Yesterday afternoon International Security Program Director Euan Graham spoke with prominent Japanese Sinologist Seiichiro Takagi, Senior Research Advisor at the Japan Institute of International Affairs, on the Chinese Communist Party's upcoming 19th National Congress, President Xi Jinping's relationship with the People's Liberation Army, how the Trump Administration is influencing regional security in Asia, Japan's future role in the region, and Japan's bilateral relationships with China, the US and Australia.
Quick comment: Seiichiro Takagi on China, Trump and Japan-Australia relations
Yesterday afternoon Euan Graham spoke with prominent Japanese Sinologist Seiichiro Takagi.

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson in conversation with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi at the G-20 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in Germany, 2017 (Photo: Flickr/US Embassy in Germany)
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