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- Asian Security & Military Affairs + Neoclassical Realism - Author of "Japan's Rush to the Pacific War": doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-22053-1 - Managing Editor of Asian Security - Website: lionelfatton.com

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Lionel Fatton @lionelfatton.bsky.social · 22h
Pleased to come across this review of our 2019 co-authored book, "Japan’s Awakening," by Reinhard Biedermann, published in Asien: The German Journal on Contemporary Asia (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Asienforschung). asienforschung.de/article/lion...
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Lionel P. Fatton und Oreste Foppiani: Japan’s Awakening: Moving toward an Autonomous Security Policy. | Reinhard Biedermann | Deutsche Gesellschaft für Asienforschung e.V. (DGA)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.11588/asien.2025.174/175.29470
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Lionel Fatton @lionelfatton.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
The Trump-Xi summit will be consequential not only because of the issues on the agenda, including Iran, the trade truce, and AI, but also because it will test the strength of US-Japan alignment. 1/3 english.kyodonews.net/articles/-/8...
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Takaichi, Trump planning meeting in U.S. on Tues.: diplomatic sources
The Japanese and U.S. governments are planning for Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and President Donald Trump to have talks on Tuesday, when they are expected to be at the U.N. General Assembly in New Y...
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Lionel Fatton @lionelfatton.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
A draft of #Japan forthcoming Defense Buildup Program allocates ¥9 trillion ($60 billion) to stand-off and counterstrike capabilities and calls for 52,000 unmanned assets, including 10,000 long-range ground-attack UAVs, over FY2027-2031. Tokyo is sharpening its spear. www.47news.jp/14951948.html
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【独自】無人装備5万機導入検討 反撃能力強化に9兆円試算
政府が年末に改定する安全保障関連3文書の一つ、防衛力整備計画の素案が判明した。2027~31年度の5年間で、長距離攻撃や情報収集などに活用する無人アセット(装備品)について、約5万2千機の導入を検討 ...
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Lionel Fatton @lionelfatton.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Preparing for #EISAPEC26 🎉 I'll present “Navigating Structural Dependencies: A Neoclassical Realist Understanding of Japan's Belated Rearmament” at the REAL panel, "Structure, Strategy and Change: Investigating Great Power Politics in Flux" (what a panel!). Wednesday from 14:00 to 15:30 in C4.01.
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Lionel Fatton @lionelfatton.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Toujours un plaisir d'être cité aux côtés d'un ami, en l'occurrence Thierry Theurillat, ici dans un article consacré à l'optimisation de l'accord de libre-échange entre la Suisse et la Chine par Keystone-ATS. www.arcinfo.ch/suisse/nouve...
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Nouvel accord commercial: les négociations entre la Suisse et la Chine ont abouti
Le conseiller fédéral chargé de l’économie, Guy Parmelin, et son homologue chinois ont annoncé jeudi que les négociations sur un nouvel accord commercial avaient abouti. La quasi-totalité des exportat...
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Lionel Fatton @lionelfatton.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
I've rarely seen such a discrepancy in Japanese media coverage, and these are not fringe outlets. Having spent 10 years as a foreign correspondent for Kyodo News, I know the landscape fairly well. 1/3
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Lionel Fatton @lionelfatton.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
📢Asian Security's 2nd issue of 2026 is out! Articles on #China’s ontological insecurity, its changing approach to #DPRK nuclear program, cognitive warfare vs. #Taiwan, #India’s internal balancing & a review essay on US strategic drift in the Indo-Pacific. Link 👉 www.tandfonline.com/toc/fasi20/2...
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Asian Security
Volume 22, Issue 2 of Asian Security
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Lionel Fatton @lionelfatton.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Excellent article by Swissinfo, which partly builds on a piece Simona Grano & I published last year on Switzerland’s expertise gap in Asia studies (link in the article). I genuinely believe we need a serious discussion about the bottom‑up principle of @sbfi.admin.ch. www.swissinfo.ch/eng/foreign-...
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Why Swiss China scholars can’t build the China expertise they need
Discover how research efforts in China are affected by monitoring and reticence among academic peers, as noted by Swiss China scholars.
