Associate Professor Thomas Wilkins
Dr Wilkins is an expert on Asia-Pacific/Indo-Pacific security affairs, focusing on Australian and Japanese strategic and foreign policies. His conceptual research is aimed at innovating our understanding of security architecture, including alliances, strategic partnerships, and other forms of alignment, as well as international power theorising – “middle powers” and “awkward powers”. He is also highly active in security policy debates, serving as a (non-resident) Senior Fellow for the Japan Institute for International Affairs (JIIA) and Regular Contributor to the Sasakawa Peace Foundation’s InternationalInformation Network Analysis (IINA).
Dr Wilkins has a broad range of research interests spanning International Relations (IR), Strategy and Security, and Foreign Policy. His regional interests are focused on Asia-Pacific/Indo-Pacific affairs, especially alliances, alignments and security architecture, as well as the foreign and security policies of Australia, Japan, and the US.
In terms of IR theory, his focus is on forms of security alignment – alliances, strategic partnerships and minilateralism – and the “Middle Power”/“Awkward Power” concepts.
Dr Wilkins is currently Post Graduate Course Work Coordinator for the Dept. of Government & International Relations (GIR), and Program Director for the Master of International Relations (MIR) degree. He is Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) Dalyell Academic Mentor, 2021.
Dr Wilkins has taught a range of Undergraduate and Postgraduate Courses at a range of institutions (Birmingham, Salford, University of Hong Kong, University of Tokyo, Meiji University, Keio University, and University of San Francisco).
At USYD he offers the following UOS:
CISS 6019: War & Strategy
CISS 2015: Alliances & Coalition Warfare
CISS 6002: Strategy & Security in the Asia-Pacific
CISS 6001: New Security Challenges
GOVT 3670: Australian Foreign and Security Policy
GOVT 2225: International Security in the C21st
Dr Wilkins is available to supervise Higher Degree by Research (HDR: MRes, MPhil & PhD) on topics related to: Asia-Pacific/Indo-Pacific Security or Strategy, including regional/state foreign/security policies, plus IR theory; especially alliances and multilateralism.
His current Doctoral Supervisees are:
- Ms. Jiye Kim ‘The Security Alignment Practice of Indo-Pacific Powers: China and India’
- Mr. Daniel Gomez, ‘Twists and Turns in America's foreign policy in the South China Sea’.
- Mr. George Boone: ‘A Tale of Two Incentives: How opportunism and restraint collectively shape regional aspirants' behavior?’.
- (non-resident) Senior Fellow at the Japan Institute for International Affairs (JIIA)
- Regular Contributor for the International Information Network Analysis(IINA) at the Sasakawa Peace Foundation(SPF).
- Member of the Japan Policy Research Institute (JPRI).
- Mentor for Australia-Japan Society (AJS) Mentoring Program 2021, NSW.
- Area-Editor (Politics) for the journal Japanese Studies.
- Editorial Board Member for the journal Pacific Affairs (previously an Associate Editor 2016-21).
- [with Jingdong Yuan & Jiye Kim] University of Sydney China Studies Centre Grant (AUD $8,000).
- Senior Visiting Fellowship, Japan Institute for International Affairs (JIIA), Kasumigaseki, Tokyo (Apr 2018-present).
- Japan Society for Promotion of Sciences Long-Term Research Fellowship, (Aug 2016-May 2017).
- University of Sydney Faculty Research Incubator2014 (AUD $5,000).
- Japan Foundation Japanese Studies Fellowship- (1-year full stipend) (Mar 2012-Feb 2013).
- Australia-Japan Foundation research grant (AUD $20,000) with Dr Malcolm Cook of Flinders University, Australia (01 August, 2013).
- Taiwan Fellowship, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of China - (4-month full stipend & airfare), at the National Taiwan University, Department of Political Science, (November 2011-February 2012).
- Canada Asia Pacific Award, International Council for Canadian Studies – (CAD $10,000). Liu Institute for Global Policy, University of British Columbia (June-July 2010; June-July 2011).
- Australia-China Exchange Programme, Australian Academy of Social Sciences/Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. (June 2010)
- Japan Study Grant, National Library of Australia
- Visiting Fellow‘Multilateralism and Regionalism Programme’ - Rajaratnam School of international Studies, Nanyang Technical University, Singapore (Nov 2009-Feb 2010). [Non-stipendiary]
- Faculty Research Grant, University of Sydney, (AUD $7,500).
- Australia-Japan Foundationresearch grant (AUD $20,000), with Dr Malcolm Cook of the Lowy Institute for International Policy, Australia. (01 August, 2009).
