Research

In the media
May 2025

LAC researcher Nicolas Blarel appeared in a multiple NRC articles about the current political tensions between India and Pakistan. After the attack in Kashmir, tensions between the two countries have been rising. As a result, Pakistan is expecting a military…

In the media
April 2025

LAC onderzoeker Friso Dubbelboer is aan het woord in een artikel van Het Financieele Dagblad. In dit artikel bespreekt hij China’s uitbreiding in de Gele Zee. Hij bestudeert China’s ‘visserij-installaties’ in een door China en Zuid-Korea betwiste zone in de…

In the media
April 2025

Recently, a new article of Vincent Chang was published in The Diplomat. In this article, he analyses the recent commemorations in Europe and China of the 140,000 Chinese men who came to Europe during the First World War to support…

Technology
April 2025

READ THE REPORT By Guangyu Qiao-Franco and Annelotte van Beek. This report equips foreign policymakers with a clearer understanding of China’s artificial intelligence (AI) strategy in this evolving regulatory landscape. When OpenAI released ChatGPT in November 2022, the impact and…

Culture and Society
April 2025

READ THE REPORT By Emily Boon. Japan has publicly committed to creating “a society where all people can exercise their abilities and find their lives worth living,” and to combating “prejudice and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity”…

Security
April 2025

READ THE REPORT By Anoma van der Veere. In recent years, Japan has identified several major risks to its national security and perceives its strategic environment as becoming increasingly unstable. As a result, Japan has enacted transformative defense reforms, including…