Mireya Solís’s Japan’s Quiet Leadership: Reshaping the Indo-Pacific
Roundtable in Asia Policy 19.3

Mireya Solís’s Japan’s Quiet Leadership: Reshaping the Indo-Pacific

Roundtable with Adam P. Liff, Tom Le, Kristin Vekasi, Hiroki Takeuchi, Natalya Talih, and Mireya Solís
July 30, 2024

Adam P. Liff, Tom Le, Kristin Vekasi, Hiroki Takeuchi, Natalya Talih, and Mireya Solís discuss how Japan has become a more consequential actor in regional geopolitics and geoeconomics in this review roundtable on Mireya Solís’s book Japan’s Quiet Leadership: Reshaping the Indo-Pacific.

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Japan’s Leadership Is Needed Now More Than Ever
Adam P. Liff

Japan’s Quiet Leadership: Between Vision and Necessity
Tom Le

Japan as a Quiet Harbinger of Economic Security
Kristin Vekasi

No Longer Underrated: A New Tale of Japan’s Domestic and International Political Economy
Hiroki Takeuchi and Natalya Talih

Author’s Response: Japan’s International Leadership—Does It Have Staying Power?
Mireya Solís


Adam P. Liff is the Visiting Chair of Modern and Contemporary Japanese Politics and Foreign Policy at Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service (United States). He is also Associate Professor of East Asian International Relations at Indiana University’s Hamilton Lugar School of Global and International Studies.

Tom Le is an Associate Professor of Politics at Pomona College (United States).

Kristin Vekasi is an Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science and the School of Policy and International Affairs at the University of Maine (United States). Dr. Vekasi specializes in Northeast Asia and focuses on trade and investment strategies in changing geopolitical environments and the political risk management of supply chains.

Hiroki Takeuchi is an Associate Professor of Political Science and Director of the Sun and Star Program on Japan and East Asia in the SMU Tower Center at Southern Methodist University (United States).

Natalya Talih is a Bachelor of Arts candidate in Political Science and International Studies at Southern Methodist University (United States).

Mireya Solís is Director of the Center for Asia Policy Studies, Philip Knight Chair in Japan Studies, and a Senior Fellow in the Foreign Policy Program at the Brookings Institution (United States).


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