John Hemmings

John Hemmings
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John Hemmings is Director of the Asia Studies Centre at the Henry Jackson Society and an Adjunct Fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.  Prior to his doctoral studies, he was a visiting fellow at Pacific Forum CSIS and a research analyst at the Royal United Services Institute in Whitehall, working on Northeast Asia defense and security policies.

Over the duration of his doctoral research, John had a number of roles related to Asian foreign policy. In 2013 and 2015, he was the UK Secretariat for the UK-Japan 21st Century Group, and in 2015, became a founding member of the CSCAP-EU committee, based in Brussels. He has given briefings to US Forces Korea, to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, and to the UN Commission of Inquiry on Human Rights in the DPRK.

What Kim Jong-un really wants hasn’t changed
What Kim Jong-un really wants hasn’t changed
Donald Trump has leverage. Pyongyang wants something he has to help with the parlous state of the North Korean economy.
The myth of Chinese containment
The myth of Chinese containment
Beijing has fostered calculated messages to confuse Western countries about Chinese concerns, real or imagined.
Britain can be a power in Asia
Britain can be a power in Asia
The UK’s decline is no more pronounced than that of any Western nation.
A reborn quadrilateral to deter China
A reborn quadrilateral to deter China
Organising a loose strategic coalition might upset Beijing, but that's no reason not to forge ahead.
Time for Five Eyes to coordinate on Chinese tech investment
Time for Five Eyes to coordinate on Chinese tech investment
A common assessment system for the Five Eyes allies would assist in safeguarding interlinked telecommunications and high-tech sectors.
North Korea in for some Trump-style shock and awe
North Korea in for some Trump-style shock and awe
Moving the USS Carl Vinson intensifies pressure on China to break out of the current impasse. How will Beijing react to Trump’s gambit?
Tense times for South Korea, the shrimp surrounded by whales
Tense times for South Korea, the shrimp surrounded by whales
South Korea's likely next president Moon Jae-in favours an engagement-heavy approach toward North Korea that may push the US relationship into crisis, since the Trump…
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