- IIAS Affiliated Fellow– International Institute for Asian studies, Leiden/Amsterdam. (May-July 2008) [Non-stipendiary]
- Kiriyama Research Fellowship & Visiting Professorship- Center for the Pacific Rim, University of San Francisco. (2007-8)
- POSCO Visiting Fellowship- East-West Center, Honolulu. 2 Month Fellowship. (June-July 2007)
- Kiriyama Research Fellowship- Center for the Pacific Rim, University of San Francisco. Full stipend. (2006-7)
| Project title | Research student |
|---|---|
| Twists and Turns in America's foreign policy in the South China Sea: From 1950 to the Trump administration | Daniel GOMEZ |
| Great powers' grand strategies in times of international disorder: An analysis of the dynamics of competing grand strategies between incumbent powers and rising powers from 1900 to 2022. | Michael SCOTT |
| A comparative analysis of Australian and Japanese approaches towards multilateral and minilateral security and economic cooperation in the Indo-Pacific | Shizuka TAKADA |
Selected publications
(Palgrave, 2021)
(Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2019)
(Taylor and Francis, 2018)
Publications
Books
- Wilkins, T. (2019). Security in Asia Pacific: The Dynamics of Alignment. Boulder: Lynne Rienner Publishers.
Edited Books
- Abbondanza, G., Wilkins, T. (2021). Awkward Powers Escaping Great and Middle Power Theory. Palgrave. [More Information]
- Struye de Swielande, T., Vandamme, D., Walton, D., Wilkins, T. (2018). Rethinking Middle Powers in the Asian Century: New Theories, New Cases. Abingdon: Taylor and Francis. [More Information]
Book Chapters
- Wilkins, T., Rezende, L. (2022). A liminal and transitional awkward power: Brazil betwixt the great and middle powers. Awkward Powers Escaping Great and Middle Power Theory. Palgrave.
- Abbondanza, G., Wilkins, T. (2022). The Case for Awkward Powers: An Introduction to the Concept. Awkward Powers Escaping Great and Middle Power Theory, (pp. 3-39). Palgrave. [More Information]
- Abbondanza, G., Wilkins, T. (2022). What makes an awkward power? Recurrent patterns and defining characteristics. Awkward Powers Escaping Great and Middle Power Theory, (pp. 375-404). Palgrave. [More Information]
Journals
- Heiduk, F., Wilkins, T. (2024). Minilateralism and pathways to institutional progression: alliance formation or cooperative security governance? Australian Journal of International Affairs. [More Information]
- Wilkins, T. (2024). U.S.-Japan-Australia Trilateralism: The Inner Core of Regional Order Building and Deterrence in the Indo-Pacific. Asia Policy, 19(2), 159-185. [More Information]
- Abbondanza, G., Wilkins, T. (2023). Europe in the Indo-Pacific: Economic, security, and normative engagement. International Political Science Review. [More Information]
Conferences
- Wilkins, T. (2018). 'Australia-US Alliance: A Balance Sheet'. Warsaw Security Forum, Warsaw: Casimir Pulaski Foundation.
- Wilkins, T. (2016). Asia-Pacific Security Alignment: Towards a Framework for Analysis. ISA Asia Pacific Conference, Hong Kong: The International Studies Association.
Magazine / Newspaper Articles
- Wilkins, T. (2018). Australia and Japan facing "disruptive" challenges to the rules-based order in the Indo-Pacific. JIIA Policy Brief.
- Wilkins, T. (2018). Australia and the "Indo Pacific" concept - disambiguating the "idea" and the "region" from quadrilateral "strategy". JIIA Policy Brief.
- Wilkins, T. (2018). Australia and the Indo-Pacific: A Region in Search of a Strategy, or a Strategy in Search of a Region? Italian Institute for Political Studies.
Other
- Wilkins, T. (2017), Book review: 'Japans Security Renaissance' by Andrew Oros, in Pacific Affairs.
- Wilkins, T. (2017), Book review: 'Powerplay' by Victor Cha, in Pacific Affairs.
2024
- Heiduk, F., Wilkins, T. (2024). Minilateralism and pathways to institutional progression: alliance formation or cooperative security governance? Australian Journal of International Affairs. [More Information]
- Wilkins, T. (2024). U.S.-Japan-Australia Trilateralism: The Inner Core of Regional Order Building and Deterrence in the Indo-Pacific. Asia Policy, 19(2), 159-185. [More Information]
2023
- Abbondanza, G., Wilkins, T. (2023). Europe in the Indo-Pacific: Economic, security, and normative engagement. International Political Science Review. [More Information]
- Wilkins, T. (2023). Middle power hedging in the era of security/economic disconnect: Australia, Japan, and the 'Special Strategic Partnership'. International Relations of the Asia-Pacific, 23(1), 93-127. [More Information]
- Wilkins, T. (2023). ‘Tilting’ the balance? An evaluation of Britain’s strategic approach to the Indo-Pacific. International Political Science Review. [More Information]
2022
- Wilkins, T. (2022). A Hub-and-Spokes “Plus” Model of us Alliances in the Indo-Pacific: Towards a New “Networked” Design. Asian Affairs, 53(3), 457-480. [More Information]
- Wilkins, T., Rezende, L. (2022). A liminal and transitional awkward power: Brazil betwixt the great and middle powers. Awkward Powers Escaping Great and Middle Power Theory. Palgrave.
- Wilkins, T., Kim, J. (2022). Adoption, accommodation or opposition? - Regional powers respond to American-led Indo-Pacific strategy. The Pacific Review, 35(3), 415-445. [More Information]
2021
- Abbondanza, G., Wilkins, T. (2021). Awkward Powers Escaping Great and Middle Power Theory. Palgrave. [More Information]
2020
- Wilkins, T. (2020). Japan’s ‘special’ strategic partnership with Australia: ‘Decentering’ underwrites ‘re-centering’. In Paul Midford, Wilhelm Vosse (Eds.), New Directions in Japanese Security, (pp. 67-85). London: Taylor & Francis. [More Information]
2019
- Wilkins, T. (2019). Defining middle powers through IR theory: Three Images. In Tanguy Struye de Swielande, Dorothee Vandamme, David Walton, Thomas Wilkins (Eds.), Rethinking Middle Powers in the Asian Century: New Theories, New Cases, (pp. 45-61). Abingdon: Taylor and Francis. [More Information]
- Wilkins, T. (2019). Evolving security alignments of the Indo Pacific: The US-alliances, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, and ASEAN. Japan Review, 3(2), 71-80.
- Wilkins, T., Bromfield, N. (2019). Foreign and Defence Policy. In P. Chen, N. Barry, J. Butcher, D. Clune, I. Cook, A. Garnier, Y. Haigh et al (Eds.), Australian Politics and Policy: Junior Edition, (pp. 462-478). Sydney: Sydney University Press.
2018
- Wilkins, T. (2018). 'Australia-US Alliance: A Balance Sheet'. Warsaw Security Forum, Warsaw: Casimir Pulaski Foundation.
- Wilkins, T. (2018). After a decade of strategic partnership: Japan and Australia 'decentering' from the US alliance? The Pacific Review, 31(4), 498-514. [More Information]
- Wilkins, T. (2018). Australia and Japan facing "disruptive" challenges to the rules-based order in the Indo-Pacific. JIIA Policy Brief.
2017
- Wilkins, T. (2017). Australia and middle power approaches to Asia Pacific regionalism. Australian Journal of Political Science, 52(1), 110-125. [More Information]
- Wilkins, T. (2017), Book review: 'Japans Security Renaissance' by Andrew Oros, in Pacific Affairs.
- Wilkins, T. (2017), Book review: 'Powerplay' by Victor Cha, in Pacific Affairs.
2016
- Wilkins, T. (2016). Asia-Pacific Security Alignment: Towards a Framework for Analysis. ISA Asia Pacific Conference, Hong Kong: The International Studies Association.
- Wilkins, T. (2016). The Japan choice: Reconsidering the risks and opportunities of the 'Special Relationship' for Australia. International Relations of the Asia-Pacific, 16(3), 477-520. [More Information]
2015
- Wilkins, T., Cook, M. (2015). Anchors and Antidotes: The Japan-Australia Strategic Partnership. Asia Pacific Bulletin, 33.
- Wilkins, T. (2015). From Strategic Partnership to Strategic Alliance? Australia-Japan Security Ties and the Asia-Pacific. Asia Policy, 20(1), 81-111. [More Information]
2014
- Wilkins, T., Cook, M. (2014). Aligned Allies: The Australia-Japan Strategic Partnership. Tokyo Foundation.
- Wilkins, T. (2014). Australia: A Traditional Middle Power Faces the Asian Century. In Bruce Gilley, Andrew ONeil (Eds.), Middle Powers and the Rise of China, (pp. 149-170). Washington DC: Georgetown University Press.
