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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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Webinar: Havpolitikk: berekraft og tryggleik sett frå Japan og Europa
Kva er dei største utfordringane knytt til berekraft og tryggleik i Indo-stillehavsregionen og i europeiske område? Og korleis skal vi takla dei?
Chinese Anger Diplomacy (ANGER)
Lar demokratier seg påvirke av offentlig kritikk fra Kina? ANGER tilnærmer seg dette spørsmålet ved å fokusere på Kinas bruk av «sinnediplomati» - offentlige og emosjonelt aggressive markeringer fra s...
Forskningsgruppen for Russland, Asia og internasjonal handel
Forskningsgruppen for Russland, Asia og internasjonal handel
Abe opp til eksamen: hva har den japanske statsministeren oppnådd?
NUPI-forsker Wrenn Y. Lindgren og Petter Y. Lindgren gir terningkast på de mest sentrale politikkområdene i denne kronikken, først publisert i Klassekampen.
WIN-WIN! with ODA-man: legitimizing development assistance policy in Japan
Official development assistance (ODA) constitutes one of Japan’s most important foreign policy instruments as it builds Japan’s global network and supports allies in the Southeast Asian region and beyond. In the context of a rising China and an increasingly severe fiscal and demographic situation at home, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) promulgated a domestic-oriented legitimation campaign featuring a popular anime character rebranded as ‘ODA-man’ to increase public understanding of and support for Japan’s ODA. Drawing on interpretivist analysis of performances at a development cooperation promotion festival, anime videos on the MOFA YouTube channel and interviews and examining the use of rhetorical strategies, this article provides an in-depth study of the promotion of one of the central instruments in Japan’s foreign policy repertoire. Though he comes off as goofy and benign, ODA-man’s messages are serious ones that reproduce dominant economic and security narratives about Japan and the world. Analysis points to both innovation and path dependency in Japan’s foreign policy repertoire; while ODA-man may be new the story he is telling, and the way that he is performing it, is very much familiar. The article further illuminates important trends in the public legitimation of foreign policy in Japan.
Japan and Arctic Security
This chapter focuses on what Arctic security means to Japan and how Japan handles the security dimension in its three-spoke approach to the Arctic, involving economic, political, and scientific factors. The chapter begins by addressing the changing understandings of what Arctic security entails. What are the historic and contemporary understandings of Arctic security? It then embarks on a discussion of Japan’s approach to the Arctic demonstrating how security fits in at traditional and nontraditional and national and international levels. How does Japan convey its position as a non-Arctic state concerned about security developments in the Arctic? Analysis is based on recent statements and activities stemming from Japan’s official Arctic Policy (2015), as well as developments in the political, research, and business sectors since 2008. The chapter concludes that, while traditional security issues in the Arctic are not the explicit framing of Japan’s Arctic policy and engagement, they do play an implicit role both on paper and in practice.
Østasiatiske giganter i handelskrig
Hvorfor i alle dager vil Japan og Sør-Korea risikere store økonomiske tap og sikkerhetspolitisk svekkelse i en så usikker tid?
The identity politics driving the Japan–South Korea trade war
Hvorfor og hvordan er identitetspolitikk en nøkkelfaktor i handelskrigen mellom Japan og Sør-Korea?
Addressing Butterfly Questions: The Planet, Plastic Pollution and Policy Pathways at Japan's G20
In its fifth year, the 2019 G20 Interfaith Forumgathered outside of Tokyo to discuss an ambitious agenda organized under the triple-P thematic of Peace, People and Planet: Pathways Forward. While each of these broad themes guided discussions both in panels and plenaries, from the Forum’s outset it became clear that a reoccurring focus would be the importance of protecting the planet in order to support its people and to promote peace. The data presented at the Forum’s inception plenary was too compelling to ignore: according to multiple speakers, planet degradation has costed approximately $US11 trillion to date. But beyond the financial aspect, the environmental and ethical considerations that go into evaluating why this is a reality were at the core of the discussions among the Forum’s interfaithleaders. This focus instigated a number of compelling “butterfly questions” where participants probed and reflected on the implicit human aspect of environmental degradation. In their discussion, speakers often referenced the postwar tale of former Japanese Emperor Hirohito’s lamentation of no longer seeing butterflies in his imperial garden due to environmental degradation. Taking this issue up with Japan’s political leadership at the time, Hirohito instigated the establishment of an environmental program to address pollution in Tokyo, leading to great results and the return of butterflies to his city garden. But in today’s multipolar system, responding to the magnitude and pace of the transnational issues of pollution and climate change on a global scale at a time when the multilateral system is perceived to be eroding seems simultaneously dire, daunting and difficult. And the likelihood of creating an environment where butterflies would like to return seems increasingly fleeting.