Dr. John Hemmings is a returning professor at the College of Security Studies at DKI-APCSS, having previously worked here from 2019 to 2022. He specializes in US alliances and strategic competition, with a particular focus on Indo-Pacific Strategies, the US-Japan Alliance, AUKUS, the FVEY, the Quad, and other minilaterals.
Prior to assuming this role, Dr. Hemmings led research programs on the Indo-Pacific at the Pacific Forum, Henry Jackson Society, and RUSI in London. He has given evidence to two separate Parliamentary UK Defence Committee inquiries on the Indo-Pacific and provided bespoke briefings across Whitehall. He is a James Cooke Fellow at the Council on Geostrategy and an adjunct fellow in the Japan Chair at CSIS in Washington, DC.
He holds associate fellowships with Pacific Forum, CSIS, and the Council on Geostrategy. His commentary has been featured on international media, such as the BBC, Sky News, and the Financial Times, and he is a regular op-ed writer for the Telegraph newspaper. His research has been published in various policy and academic journals. He gained his PhD in international relations from the London School of Economics in 2017.
Dr. Hemming’s Publications:
- Should the Quad Become a Formal Alliance?
- Quad Plus and Indo-Pacific: The Changing Profile of International Relations
- Canada Can Do Much More With Its Five Eyes Allies To Respond To China And Russia’s Global Threats
- U.S. Command and Control across the Spectrum of Gray-Zone Operations in the East China Sea
- The Sino-Russian Approach to the Maritime: A Mare Clausem System?
- Measuring Shinzo Abe’s Impact on the Indo-Pacific
- Hindsight, Insight, Foresight: Thinking about Security in the Indo-Pacific.
- Pacific Trident III: The Strengths and Weaknesses of the U.S. Alliance System Under Gray Zone Operations
- The COVID-19 Crisis and the Coming Cold War
- DKI APCSS Associate Professor Co-Authors Article with Intern