- Wilkins, T. (2014). Japan's Grand Strategy and New Strategic Partnerships. Tokyo Foundation.
2012
- Wilkins, T. (2012). Japan-Australia Security Relations: Building a Real Strategic Partnership? In William Tow and Rikki Kersten (Eds.), Bilateral Perspectives on Regional Security: Australia, Japan and the Asia-Pacific Region, (pp. 111-127). London: Palgrave.
- Wilkins, T. (2012). Korean Peninsula Division/Unification and Security Order in the Asia-Pacific Region. In Kyuroon Kim, Jae-Jeok Park (Eds.), Korean Peninsula Division/Unification from the International Perspective, (pp. 201-233). Seoul: Korea Institute for National Unification(KINU).
- Wilkins, T. (2012). Taipei and Tokyo: toward a closer relationship? East Asia Forum.
2011
- Wilkins, T., Cook, M. (2011). Australia and Japan: Allies in Partnership. Asia Pacific Bulletin, 101.
- Wilkins, T. (2011). Australia and Japan: Allies in the making. East Asia Forum.
- Wilkins, T. (2011). Japan's alliance diversification: a comparative analysis of the Indian and Australian strategic partnerships. International Relations of the Asia-Pacific, 11(1), 115-155. [More Information]
2010
- Wilkins, T. (2010). Building Regional Security Architecture: The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation From an Organisational Theories Perspective. In Mehdi Parvizi Amineh (Eds.), State, Society and International Relations in Asia, (pp. 163-178). Amsterdam Netherlands: Amsterdam University Press.
- Wilkins, T. (2010). The new 'Pacific Century' and the rise of China: an international relations perspective. Australian Journal of International Affairs, 64(4), 381-405. [More Information]
- Wilkins, T., Cook, M. (2010). The Quiet Achiever: Australia-Japan Security Relations. Analysis.
2008
- Wilkins, T. (2008). How the West will cope with the rise of Asia. IIAS Newsletter.
- Wilkins, T. (2008). Russo-Chinese Strategic Partnership: A New Form of Security Cooperation? Contemporary Security Policy, 29(2), 358-383. [More Information]
- Wilkins, T. (2008). Three's a Crowd?: Declining US Hegemony in the Asia-Pacific. IIAS Newsletter.
2007
- Wilkins, T. (2007). The "Pacific Century" Revisited. Pacific Rim Report, 48.
- Wilkins, T. (2007). Towards a "Trilateral Alliance?"- Understanding the Role of Expediency and Values in American-Japanese-Australian Relations. Asian Security, 3(3), 251-278.
- Wilkins, T. (2007). Trilateralism and Cooperation on Asymmetrical Threats: Terrorism, WMD and Regional Instability. Asia-Pacific Security: US, Australia and Japan and the New Security Triangle, (pp. 164-177). London, UK: Routledge Curzon imprint of Taylor & Francis.
2006
- Wilkins, T. (2006). Analysing Coalition Warfare from an Intra-Alliance Politics Perspective: The Normandy Campaign 1944. The Journal of Strategic Studies, 29(6), 1121-1150. [More Information]
2004
- Wilkins, T. (2004). Coalition Formation and Management in the Asia-Pacific Region: The Case of an American-Japanese-Australian Combination. Ritsumeikan Journal of Asia Pacific Studies, 14, 153-170.
- Wilkins, T. (2004). Coalition Warfare: A New Framework for Analysis Required? World Defence Systems, 12.
Selected Grants
2009
- Securing Japan-Australia Relations, Cook M, Wilkins T, Cook M, Australia-Japan Foundation/Grant Program
Review Articles:
1) ‘American Grand Strategy in the Indo Pacific: Plus ca change?’ (Reviewed works: ‘More than providence’ by Michael Green, ‘The pivot’ by Kurt M. Campbell, and ‘American Grand Strategy and East Asian Security in the Twenty-First Century’ by David C. Kang, Pacific Affairs, Vol. 92, No. 4 (2019), pp. 741-757.
2) ‘Anatomy of a Military Disaster: The Fall of Singapore 1942’, (Reviewed works: ‘Singapore Burning’by Colin Smith,‘The Battle for Singapore’ by Peter Thompson, ‘Britain’s Greatest Defeat’ by Alan Warren, and ‘Singapore Diary: The Hidden Journal of Captain R. M. Horner’), Journal of Military History, No. 73, (January 2009), pp. 907–910.
