Eleanor Shiori Hughes

🇺🇸🇯🇵🇹🇼🇦🇺 & Pacific Islands | geoeconomics & defense | Now @csbadc, @econvue | Ex @TheAsiaGroup, @asiapolicy, @japanchair, @asianstudiesgu | RT etc ≠ E

[Eleanor Shiori Hughes @elleshii]

Hi friends! ICYMI, @WalteRiley & I just published a new piece where we interviewed former 🇯🇵Japanese PM
@AbeShinzo on his role in shaping contemporary #Japan-#Taiwan (🇯🇵🇹🇼) relations & what it should look like going fwd.

https://t.co/DwRVOoyKTq

[Eleanor Shiori Hughes @elleshii]

how astonishing ⬇️

[Stephen Dziedzic @stephendziedzic]

Wow. Long-time opposition leader Matthew Wale finally becomes Prime Minister of Solomon Islands, beating Peter Shanel Agovaka in a fairly tight vote, 26 to 22. A very emotional Wale tells gathered media outside parliament he's profoundly honoured to take the role

[Eleanor Shiori Hughes @elleshii]

A must-read deep-dive by @marianfaa & a few other @abcnews journos re Bougainville & their leadership's aspirations to achieve statehood in the not-so-distant future.

https://t.co/uQLiCfdwqX

[Eleanor Shiori Hughes @elleshii]

@MikeMillerDC @OCCRP Congratulations!!

[Eleanor Shiori Hughes @elleshii]

Many thanks @RepDonBacon for taking time out of your day to meet the AALD last week.

Our delegates received a lot of valuable insights from you on how we can collectively strengthen the 🇺🇸🇦🇺 alliance, as well as valuable advise on leadership.

[Rep. Don Bacon 🇺🇸✈️🏍️⭐️🎖️ @RepDonBacon]

Great to speak at the Australian American Leadership Dialogue with leaders from government, defense, cyber, and more, discussing leadership and the strong U.S.-Australia relationship. I’m grateful to have served alongside Australians in multiple assignments and deployments.

[Jaime Ocon 歐海美 @JaimeOcon1]

So great to participate in the Strategic Crisis Simulation @GWtweets with @OfficialBen_L.

Also, finally met @elleshii in person!

Thank you @__CJohnston__ for the invite!

[Eleanor Shiori Hughes @elleshii]

🚨 @WhiteHouse just released the Fact Sheet after POTUS met w/ 🇯🇵PM Takaichi

https://t.co/buThEKXRb8

[Eleanor Shiori Hughes @elleshii]

@drjwalk Well said.

[Richard Dunley @redunley]

I know that we often complain about how often 🇦🇺 releases new White Papers, but this might be a bit too far the other way 😂

[Eleanor Shiori Hughes @elleshii]

@redunley Couldn’t have said it better myself 😂

[Eleanor Shiori Hughes @elleshii]

In case you'd like to learn about PNG's foreign policy, you can check out this podcast I recorded last year w/ my mate Douveri Henao, who is based in Port Moresby. His wealth of knowledge on PNG's foreign policy is truly like none other.

https://t.co/t0VTktLLKC

[Eleanor Shiori Hughes @elleshii]

🇵🇬Papua New Guinea (PNG)'s leadership announced the launch of its new Foreign Policy White Paper

What is noteworthy that the last time that PNG released such document was back in 1981 - or 45 years ago!

https://t.co/jZGuaC4Hfs

[Eleanor Shiori Hughes @elleshii]

@kenmoriyasu Congrats, Ken! I look forward to following your work at the Hudson institute.

[Eleanor Shiori Hughes @elleshii]

@KirstyLNeedham Congratulations, Kirsty! 💫

[Eleanor Shiori Hughes @elleshii]

As evidenced by "🇯🇵❤️🇹🇼" , @takaichi_sanae's landslide victory is very much welcome news for the Taiwanese leadership

[Joseph Wu @josephwutw]

日本で衆議院選挙が円滑に実施されたことをお喜び申し上げます。風雪がどれだけ強くとも、民主主義は前進し続けます。また、高市首相@takaichi_sanaeの指導の下、自民党が大勝利を収められたこともお祝い申し上げます。台日関係が引き続き全面的に強化されるよう期待しています。

#台日友好
🇹🇼❤️🇯🇵

[Eleanor Shiori Hughes @elleshii]

🚨Breaking: @DeptofWar has just released the long-anticipated National Defense Strategy - the night before most of the east coast faces a formidable snowstorm ❄️

Link to the full document can be found below
⬇️⬇️⬇️

https://t.co/zAAO9IrKkF

[Eleanor Shiori Hughes @elleshii]

Joint Fact Sheet on Australia-U.S. Ministerial Consultations (AUSMIN) 2025

🇺🇸🤝🇦🇺

https://t.co/ePJ1Sw01sV

[CathVSConf☘️ @CathVSConf]

When Marcus Freeman talks, people listen.

On the @TODAYshow, he was spontaneously asked to give the crew a taste of what Notre Dame hears every day — and they were stunned.

That’s my coach 🥹☘️

[Development Intelligence Lab @devintellab]

The latest Intel asked @elleshii "Australia, South Korea, and Japan: what’s behind middle power development motivations?”

Eleanor’s experience across Japanese and Australian foreign policy informs her response this week.

Read her response here 👉 https://t.co/uqZP7uOyrP
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[Development Intelligence Lab @devintellab]

This week, on the Intel, we asked "Australia, South Korea, and Japan: what’s behind middle power development motivations?”

👉 @EconVue's @elleshii
👉 The Lab’s Richard Moore
👉 @asaninst's Yoon Young-kwan

Explore the responses: https://t.co/W3g6pk9gNl
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[Eleanor Shiori Hughes @elleshii]

🚨Breaking🚨

🇯🇵Japan's new LDP President, Takaichi Sanae is now slated to become 🇯🇵's *first* female prime minister.

This was made possible b/c the Japan Innovation Party & the LDP agreed to form a coalition at the eleventh hour.

https://t.co/eq7jGuTKMF