Japan and the Nordic-Baltic states with Dr Matsuda Takuya, Dr Vida Macikenaite and Dr Wrenn Yennie Lindgren

Robert Ward hosts Dr Matsuda Takuya, Adjunct Lecturer at Aoyama Gakuin University, Dr Vida Macikenaite, Assistant Professor at the Graduate School of International Relations of the International University of Japan, and Dr Wrenn Yennie Lindgren, Senior Research Fellow and Head of the Centre for Asian Research at the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs.

Robert, Takuya, Vida and Wrenn discuss: 

• The recent development of Japan’s relationship with the Nordic and Baltic states
• Japan’s security cooperation with the Nordic and Baltic states from defense equipment to cyber security
• The Nordic and Baltic approach to authoritarian powers, including their eyes on the potential cooperation between Russia and China in the High North
• The similarities and differences in the security architecture of the Euro-Atlantic and the Indo-Pacific regions

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Date recorded: 6 September 2024 

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