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Lionel Fatton @lionelfatton.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
Took part yesterday in a stellar workshop on the globalization of NCR, where I presented on Japan’s balancing patterns & structural modifiers. Collegial atmosphere & stimulating discussions. Thanks to @lucerioli.bsky.social, Michiel Foulon & @thomasjuneau.bsky.social for putting this together!
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ChinaObservers @chinaobservers.eu · 03/06/2026
⚡Then we experienced a city-wide electricity blackout! Ass. Prof. @lionelfatton.bsky.social (Webster University, Meiji University), delivered his lecture on Japan's Indo-Pacific Playbook in a very unique outside setting.
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Lionel Fatton @lionelfatton.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Passage très matinal dans La Matinale de la RTS pour parler du sommet Xi Jinping - Donald Trump. Au menu: changement des rapports de force Chine/États-Unis, Taiwan, Iran. www.rts.ch/play/tv/-/vi...
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La rencontre entre Xi Jinping et Donald Trump a-t-elle été un succès pour les deux pays? Interview de Lionel Fatton - La Matinale - Play RTS
Interview de Lionel Fatton, professeur associé en relations internationales à l'Université Webster de Genève.
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Lionel Fatton @lionelfatton.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Three highlights from an amazing trip to Singapore: - Stimulating exchanges with students and faculty at RSIS (NTU). - Great lunch with Chin-Hao Huang (NUS), the Asian Security editorial team partly reunited. - Exploring some incredible places (cocktail bars deserve a special mention).
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Lionel Fatton @lionelfatton.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
I was delighted to give a guest lecture on China-Taiwan dynamics in the context of Carmen Chas’s Foreign Policy Analysis course. My 1st time at Universidad Pontificia Comillas was wonderful: impressive architecture & great students who asked very pertinent questions. And Madrid is true to itself!
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Lionel Fatton @lionelfatton.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Asian Security (@tandfresearch.bsky.social) has joined LinkedIn. Do follow us‼️ www.linkedin.com/company/asia...
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Asian Security | LinkedIn
Asian Security | 33 followers on LinkedIn. Asian Security aims to be the foremost journal on all aspects of national and international security in Asia. | Asian Security aims to be the foremost journa...
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Lionel Fatton @lionelfatton.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
📢 Asian Security's 1st issue of 2026 is out! Featuring articles on #Japan defense transformation along the 1st Island Chain, #Singapore AI strategy, #Indonesia Vs #Philippines conflict resolution policies & the impact of #China presence in #Laos + #Cambodia. www.tandfonline.com/toc/fasi20/2...
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Asian Security
Volume 22, Issue 1 of Asian Security
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Lionel Fatton @lionelfatton.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Quelques mots à la RTS sur la condamnation de Jimmy Lai. Affaire importante et dont l'issue était inéluctable parce qu'inscrite dans une tendance structurelle commencée en 2014. Voir aussi mon opinion dans @letemps.ch 👉🏼 www.letemps.ch/opinions/hon... www.rts.ch/play/tv/-/vi...
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La condamnation de Jimmy Lai signe-t-elle la fin de la liberté de la presse à Hong Kong? Interview de Lionel Fatton (vidéo) - Forum - Play RTS
Interview de Lionel Fatton, professeur associé en relations internationales au campus genevois de Webster.
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Lionel Fatton @lionelfatton.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
New START - the last treaty limiting strategic nuclear forces between #Russia and the #US - has collapsed. As pundits debate the consequences & likelihood of a trilateral agreement with #China (by the way, Beijing is allergic to the very term "arms control"), it is worth scrutinizing the causes. 1/3
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Lionel Fatton @lionelfatton.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Quoted in this @asharqbusiness.bsky.social article on #China failed attempts (so far) to drive a wedge between the #US and its allies (e.g. #Canada) and between these allies themselves (e.g. #SouthKorea / #Japan). asharq.co/jvg8n
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وسط انقسام بشأن "نهج ترمب".. كيف تغير الصين خريطة التحالفات الغربية؟
مع تراجع ثقة أوروبا تجاه أميركا بعد أزمة جرينلاند، تتجه الصين لملء "فراغ واشنطن".
