Giulio Pugliese

Commentaries by Giulio Pugliese

Giulio Pugliese

King’s College London, War Studies

Giulio specialises in the politics, both domestic and international, of the Asia-Pacific with a focus on Japan, China and the United States. He has presented at a variety of venues, and published articles and contributing chapters concerning academic, policy-oriented and commercial themes in Italy, the U.S. and Japan. His most recent, co-authored work, Sino-Japanese Power Politics: Might, Money, Minds (Palgrave Macmillan, 2017), will soon be translated into Korean. Most of his writings are available at: https://kcl.academia.edu/GiulioPugliese; Twitter handle: @PugliesAsia.

The Military Dimension of the “Free and Open Indo-Pacific”
Mar 29 , 2018
The “Free and Open Indo-Pacific” strategy is aimed at deterring Chinese coercion by deepening alliances and strategic partnerships. To this end, Japan has enhanced military cooperation with partners such as the United States and India to balance against Beijing’s more assertive foreign and security policy under Xi Jinping.
Indo-Pacific South China Sea East China sea Freedom of Navigation
China-Japan-U.S. Relations under the Xi, Abe and Trump Leaderships
Feb 09 , 2018
Following the opening salvos of U.S. tariffs on solar panels and washing machines, the Trump administration may now also push for a more muscular China policy, to the benefit of Japan’s dealing with China. Make no mistake: while Japan and China relations show signs of a minor détente in the making, this year will witness continued strategic rivalry and the fleshing out of opposing visions of regional, if not global, order.
China-US-Japan Relations Donald Trump