Japan Macro Salon with Jesper and Bill January 2025 Edition
For the first Macro Salon of 2025, Jesper and Bill was joined by Professor Ken Jimbo, a specialist on Japan's foreign and defence policy. They discuss with him about what the return of Donald Trump might mean for Japan and the Indo-Pacific, as well as his perspective on China, Russia and North Korea, the threats that surround Japan.
Dr Ken Jimbo is a Professor of International Relations at Keio University and a Managing Director of Programs at the International House of Japan (IHJ/I-House). He is concurrently an Adjunct Senior Research Fellow at the Canon Institute for Global Studies (CIGS). He served as a Special Advisor to the Japan Ministry of Defense in 2020 and Senior Advisor to the National Security Secretariat from 2018 to 2020. He also holds an appointment as Japan’s ASEAN Regional Forum Expert and Eminent Person (EEP). His main research interests lie in Japan’s foreign and defense policy, U.S.-Japan security relations, and regional security architecture in Asia. He advises the Ministry of Defense, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communication on national defense, foreign policy and economic security. His policy writings have been published by the RAND Corporation, NBR, the Stimson Center, the Pacific Forum CSIS, Japan Times, Nikkei, Yomiuri, Asahi, and Sankei Shimbun.