Presentation: The Causes of Japan’s Alliances
On May 27, I had the pleasure of presenting my dissertation research to the European University Institute’s International Relations Working Group in a talk titled, “The Causes of Japan’s Alliances.” I spoke about the different kinds of anti-alliance concerns present in domestic debates over alliance formation, and the importance of domestic politicking and international negotiations in understanding when alliances successfully form and when they fail to form.
In particular, I would like to thank Dr. Giulio Pugliese for the invitation to speak and his insightful comments, Dr. Seiki Tanaka for constructive discussant remarks, and Raffaele Mastrorocco for helping organize the event as well as thoughtful questions. It has inspired me to further develop the policy implications of this line of work, with a focus on how the nature of interstate cooperation may be changing to sidestep or alleviate some of the concerns that I identified are present in formal alliances.
Feel free to reach out to me on LinkedIn if you would like me to present my dissertation research at your institution - I would love to get additional feedback!