS: Adelphi Series, vol. 470, September 2019).

hdpenvall Uncategorized Leave a comment November 1, 2019November 1, 2019 1 Minute

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