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The World Today - July IssueThe World Today - July Issue
Thursday 25 June 2009
Iran's elections were a monumental miscalculation and now the Islamic Republic faces the most serious crisis of authority in...

Urgent Need for Progress at G8Urgent Need for Progress at G8
Thursday 25 June 2009
There is an urgent need for progress at the G8 on a number of key items that were not...

Survey of Official Iran Results Casts Serious Doubt on Victory ClaimsSurvey of Official Iran Results Casts Serious Doubt on Victory Claims
Sunday 21 June 2009
A survey of Iran's election results, published today by Chatham House and the University of St Andrews, raises serious...

China in Africa - Preparing for the Next Forum for China Africa Cooperation
June, 2009
The Forum for China Africa Cooperation (FOCAC), established to coordinate relations between the two entities, is due to hold...

From London to L’Aquila: Building a Bridge between the G20 and the G8
June, 2009
From many perspectives, the London Summit of the G20 leaders at the beginning of April 2009 was a success...

The UK and China: Dealing with a New-Old Friend
June, 2009
This briefing note explores how the UK can maxmize its relationship with China.

Preliminary Analysis of the Voting Figures in Iran’s 2009 Presidential Election
June, 2009
Working from the province by province breakdowns of the 2009 and 2005 results, released by the Iranian Ministry of...

 

 

Dr John Swenson-Wright

Dr John Swenson-Wright

Associate Fellow, Asia Programme

Telephone:+82 (0)10 4952 1367 (mobile in Korea)
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Expertise

  • Japanese domestic politics
  • Japanese foreign and security policy
  • US-Japan contemporary and historical relations
  • The politics and foreign policies of the two Koreas
  • Northeast Asian security

Projects

  • Japan's emerging security realism and its implications for regional stability in Northeast Asia
  • Inter-Korean relations and the North Korean strategic threat
  • Cold War historiography and the US-Japan security relationship

Recent Publications

  • Unequal Allies? United States Security and Alliance Policy Toward Japan, 1945-1960, Stanford, California: Stanford University Press, 2005
  • The Best Course Available. A personal account of the secret US - Japan Okinawa negotiations Wakaizumi Kei, John Swenson-Wright, ed., Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 2002
  • Post-Cold War US-Japan Relations: Incremental Realism in a Maturing Security Partnership, International Center for Comparative Law and Politics, Anglo-Japanese Academy Proceedings, ICCLP Publications No. 7, Graduate School of Law and Politics, University of Tokyo, John Swenson-Wright, 2002
  • US-Japan Diplomatic and Security Relations Post-1945: a Historical Perspective, Cornell University Occasional Paper, The United States and Asian Security, John Swenson-Wright, May 2002

Experience

1997 - Present Fuji Bank University Lecturer in Modern Japanese Studies, East Asia Institute, University of Cambridge
1997 - 1996 Lecturer in Modern Japanese Studies, East Asia Institute, University of Cambridge

Broadcast Experience

Extensive

Languages

Japanese