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Wrenn Yennie Lindgren
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Wrenn Yennie Lindgren er seniorforsker og leder for NUPIs forskningssenter på Asia (NCAR). Hun er også tilknyttet forsker ved Utrikespolitiska institutet (UI) i Stockholm.
Lindgrens forskningsinteresser inkluderer analyse av utenrikspolitikk, internasjonale relasjoner i Øst- og Sørøst-Asia, politikk og utenrikspolitikk i Japan, samt asiatiske interesser og diplomati i Arktis.
Hennes seneste forskningsprosjekter har undersøkt Japans utenriks- og sikkerhetspolitiske legitimitet, maktforhold knyttet til infrastruktur og respons på Kinas Belt and Road-initiativ (BRI), Japans deltakelse i flernasjonale fora, inkludert forholdet mellom NATO og Japan, identitetspolitikk i mellom Kina og Japan, energisamarbeid mellom Japan og Russland, Japans engasjement i Sørøst-Asia, og alternative allianser i Sørøst-Asia. I tillegg har Lindgren arbeidet med spørsmål knyttet til diplomati mellom Asia og Arktis siden hun begynte ved NUPI i 2013.
Lindgren leder for tiden det forskningsprosjektet "Roads to Power? The political effects of infrastructure projects in Asia (ROADS)", som er finansiert av Norges forskningsråd (NFR). Hun er også en av lederne for det internasjonale Nordforsk-prosjektet "Coercive and Emotional Diplomacy in East Asia: Japanese Responses", og tatt del i både utforming og forskning i NFR-prosjektene "Chinese Anger Diplomacy (ANGER)" og "China and Evolving Multilateral Craftmanship in the Age of Digitalization (CHIMULTI)".
Hennes vitenskapelige arbeid er blitt publisert i tidsskrifter som The Pacific Review, The Hague Journal of Diplomacy, Japanese Journal of Political Science, Asian Perspective, Asian Politics & Policy, International Quarterly for Asian Studies, Polar Geography og Journal of Eurasian Studies. Hun var medredaktør for boken China and Nordic Diplomacy (Routledge, 2018) og skrev kapitler om Japan til bøkene Kinship in International Relations (Routledge, 2018) og The Routledge Handbook of Arctic Security (Routledge, 2020).
Lindgren har en doktorgrad i internasjonale relasjoner fra Stockholms universitet og mastergrader i internasjonale studier fra Monterey Institute of International Studies i USA samt Asia- og Midtøsten-studier fra Universitetet i Oslo. Hun har gjort omfattende feltarbeid i Japan og var Japan Foundation Fellow ved Meiji University fra 2018 til 2019, samt gjesteforsker ved Waseda University Graduate School of Asia Pacific Studies (GSAPS) i Tokyo.
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2016-2021 Stockholm University, PhD in International Relations
2016-2019 Visiting Researcher and Japan Foundation Fellow, Meiji University, Tokyo
2012-2014 University of Oslo, MPhil Asia and Middle East Studies
2007-2010 Monterey Institute of International Policy Studies, MA International Policy Studies
2009-2010 Waseda University Graduate School of Asia Pacific Studies, Tokyo, Visiting Graduate Student
2008-2009 The Inter-University Center for Japanese Language Studies, Stanford University, Yokohama
2004-2007 Pepperdine University, BA International Studies and French
Arbeidserfaring
2021- Senior Research Fellow, NUPI
2017- Associate Fellow, Swedish Institute of International Affairs (UI)
2013-2021 Research Fellow, NUPI
2016-2017 Visiting Research Fellow, Swedish Institute of International Affairs (UI)
2011-2013 Communication Consultant, Freelance
2011 Junior Fellow, Office of the Rector, United Nations University (UNU), Tokyo
2010 APEC Liaison, Economic Section, U.S. Embassy Tokyo, U.S. Department of State
2010 Intern, Political Section, U.S. Embassy Tokyo, U.S. Department of State
2007-2008 Graduate Research Assistant, East Asia Nonproliferation Program, James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies
2005-2007 Teaching Assistant, French Department, Pepperdine University
2006 Intern Analyst, International Affairs and Trade Section, U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO)
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Tøm alle filtreReinforcing Trust, Evoking Nostalgia and Contrasting China: Japan's Foreign Policy Repertoire and Identity Construction in Myanmar
In the immediate aftermath of the military coup in Myanmar in February 2021, Western countries and the EU condemned the coup, imposed targeted sanctions against military leaders and military-owned companies, and redirected essential humanitarian aid to NGOs. Japan, however, chose to neither align with its democratic allies nor completely suspend its aid. Despite a long and complicated pre-war history and limited engagement after 1988, Japan-Myanmar relations experienced a resurgence between 2012 and 2021. This article contends that one key driving force in contemporary relations is identity construction. Drawing on the literature on relational identity and foreign policy repertoires, the article demonstrates how the discursive statements and embodied practices of a network of Japanese identity entrepreneurs activate, negotiate, and renegotiate the identities of the Japanese Self and its Others. Through an analysis of interviews conducted with elite stakeholders in Myanmar and Japan, the article studies Japan’s constructed identity as an economic great power and post-war development pioneer, peace promoter, and diplomatic mediator. It finds that Japan constructs its identity temporally in terms of nostalgia (natsukashisa) and a longing for a time when Japan was a post-war industrial powerhouse, but also spatially in terms of Japan’s legal, moral, and industrial superiority over other countries involved in Myanmar’s development, in particular vis-à-vis China.
Understanding Xi Jinping’s China
Over a year into Xi Jinping’s historic third five-year term as President, China continues to make headlines worldwide. Many of these headlines now...
Hvordan forstå Xi Jinpings Kina?
Frokostseminar: USA og geopolitikk
Kenneth R. Weinstein gir oss et innblikk i amerikansk utenrikspolitikk på dette seminaret.
Kina og multilateral styring i digitaliseringens tidsalder (CHIMULTI)
Hvilke internasjonale organisasjoner tar ansvar for digital teknologi (digitek) og hvordan jobber stormakter for å oppnå innflytelse i disse organisasjonene? Det er det ledende temaet vi studerer i CH...
All Quiet on the Northern Front? Russian Media Coverage of Russia-China Arctic Cooperation
Dette forskningsnotatet undersøker dekningen av Kinas interesser og aktiviteter i Russlands arktiske områder i myndighetenes offisielle avis, Rossiiskaya gazeta. Notatet diskuterer hvordan avisens dekning kan bidra til mer kunnskap om Russlands tilnærming til Kina i Arktis.
Do regime differences shape developmental engagement? How China and Japan compete in post-coup Myanmar
The 2021 military coup in Myanmar has left the country significantly isolated on the world stage. Politically, foreign governments have avoided recognizing the junta rulers, although quasi-official engagement is still underway. Economically, foreign investments into Myanmar have dropped by 42% from 2021 to 2022, off levels that had already massively decreased since the 2017 Rohingya expulsion. However, despite the international outcry over the new regime’s open warfare against civilians and the escalating violence in Myanmar’s multi-front civil war, both China and Japan have remained engaged in development cooperation, pursuing ambitious projects for economic corridors and special economic zones (SEZs) that were contracted under the deposed civilian government; in the case of China, even some new projects have been launched.
Anarchy is a Bridge: Russia and China are Pushing NATO and Japan Together
After nearly 70 years of distant relations, security ties between NATO and Japan are flourishing. A number of important initiatives have recently been adopted, including high-level political dialogues, joint military training, and cooperation in science, technology, and cyber security. This article considers recent developments in NATO-Japan relations and in particular their origins, drivers and implications.
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