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Lionel Fatton @lionelfatton.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
Un plaisir d'être intervenu hier dans un Objectif Monde (@tv5monde.bsky.social) sur la Corée du Sud aux côtés de Marie-Orange Rivé et Benjamin Joinau. Merci à Dominique Laresche pour l'invitation! Lien 👉 www.tv5mondeplus.com/fr/info-et-s...
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Lionel Fatton @lionelfatton.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
The Conflict Barometer 2024 is out‼️Published by the Institute for International Conflict Research @uniheidelberg.bsky.social, it documents dynamics of political conflicts worldwide in 2024. Happy to have been member of the Advisory Board focusing on Asia & Oceania. Link: hiik.de/conflict-bar... 1/3
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Lionel Fatton @lionelfatton.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
Asian Security's 3rd and last issue of 2025 is out❗ Featuring articles on the strategic revival of #UN Command, #China economic statecraft in #SoutheastAsia, #CentralAsia reactions to #Russia invasion of #Ukraine & attacks on Chinese citizens in #Pakistan. www.tandfonline.com/toc/fasi20/2...
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Asian Security
Volume 21, Issue 3 of Asian Security
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Lionel Fatton @lionelfatton.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
Join us tomorrow for a Career Talk (hybrid) & Networking @gvagrad.bsky.social in the context of the #GenevaForumonEastAsia2025, organized by the Contemporary East Asia Studies Initiative (CEAS)❗
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Lionel Fatton @lionelfatton.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
My latest article "Plea for a Relationalist Operationalization of the Realist Structure" has been published open access in Stosunki Międzynarodowe – International Relations♨️ 1/2 internationalrelations-publishing.org/articles/5-28
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Lionel Fatton @lionelfatton.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
The latest issue of Asian Security is out❗ Featuring articles on #Singapore & #UAE military self-reliance strategies, #Indonesia defense acquisition, #ASEAN institutional balancing and Indonesia & #Malaysia’s foreign policy towards the persecution of Muslims. www.tandfonline.com/toc/fasi20/c...
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Asian Security
Volume 21, Issue 2 of Asian Security
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Lionel Fatton @lionelfatton.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
Passages rapides aux 12h45 & 19h30 de la RTS pour parler de la parade militaire chinoise à l'occasion du 80e anniversaire de la capitulation du Japon & des relations #Chine-#Russie-#CoréeduNord. 12h45 => www.rts.ch/play/tv/-/vi... www.rts.ch/play/tv/-/vi...
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Xi Jinping, Vladimir Poutine et Kim Jong-un réunis à Pékin. La réaction de Lionel Fatton - 19h30 - Play RTS
Play RTS vous permet de visionner ou d'écouter de nombreuses émissions tv ou radio, quand et aussi souvent que vous le souhaitez.
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Lionel Fatton @lionelfatton.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
Quelques mots sur le sommet de l'Organisation de coopération de Shanghai au micro de Forum (RTS). www.rts.ch/audio-podcas...
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Une nouvelle gouvernance face à l'Occident se forme au sommet de Tianjin, en Chine: interview de Lionel Fatton
Interview de Lionel Fatton, professeur assistant en relations internationales à l'Université Webster de Genève.
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Lionel Fatton @lionelfatton.bsky.social · 30/08/2025
Quoted on next week's military parade in Beijing in Svenska Dagbladet. 3 take-aways: 1) Kim Jong-un's attendance is a victory for #NorthKorea: the multilateral setting symbolizes the end of its ostracization & its growing importance as a pivotal state in int'l politics. www.svd.se/a/eM31EM/kim...
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Kim deltar i toppmöte – kan bryta isoleringen
Rivalitet mellan älskvärdheterna väntar när världens diktatorstrojka sammanstrålar på toppmöte nästa vecka. Det tror Asienkännaren Lionel Fatton. ”Redan nu finns en oväntad segrare”, säger han.
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Lionel Fatton @lionelfatton.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
Delighted to announce I’m Managing Editor of Asian Security from today onward, taking over @manjeetsp.bsky.social. Looking forward to working with a fantastic editorial team and to receiving your drafts‼️ But first, direction @europeanisa.bsky.social’s #EWIS2025. www.tandfonline.com/journals/fas...