3) ‘Analytical Eclecticism in Theorizing Japanese Security Policy’, (Reviewed works: Japan Rising by Kenneth B. Pyle, ‘Rethinking Japanese Security’ by Peter J. Katzenstein, and ‘Securing Japan’ by Richard J. Samuels), Asian Security, Vol. 4, No. 3, (2008), pp. 1–6.
4) ‘The Battle for Japan 1944-45’ (A ‘Critique’ of Max Hastings’ ‘Nemesis’), The Japan Policy Research Institute, (May 2008), available at: http://jpri.org/publications/critiques/critique_XIV_1.html
5) ‘Forgotten History? The Collapse of British Asia 1941-49’ (Reviewed works: ‘Forgotten Wars: Freedom and Revolution in Southeast Asia’ and ‘Forgotten Armies: The Fall of British Asia, 1941-1945’ by Christopher Bayly & Tim Harper), Journal for the Society for Army Historical Research, Vol. 86, No. 345, (Spring 2008), pp. 101-103.
6) ‘“Graveyard of Armies”: A History of Conflict in Afghanistan’ (Reviewed works: ‘Afghanistan’ by Amalendu Misra and ‘The Origins of Conflict in Afghanistan’ by Jeffery J. Roberts), Journal of International Peace Keeping, Vol. 15, No. 2, (February 2008), pp. 283-296.
Full-length Thinktank reports:
‘Australia-Japan relations 80 years after the bombing of Darwin: A case study of reconciliation and partnership’, JIIA Policy BriefJapan Institute for International Affairs, Tokyo, (22 Mar, 2020). https://www.jiia-jic.jp/en/policybrief/pdf/PolicyBrief_Wilkins_220322.pdf
‘Is AUKUS an really “alliance”?” for Melbourne Asia Review, 18 Mar 2022. https://melbourneasiareview.edu.au/is-aukus-really-an-alliance/
‘Reinforcing the “Special Strategic Partnership”: Australia and Japan sign Reciprocal Access Agreement (RAA)’,International Information Network Analysis, Sasakawa Peace Foundation (21 Feb, 2022), Tokyo https://www.spf.org/iina/en/articles/thomas_04.html
‘Australian strategic approaches the Indo-Pacific: national resilience and minilateral cooperation’, Policy Brief, Centre for Security, Diplomacy and Strategy (CSDS), VUB, Brussels, https://brussels-school.be/publications/policy-briefs/australian-strategic-approaches-indo-pacific-national-resilience-and
‘The AUKUS Trilateral Security Partnership and what It Means for Australia’, International Information Network Analysis, Sasakawa Peace Foundation, Tokyo [16 Nov, 2021]https://www.spf.org/iina/en/articles/thomas_03.htm
Japan and the Regional Order’ Working Paper, New Zealand Center for Global Studies, (23 Apr, 2021). https://nzcgs.org.nz
‘Elevating the Australia-Japan Strategic Partnership to “a new level”: challenges and responses’, JIIA Policy Brief, Japan Institute for International Affairs, (13 Apr, 2021). https://www.jiia-jic.jp/en/policybrief/pdf/PolicyBrief_Wilkins_210413.pdf
“An Indo-Pacific regional order? Frameworks for cooperation and the future of geopolitical competition”, MLI Commentary, Macdonald-Laurier Institute (MLI), Ottawa, Canada. (21 Feb, 2020). https://macdonaldlaurier.ca/files/pdf/20210203_An_Indo-Pacific_regional_order_Wilkins_COMMENTARY_FWeb.pdf
‘Whose “Indo Pacific”? competing visions of regional order’,JIIA Policy Brief, (12 Nov, 2020).
