Podcast appearances and mentions of Robert J Pekkanen

Robert Ward hosts Kristi Govella, senior advisor and Japan chair at the Centre for Strategic and International Studies and Eva Pejsova, Japan chair at the Centre for Security, Diplomacy and Strategy of the Brussels School of Governance. They review Japan's security and diplomacy in 2025. Together, they explore: The US tariffs on Japan and trade negotiations between the two countries Ishiba Shigeru's legacy as prime minister Takaichi Sanae's selection as prime minister, her cabinet appointments and the collapse of the LDP-Komeito coalition Changing security relations with the US and other countries The policy agenda for the Takaichi administration Recommended materials from our guests: Kenneth M. McElwain (ed.), Robert J. Pekkanen (ed.), Daniel M. Smith (ed.), Japan Decides 2024 (Cham: Palgrave Macmillan), 365pp. Michael J. Green, Line of Advantage: Japan's Grand Strategy in the Era of Abe Shinzō (New York: Columbia University Press), 328pp. Andrew L. Oros, Japan's Security Renaissance: New Policies and Politics for the Twenty-First Century (New York: Columbia University Press), 320pp. We hope you enjoy the episode. Please follow, rate, and subscribe to Japan Memo on your preferred podcast platform. If you have any comments or questions, please contact us at japanchair@iiss.org. Date recorded: 28th November 2025Japan Memo is recorded and produced at the IISS in London. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Robert J. Pekkanen, Steven Rathgeb Smith, and Yutaka Tsujinaka are the authors of Nonprofits and Advocacy: Engaging Community and Government in an Era of Retrenchment (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2014). Pekkanen is professor in the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies and adjunct professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Washington. Smith is executive director of the APSA and affiliate professor in the Evans School of Public Affairs at the University of Washington, and Tsujinaka is the president-elect of the Japanese Political Science Association and a professor of political science in the Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Tsukuba. This edited volume asks a simple question: Does nonprofit mean nonpolitical? The editors assemble a group of all-stars on the subject to answer that question, including: Jeffery Berry, Elizabeth Boris, and Kristin Goss. In doing so, the authors confront what they call the “double definitional dilemma” that has hampered research on the political dimensions of nonprofits in the past. The answers in this volume reflect the newest research and thinking on nonprofits and should be read by political scientists, generally, and those interested in organizations, civic participation, and representation, more specifically. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Robert J. Pekkanen, Steven Rathgeb Smith, and Yutaka Tsujinaka are the authors of Nonprofits and Advocacy: Engaging Community and Government in an Era of Retrenchment (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2014). Pekkanen is professor in the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies and adjunct professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Washington. Smith is executive director of the APSA and affiliate professor in the Evans School of Public Affairs at the University of Washington, and Tsujinaka is the president-elect of the Japanese Political Science Association and a professor of political science in the Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Tsukuba. This edited volume asks a simple question: Does nonprofit mean nonpolitical? The editors assemble a group of all-stars on the subject to answer that question, including: Jeffery Berry, Elizabeth Boris, and Kristin Goss. In doing so, the authors confront what they call the “double definitional dilemma” that has hampered research on the political dimensions of nonprofits in the past. The answers in this volume reflect the newest research and thinking on nonprofits and should be read by political scientists, generally, and those interested in organizations, civic participation, and representation, more specifically. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Robert J. Pekkanen, Steven Rathgeb Smith, and Yutaka Tsujinaka are the authors of Nonprofits and Advocacy: Engaging Community and Government in an Era of Retrenchment (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2014). Pekkanen is professor in the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies and adjunct professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Washington. Smith is executive director of the APSA and affiliate professor in the Evans School of Public Affairs at the University of Washington, and Tsujinaka is the president-elect of the Japanese Political Science Association and a professor of political science in the Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Tsukuba. This edited volume asks a simple question: Does nonprofit mean nonpolitical? The editors assemble a group of all-stars on the subject to answer that question, including: Jeffery Berry, Elizabeth Boris, and Kristin Goss. In doing so, the authors confront what they call the “double definitional dilemma” that has hampered research on the political dimensions of nonprofits in the past. The answers in this volume reflect the newest research and thinking on nonprofits and should be read by political scientists, generally, and those interested in organizations, civic participation, and representation, more specifically. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices