China–India in BRICS Plus: Convergence Without Trust | King's College London This talk argues that China–India engagement within BRICS Plus reflects a strategic convergence shaped less by bilateral trust and more by structural compulsions

YCAPS Director for Europe-Asia Research Cooperation Jagannath Panda will be speaking at “China–India in BRICS+: Convergence Without Trust” hosted by King’s College London.

🗓️ Details & registration: www.kcl.ac.uk/events/china...

YCAPS Research Fellow Eric Ang writes on the continued importance of the Regional Cooperation Agreement on Combating Piracy and Armed Robbery against Ships in Asia

Access below👇
rsis.edu.sg/rsis-publica...

#MaritimeSecurity #AsiaPacific #Shipping #Maritime #Security

Event reminder 📢

Join “Two Worlds, One Ocean” — a roundtable on maritime security, risk, and innovation with experts across security, shipping, and finance.

Register: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

#YCAPS #Singapore #maritime #maritimesecurity #innovation #shipping #IndoPacific

#Japan’s defense industry is at a turning point. Can it become a global player or is policy still holding it back?

Join YCAPS x Kreab Tokyo for a sharp, expert-led discussion on Japan’s defense industry renaissance

www.ycaps.org/ycaps-kreab-...

#DefenseIndustry #IndoPacific

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U.S.–Japan trade relations are entering a new phase.

Join David Boling as he explores the history of #US–#Japan trade and what to expect from the upcoming Takaichi–Trump meeting

Register:
www.ycaps.org/gtkj-us-japa...

#TradePolicy #Geopolitics #InternationalTrade

U.S.–Japan trade relations are entering a new phase.

Join David Boling as he explores the history of #US–#Japan trade and what to expect from the upcoming Takaichi–Trump meeting

Register:
us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

#TradePolicy #Geopolitics #InternationalTrade

Call for Chapter Proposals 📢

For the 175th anniversary of Commodore Matthew Perry’s arrival in Japan, we’re seeking proposals for Commodore Perry and the Black Ships Legacy.

Details: www.perry175.org/edited-volume

#callforpapers #PerryBlackShips #JapaneseHistory #USJapan

📢YCAPS presents its second Pacific Connect webinar, focused on deep-sea mining in the Pacific

The conversation will examine the scientific, regulatory, and community dimensions of the issue.

Register:
www.ycaps.org/pc-deep-sea-...

#DeepSeaMining #OceanGovernance #IndoPacific

Perry 175 Perry 175 is a collaborative initiative dedicated to remembering, celebrating, and reflecting on the 175th anniversary of Commodore Matthew Perry’s expedition to Japan

Join Perry 175, YCAPS' new campaign to commemorate the 175th anniversary of Commodore Perry’s expedition to Japan.

This initiative reflects on diplomacy, maritime engagement, and shared history through 2028.

Info: www.perry175.org

#YCAPS #USJapan #Diplomacy #IndoPacific #History #USJapanAlliance

Call for Applications! Maritime GENIE Cohort 3 Yokosuka Council on Asia-Pacific Studies (YCAPS), in collaboration with the Taiwan Ocean Affairs Council (TOAC), is pleased to announce the 3rd cohort of the Maritime Governance Em

Apply to Maritime GENIE Cohort 3!
Deadline: March 1, 2026

YCAPS and the Taiwan Ocean Affairs Council invite emerging professionals to this maritime governance leadership program. Open to all nationalities.

#YCAPS #MaritimeGENIE #MaritimeGovernance #Taiwan #IndoPacific #CallForApplications

Thai Navy Seizes Cambodian Fishing Boat in Disputed Waters Phnom Penh denounced the capture of the vessel and its crew as “an unauthorized incursion” into Cambodian territorial waters.

#Thailand–#Cambodia tensions flare after Thai navy seizes Cambodian fishing boat in disputed waters—maritime sovereignty, rules of engagement, and escalation risks back in focus

Sebastian Strangio, past YCAPS speaker 👇
thediplomat.com/2026/02/thai...

@thediplomat.com

Event TODAY📢

YCAPS hosts Eyck Freymann discussing deterrence, technology, and industrial capacity in the Indo-Pacific

Co-moderated by Robert Dujarric and @marsecbradford.bsky.social

Register: www.ycaps.org/arsenal-of-d...

#BookTalk #IndoPacific #Deterrence #SecurityStudies #DefenseIndustry

📢Event reminder

Benjamin Blandin discusses China’s growing use of unmanned, hybrid, and unconventional naval platforms in the Indo-Pacific.

Moderated by @marsecbradford.bsky.social

Register: www.ycaps.org/maritime-hou...

#Maritime #Taiwan #China #HybridWarfare #UnmannedVehicles

🍺YCAPS Pub Talk: “Toward a More Multicultural, Yet Still Harmonious, Japan?”

A focused discussion on Japan’s evolving immigration debate and social cohesion

New speaker added: Timothy Langley

More info below👇
www.ycaps.org/multicultura...

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YCAPS Indo-Pacific Maritime Hour continues with Benjamin Blandin on #China’s growing use of unmanned & hybrid naval platforms to assert control and create faits accomplis at sea

Moderated by @marsecbradford.bsky.social

Register: www.ycaps.org/maritime-hou...

