We sit down with Yuki Tatsumi to explore foreign policy in the Indo-Pacific. From the US-Japan alliance to ties with Australia, India, and the Quad, we unpack how regional countries and the US navigate today’s shifting fault lines.

We also examine the legacy of Shinzo Abe—including his reputation as the “Trump whisperer”—and how it has shaped the West’s foreign policy under Trump 47.

Show Notes:

Contact Yuki

IIPS https://indopacificsecurity.org/team-member/yuki-tatsumi/

IIPS website https://indopacificsecurity.org/

LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/yuki-tatsumi-166a4b21/

Books by Yuki:

• Lost in Translation? U.S. Defense Innovation and Northeast Asia(2017)
• U.S.-Japan-Australia Security Cooperation: Prospects and Challenges(2015)
• Opportunity out of Necessity: The Impact of U.S. Defense Budget Cuts on the U.S.-Japan Alliance(2013)
• Global Security Watch: Japan(co-author, 2010)
• Japan’s National Security Policy Infrastructure: Can Tokyo Meet Washington’s Expectations?(2008)

Articles by Yuki:

August 28, 2025

Economic Coercion from the People’s Republic of China Stimson Center

June 4, 2025

Trump’s Green Light: Can Tokyo Replicate Nippon Steel Deal? Stimson Center

April 4, 2025

Back to the Future? The Implications of Growing Strategic Competition in the Arctic for the US-Japan Alliance Stimson Center

February 14, 2025

Trump and Ishiba Meet for the First Time—Success, Maybe? Stimson Center

November 6, 2024

Trump Wins—Can the Indo-Pacific Region Withstand? Stimson Center

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