Thomas Wilkins

Thomas Wilkins

Senior Lecturer, Department of Government and International Relations, University of Sydney

Dr Thomas Wilkins is Senior Lecturer at the Department of Government and International Relations, University of Sydney, and Senior Fellow (currently non-resident) at the Japan Institute of International Affairs (JIIA).

People watch a television news programme reporting on the US presidential election showing images of US President-elect Joe Biden (right) and South Korean President Moon Jae-in, at a railway station in Seoul on 9 November 2020. (Jung Yeon-je/AFP)
Politics

South Korea and America’s Indo-Pacific strategy: Yes, but not quite

By Thomas Wilkins , By Jiye Kim 30 Nov 2020
Like many ASEAN member states, South Korea has sought to avoid choosing sides between China and the US. It has adopted an uneasy equidistance between the two great powers and their respective Indo-Pacific Strategy and Belt and Road Initiative power plays.