#Marsec #Taiwan

📘 YCAPS–ICAS Talk: The Arsenal of Democracy

How can tech, industry, and allies sustain deterrence amid intensifying US–China competition?

Author Eyck Freymann on defense industry and the future of deterrence

Register below👇
www.ycaps.org/arsenal-of-d...

#Defense #IndoPacific

📕YCAPS is pleased to announce the Alliance Handbook Series with the usstudiescentre.bsky.social

1) US-Japan
@marsecbradford.bsky.social @mikebosack.bsky.social

2) Australia-Japan
@mikebosack.bsky.social

3) US- Australia
@bdherzinger.bsky.social

Access below👇
www.ycaps.org/alliance-han...

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📢Call for Applications: Maritime GENIE Cohort 3. The #Taiwan Maritime GENIE Program is now open

The program combines expert-led webinars with in-person engagement in Taiwan, focusing on maritime governance

Apply here: www.ycaps.org/blog/taiwan-...

#marsec #Policy

🍺REMIDNER: YCAPS Pub Talk tonight in Ebisu!

A conversation with filmmaker and journalist Shiori Itō and producer Eric Nyari on the making and international distribution of the award-winning documentary Black Box Diaries

www.ycaps.org/black-box-de...

#DocumentaryFilm #JapaneseCinema

🍺YCAPS Pub Talk: Toward a More Multicultural, Yet Still Harmonious Japan?

Is Japan rethinking its approach to foreign nationals—and can rights and social cohesion be balanced?

Register👇
www.ycaps.org/multicultura...

📢YCAPS Community Conversation Series: Political Turmoil in Iran : Consequences for Asia & the Globe

Prof. László Csicsmann examines Iran’s internal crisis and its regional and global fallout

Register via link below👇
www.ycaps.org/cc-fussa-feb...

#Iran #MiddleEast #Geopolitics

Improving Indonesia’s Submarine Cable Resilience | FULCRUM Indonesia has a growing network of subsea communications cables. It needs to ramp up its capacity to bolster the resilience of such critical networks.

🇮🇩 Indonesia’s digital future runs through the seabed—but its submarine cable network remains dangerously exposed

I Gusti Bagus Dharma Agastia, YCAPS Research Fellow 👇
fulcrum.sg/improving-in...

#Indonesia #DigitalInfrastructure #MaritimeSecurity #SubmarineCables

Takaichi’s political landscape for 2026 Unlike her predecessors who were consistently forced to address turmoil over the past two years, Prime Minister Takaichi will have time and capital to tackle real policy issues.

🇯🇵 Japan enters 2026 with rare political stability under PM Sanae Takaichi—but weak coalition politics, Trump-era uncertainty, and economic pressures loom

@mikebosack.bsky.social , YCAPS Special Adviser 👇
www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2...

@japantimes.co.jp
#JapanElection #Politics

🇮🇳🇯🇵 #India, #Japan & 10 Years of the Free & Open Indo-Pacific

Don't miss this special conference where leading scholars and policymakers will discuss India–Japan strategic convergence, and future directions

Register below 👇
www.ycaps.org/ycaps-india-...

#marsec #IndoPacific

📢 WEBINAR: Beer in Japan🍺

Part of YCAPS’ Getting to Know Japan series

John Chesen traces how beer developed from the Meiji-era to today’s craft revival and big-four dominance in Japan

Link below👇
www.ycaps.org/gtkj-beer-in...

#Japan #Beer #JapaneseCulture

📢 EVENT ALERT :

Will the Rules-based Order Survive Beyond Trump 2.0?

A YCAPS Community Conversation with Benjamin Ho examining how shifting US conceptions of the rules-based order are reshaping Asia

More info below👇
www.ycaps.org/cc-yokosuka-...

Indigenous Learning Recovery in Pohnpei, FSM Discover the Indigenous Learning Recovery (ILR) initiative in Pohnpei, FSM, led by Canita Rilometo-Nakamura and Pacific Resources for Education and Learning (PREL). This innovative program fosters tra...

🚨Read this article by Canita Harollyn Rilometo-Nakamura on #indigenous learning recovery in #Pohnpei👇

📖 pireport.org/2024/10/16/i...

Catch her speaking at the our next Pacific Studies Pacific Connect webinar on education this January!

🎓 ycaps.org/pc-education

📢 YCAPS Pub Talk

In-person discussion with Shiori Itō (Black Box Diaries) and producer Eric Nyari on documentary filmmaking, storytelling, and Japan's film industry

More info below 👇
ycaps.org/black-box-de...
#Japan #Documentary #BlackBoxDiaries #TokyoEvents

Climate disasters demand swift action Southeast Asia is in crisis. Less than a week after the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP30) concluded in Brazil, the region is grappling with devastating floods and landslides, underscori...

🚨Climate disasters demand swift action🚨

YCAPS Non-Resident Fellow Genevieve Donnellon-May examines why escalating floods and storms now pose a core security and economic risk for Southeast Asia

Read below 👇
www.bangkokpost.com/opinion/opin...

#ClimateSecurity #SoutheastAsia