‘Australia-China clashes in the COVID-19 era: Adjusting to a “newnormal” in bilateral relations?’, JIIA Policy Brief, (19 Jun, 2020). https://www.jiia-jic.jp/en/policybrief/pdf/PolicyBrief_Wilkins_20200619.pdf
‘Searching for a middle path: ASEAN and the “Indo Pacific”’,JIIA Policy Brief, Japan Institute for International Affairs, (11 Feb, 2020). https://www.jiia-jic.jp/en/policybrief/pdf/PolicyBrief_Wilkins_200211.pdf
‘The Quad process: The evolution of diplomatic and maritime security cooperation in the Indo Pacific’, JIIA Policy Brief, Japan Institute for International Affairs, Tokyo, (17 Dec, 2019). https://www.jiia-jic.jp/en/policybrief/pdf/Wilkins_Dec_17_2019.pdf
‘Does Australia have an “Indo Pacific strategy”? ‘JIIA Policy Brief, Japan Institute for International Affairs, (29 Jul, 2019). https://www.jiia-jic.jp/en/policybrief/pdf/PolicyBrief_Wilkins_190729.pdf
[With Jonathan Berkshire Miller] ‘The Role for Middle Powers in the Free and Open Indo-Pacific: Looking at Opportunities for Canada and Australia’, JIIA Policy Brief, Japan Institute for International Affairs, (25 Jun, 2019). https://www.jiia-jic.jp/en/policybrief/pdf/PolicyBrief_Miller%26Wilkins_190625.pdf
‘Assessing Australia’s bargaining power in the United States alliance at a time of regional power shift’, United Service,Vol. 70, No. 2. Sydney: The Royal United Services Institute, (Jun, 2019). https://www.rusinsw.org.au/Papers/20190326.pdf
‘A deteriorating security environment in Europe: Lessons for the Indo Pacific region’, JIIA Policy Brief, Japan Institute for International Affairs, (21 Jan, 2019). https://www.jiia-jic.jp/en/policybrief/pdf/PolicyBrief_Wilkins_181225.pdf
‘Australia and Japan facing “disruptive” challenges to the rules-based order in the Indo-Pacific’, JIIA Policy Brief, Japan Institute for International Affairs, (26 Sept. 2018). https://www.jiia-jic.jp/en/policybrief/pdf/PolicyBrief_Wilkins_180926.pdf
‘Australia and the “Indo Pacific” concept – disambiguating the “idea” and the “region” from quadrilateral “strategy”’,JIIA Policy Brief, Japan Institute for International Affairs, (19 Jul. 2018). https://www.jiia-jic.jp/en/policybrief/pdf/PolicyBrief_Wilkins_180719.pdf
[with Malcolm Cook]‘Aligned Allies: The Australia-Japan Strategic Partnership’, Tokyo Foundation, December 24, 2014http://www.tokyofoundation.org/en/articles/2014/aligned-allies
In the media
Recent:
· [with Daisuke Akimoto] ‘Japan signals more robust security posture in new defence white paper’ The Strategist, ASPI, (19 Jul 2021). https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/japan-signals-more-robust-security-posture-in-new-defence-white-paper/
· ‘Japan signals a ‘sense of crisis’ over Taiwan — this is why it is worried about China’s militaryaims, The Conversation, (22 Jul, 2021). https://theconversation.com/japan-signals-a-sense-of-crisis-over-taiwan-this-is-why-it-is-worried-about-chinas-military-aims-164562
· ‘Australia’s war drum to nowhere on Taiwan’, East Asia Forum, (11 Jun, 2021). https://www.eastasiaforum.org/2021/06/11/australias-war-drum-to-nowhere-on-taiwan/
· [with Jiye Kim] South Korea and America’s Indo-Pacific Strategy: Yes, But Not Quite, Fulcrum, (26 Nov, 2020). https://fulcrum.sg/south-korea-and-americas-indo-pacific-strategy-yes-but-not-quite/
· ‘The Cowra Breakout, 5 August 1944: Australia-Japan historical reconciliation in perspective’, JIIA Facebook page, (30 Aug, 2020). https://www.facebook.com/JIIAen/posts/the-cowra-breakout-5-august-1944-australia-japan-historical-reconciliation-in-pe/974897579654942/
· ‘Tensions over future international order on display at Tokyo Global Dialogue’, ASPI Strategist, (12 Dec 19). https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/tensions-over-future-international-order-on-display-at-tokyo-global-dialogue/
· ‘Defending a Rules-Based Regional Order: Australia and Japan’s “Free and Open Indo-Pacific”,’Italian Institute for Political Studies, (15 Apr, 2019).https://www.ispionline.it/en/pubblicazione/defending-rules-based-regional-order-australia-and-japans-free-and-open-indo-pacific-22861
· ‘Australia and the Indo-Pacific: A Region in Search of a Strategy, or a Strategy in Search of a Region?’ Italian Institute for Political Studies, (June 4, 2018) https://www.ispionline.it/en/pubblicazione/australia-and-indo-pacific-region-search-strategy-or-strategy-search-region-20694
[with Malcolm Cook] ‘Anchors and Antidotes: The Japan-Australia Strategic Partnership’, Asia Pacific Bulletin, No. 303 (March 19, 2015)East West Center, Washington DC.https://www.eastwestcenter.org/publications/anchors-and-antidotes-the-japan-australia-strategic-partnership
