National Institute for Defense Studies

Recent papers from National Institute for Defense Studies

1. The deterrent logic of limited nuclear options: A case study of PakistanJournal of Strategic Studies · 2025
2. China’s diplomacy in Central Asia: the logic of internal politics coupled with the logic of great power competitionJournal of Contemporary East Asia Studies · 2025
3. How Far Away from Non-interference? A Case Study of China’s Development Initiative in PakistanJournal of Contemporary China · 2021
4. The development of climate security discourse in JapanSustainability Science · 2020
5. Xi Jinping’s diplomacy and the rise of his political authorityJournal of Contemporary East Asia Studies · 2020
6. The Rise of China and Japan’s ‘Vision’ for Free and Open Indo-PacificJournal of Contemporary China · 2020
7. Development of gray-zone deterrence: concept building and lessons from Japan’s experienceThe Pacific Review · 2018
8. Japan-Australia Security Relations and the rise of China: Pursuing “Bilateral-Plus” ApproachesUNISCI Discussion Papers · 2014
9. The origin of trilateralism? The US–Japan–Australia security relations in the 1990sInternational Relations of the Asia-Pacific · 2010
10. Fighting Terrorism and Fighting Humanitarian Emergencies: Two Approaches to ‘Elastic’ Sovereignty and International OrderCambridge Review of International Affairs · 2005