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TOLU
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Regional order, alliance politics and strategic dynamics across Northeast Asia.
Northeast Asia remains a central arena of strategic competition, economic interdependence and great-power rivalry. TOLU examines regional order, alliance politics, great-power contestation, and the evolving relationships of China, Russia, Japan, the Korean Peninsula and Mongolia within a wider global context.
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Political economy, diplomacy and Northeast Asian order.
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The Russian Far East in Northeast Asian security and economic relations.
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Third-neighbour diplomacy, land connectivity and regional agency.
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Alliance politics, economic security and engagement beyond Northeast Asia.
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Peninsula diplomacy, northern policy and regional economic strategy.
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Security, diplomacy and the information environment on the Peninsula.
Latest Topics
Northeast Asia
Ongoing
U.S. force posture, Japanese and Korean defence reviews, and changing threat perceptions are recasting how alliances coordinate in Northeast Asia. The project tracks missile defence, basing and joint planning, and asks what these shifts mean for crisis stability, extended deterrence and the room smaller partners still have to set their own security priorities.
Read topic →Northeast Asia
Ongoing
Ulaanbaatar still frames its foreign policy around “third neighbors” beyond China and Russia—the United States, Japan, Korea and Europe—while trade, energy and transit remain tightly bound to the two giants. The project asks how far this diplomacy can offset economic dependence, and where security exposure reappears in mining, railways and airspace.
Read topic →Regional Order
Economic Security
Cross-regional Linkages
Critical Minerals
Trade Circulation
Religion and Culture