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Asian Security
Publishes on national and international security in Asia, covering traditional and new issues like interstate warfare, national defense policies and more.
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Lionel Fatton @lionelfatton.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
Un plaisir d'être intervenu dans Objectif Monde L'hebdo aux côtés de Dominique Laresche et François Mazure pour parler de Taïwan, des tensions avec la Chine et des perspectives d'un conflit dans le détroit. Lien 👉 www.youtube.com/live/TPqBwMf... @tv5monde.info #Chine #Taiwan
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Lionel Fatton @lionelfatton.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
The English-expanded version of an opinion Simona Grano and I wrote to warn about the glaring lack of academic expertise on #Asia in #Switzerland was published by #Swissinfo. 1/x www.swissinfo.ch/eng/foreign-...
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The expertise gap: Swiss academia needs more competencies in Asia studies
Switzerland must invest more in Asia studies. This is key for it to remain globally competitive, argue Simona Grano and Lionel Fatton.
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Lionel Fatton @lionelfatton.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Simona Grano et moi-même publions une opinion @letemps.ch et Corriere del Ticino sur la nécessité de combler le déficit d’expertise suisse en études asiatiques. Nous y soulignons le retard pris par rapport à nos voisins européens, surtout en ce qui concerne... 1/x www.letemps.ch/opinions/deb...
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De la nécessité de combler le déficit d’expertise suisse en études asiatiques - Le Temps
OPINION. La Suisse manque d’institutions académiques abordant spécifiquement la géopolitique et les relations internationales de l’Asie, ce qui expose le gouvernement à des perceptions erronées et don...
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Lionel Fatton @lionelfatton.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
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To lecture military officers is one of my most rewarding and important… | Lionel Fatton
To lecture military officers is one of my most rewarding and important professional activity. ➡️ Rewarding because I can confront my rather theoretical knowledge and arguments with the viewpoints of p...
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Lionel Fatton @lionelfatton.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Excellent article @japantimes.co.jp. #Taiwan DepFonMin Wu: “We see that #Japan is becoming more and more involved in regional security issues, and strongly welcome this initiative.” Relatedly, I can't but recommend this article 😁: doi.org/10.1080/1479... www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03...
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Taiwan’s No. 2 diplomat seeks higher-level ‘unofficial’ Japan meetings as ties grow
Taipei has been shifting away from its competition with China over formal recognition, focusing instead on pragmatism to circumvent diplomatic obstacles.
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Lionel Fatton @lionelfatton.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
Wrap-up of what was certainly my most intense ISA to date #ISA2025 In addition to presenting my work on spheres of influence and international hierarchies, I participated in a roundtable on Neoclassical realism and chaired two panels on alliances and international dynamics in the Indo-Pacific. 1/3
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Lionel Fatton @lionelfatton.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
After San Francisco, Chicago! On display again at #ISA2025 @isanet.bsky.social 😁
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Luíza Cerioli @lucerioli.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
Hey #ISA2025 folks, the early bird gets the..worm? Is that how it goes? Either way, today we kick of at 8:15h with the roundtable on #ncr diversity, pluralism and geographic regions! Join me, @thomasjuneau.bsky.social @lionelfatton.bsky.social and more
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Lionel Fatton @lionelfatton.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
#ISA2025 people, mark in your convention calendar what promises to be 2 terrific roundtables on Neoclassical realism & its analytical breadth 🔥 1) “Can it be Geographically and Positionally Diverse?” (SA70) chaired by @lucerioli.bsky.social & @thomasjuneau.bsky.social, Sunday, 8:15-10am, at PR 904.
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Lionel Fatton @lionelfatton.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
Cité pour la 1ère fois par le magazine économique Bilan sur les relations #Suisse-#Chine-#ÉtatsUnis. Étant spécialisé en relations internationales, c'est une preuve parmi d'autres du retour en force de la géoéconomie sur la scène internationale. www.bilan.ch/story/libre-...
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Libre-échange: Trump s’immiscera-t-il dans nos relations avec la Chine?
Le pouvoir de nuisance du président américain peut entraver les relations commerciales entre la Suisse et l’Empire du Milieu et peser sur le renouvellement de l’accord de libre-échange.
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Lionel Fatton @lionelfatton.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
2 Russian Tu-95 bombers, each accompanied by a fighter, making U-turns near Japan while 1 anti-submarine warfare aircraft patrols the Sea of Japan. This China-in-Taiwan Strait type of trajectories began, to my knowledge, in summer 2024.
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Lionel Fatton @lionelfatton.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
📢Call for papers #EWIS2025 @europeanisa.bsky.social for what promises to be a stellar Realism x Ukraine workshop! Check "WS P" on the list of workshops and submit! eisa-net.org/workshops-ew...
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Workshops | EISA
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Lionel Fatton @lionelfatton.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
Great to be back at my alma mater UNIGE for the Swiss Political Science Association's Annual Congress, where I presented my research on the conceptualization of spheres of influence through int’l hierarchies. Progress being made! Next stop, @isanet.bsky.social’s Annual Convention.
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Tobias Harris @tobiasharris.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
Japan supports a movement to establish a permanent TPP secretariat and would like to host it. www.sankei.com/article/2025...
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<独自>TPPに常設の事務局検討 日本政府、国内設置に意欲 議長国の負担増大
アジア太平洋を中心とした12カ国でつくる環太平洋戦略的経済連携協定(TPP)で事務局設置が検討されていることが7日、明らかになった。トランプ次期米政権の保護主…
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Lionel Fatton @lionelfatton.bsky.social · 04/01/2025
1ère apparition médiatique en 2025 dans Forum (RTS) pour parler de l’impasse politique en #CoréeduSud et de ses conséquences sociales et géopolitiques. 1/2 www.rts.ch/play/tv/-/vi...
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Forum - Qui sont les partisans "trumpistes" du président sud-coréen Yoon Suk-yeol? Interview de Lionel Fatton - Play RTS
Interview de Lionel Fatton, professeur assistant en Relations internationales au Campus genevois de Webster.
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Lionel Fatton @lionelfatton.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
That's rare enough to be worthy of note: I (almost) completely agree. www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
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Why China Isn’t Scared of Trump
U.S.-Chinese tensions may rise, but Washington’s isolationism will help Beijing.
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Lionel Fatton @lionelfatton.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
Happy to have been, this year again, member of the Advisory Board of “Conflict Barometer,” focusing on Asia & Oceania. Published by Heidelberg Institute for International Conflict Research, it records dynamics of political conflicts (369) worldwide in 2023. Link: hiik.de/conflict-bar...
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Lionel Fatton @lionelfatton.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
Joint Sword-2024C?
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Lionel Fatton @lionelfatton.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
Quelques mots pour la RTS sur la loi martiale en #CoréeduSud et son importance dans le système d’alliances américain. Une remarque aussi sur la fatigue démocratique, qui s’exprime de plus en plus par des confrontations exécutifs/législatifs, e.g. #France. www.rts.ch/play/tv/-/vi...
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19h30 - Le coup de force avorté du président coréen fait l'effet d'une bombe en Asie. Les explications du professeur Lionel Fatton - Play RTS
Play RTS vous permet de visionner ou d'écouter de nombreuses émissions tv ou radio, quand et aussi souvent que vous le souhaitez.
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Lionel Fatton @lionelfatton.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
Russian Kilo-class submarine spotted off Philippines' Mindoro province on Thursday sailed near Japan's Yonaguni this morning, allegedly en route to Vladivostok. Navigated on the surface in line with innocent passage provision.
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Lionel Fatton @lionelfatton.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
Can we stop referring to China's 9-dash line, given that it's a 10-dash line?
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Lionel Fatton @lionelfatton.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
💥Latest academic publication💥 “Sailing close to the wind: Japan’s forward deterrence posture toward the Taiwan Strait” doi.org/10.1080/1479...
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Sailing close to the wind: Japan’s forward deterrence posture toward the Taiwan Strait
Some scholars claim that Japan’s 2022 documents mark a critical juncture in security policy. Is this the case? I argue for a positive answer but, based on deterrence concepts, not for the reasons a...
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