Dr David Envall
Areas of expertise
- International Relations 160607
- Government And Politics Of Asia And The Pacific 160606
- Studies Of Asian Society 169903
- Defence Studies 160604
Research interests
Japan: political leadership, foreign policy, and post-war security politics; Asia Pacific: regional security architecture, Japan-Australia relations, Japan-India relations; Foreign Policy Analysis: domestic politics and foreign policy, political leadership and diplomacy
Biography
H. D. P. (David) Envall is a Fellow / Senior Lecturer in the Department of International Relations at ANU. In addition to having worked as a copy editor and corporate editor/writer, David has formerly held appointments at Tokyo International University and La Trobe University. David has a BA (Hons) from the University of Melbourne, an MA from Hitotsubashi University, and a PhD from the University of Melbourne. His research interests include Japanese political leadership, Japan’s post-war security politics, and security in the Asia-Pacific. Find out more about David's work at hdpenvall.com.
Career highlights
Senior Fellow, Higher Education Academy, 2019-present; Honorary Associate, La Trobe University, 2015-present; Fellow, Higher Education Academy, 2016-19; Fellow, ANU Research School of Asia & the Pacific, 2011-16; Principal Investigator, MacArthur Foundation Asia Security Initiative Project (2nd round), 2014-15; ANU Research School of Asia & the Pacific Travel Grant 2014; Associate Investigator, Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence in Policing and Security, 2009-13; Postdoctoral Fellow, ANU-MacArthur Asia Security Initiative 2009–13; ANU Research School of Asia & the Pacific Travel Grant 2011; East Asia Forum Emerging Scholar Finalist, 2010; Visiting Scholar, Waseda University, 2009; Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences Research Grant, La Trobe University, 2007 & 2009; Visiting Research Fellow, Hitotsubashi University, 2007; Director of the Japan Defense Agency Prize (First Prize) for the Fifth (2000) Japan Defense Agency and Defense Research Center Foundation Essay Competition; Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Research Scholarship, 2000-04; Lionel Phillips Japanese Scholarship, 1998; Melbourne University International Scholarship, University of Melbourne, 1997.
Researcher's projects
David’s research examines Japanese foreign and security policymaking, focusing especially on the evolution of Japan’s security policy doctrines and the role of political leadership in Japanese diplomacy. He is interested in how Japanese political actors have been searching for new polices to address a more challenging Asia-Pacific security environment and is currently is pursuing several projects focusing on Japan and its engagement with the region.
Japan’s evolving security policies: An Abe Doctrine?
Is there an ‘Abe Doctrine’? And, if so, what are its central elements? This project explores the competing characterizations of Japanese security doctrine under Prime Minister Abe Shinzo. The aim is to determine where an Abe Doctrine fits within the longer-term development of Japanese security policymaking and whether it is characterized primarily by continuity or change.
Japan, ASEAN and human security
How has Japan’s approach to human security evolved over the past two decades? What has driven its policies? This project examines Japan’s application of the human security concept in the country’s engagement with Southeast Asia, especially in terms of its relationship with the Association of Southeast Asian (ASEAN) nations.
Strategic partnerships in the Asia-Pacific: Japan and Australia
The Australia-Japanese strategic partnership has become increasingly close over the past decade and is now sometimes called a ‘quasi-alliance’. The relationship, moreover, is illustrative of a wider trend towards the use of ‘strategic partnerships’ in the region. But what kind of partnership are Japan and Australia building? And what makes it ‘strategic’? This project examines how this partnership has evolved and considers the implications of the relationship for the emergence of new forms of security ‘alignment’ in the Asia-Pacific.
Available student projects
- Japanese politics and foreign policy, US-Japan relations, Sino-Japanese relations, international relations in the Indo-Pacific, foreign policy analysis, political leadership in international relations
Current student projects
Doctoral
- South Korea, Australia and middle-power security cooperation
- North Korea, the United States and nuclear weapons
Masters
- Japan, Australia and skilled migration
Past student projects
Doctoral
- The politics of US military bases in Japan
Masters
- Japanese security policy and nuclear weapons
- The security dilemma and Sino-Japanese relations
- America's strategic partners in the Indo-Pacific: India, Japan, and Australia
- US military base politics in Okinawa
- Australia's changing perceptions on the rise of China
- The 'Abe Doctrine' in Japanese foreign and security policy
Honours
- The strategic benefits of disaster diplomacy: Japan, Australia and the United States
Publications
- Books
- Envall, HDP (2015) Japanese Diplomacy: The Role of Leadership, Albany, NY: State University of New York Press.
- Refereed Articles
- Envall, HDP (2020) 'The Pacific Islands in Japan's "Free and Open Indo-Pacific": From "slow and steady" to strategic engagement?' Security Challenges, vol. 16, no. 1, pp. 65-77.
- Envall, HDP (2020) 'The "Abe Doctrine": Japan's new regional realism', International Relations of the Asia-Pacific, vol. 20, no. 1, pp. 31-59.
- Envall, HDP (2019) 'What kind of Japan? Tokyo’s strategic options in a contested Asia', Survival, vol. 61, no. 4, pp. 117-130.
- Envall, HDP (2016) 'Japan’s "pivot" perspective: Reassurance, restructuring, and the rebalance', Security Challenges, vol. 12, no. 3, pp. 5-19
- Envall, HDP and Hall, Ian (2016) 'Asian strategic partnerships: New practices and regional security governance', Asian Politics & Policy, vol. 8, no. 1, pp. 87-105.
- Envall, HDP and Ng, Kerri (2015) 'The Okinawa "effect" in US-Japan alliance politics', Asian Security, vol. 11, no. 3, pp. 225-241.
- Envall, HDP (2013) 'Underplaying the "Okinawa card": How Japan negotiates its alliance with the United States', Australian Journal of International Affairs, vol. 67, no. 4, pp. 383-402.
- Tow, William T. and Envall, HDP (2011) 'The U.S. and implementing multilateral security in the Pacific: Can convergent security work?', IFANS Review, vol. 19, no. 2, pp. 49-72.
- Envall, HDP (2011) 'Abe's fall: Leadership and expectations in Japanese politics', Asian Journal of Political Science, vol. 19, no. 2, pp. 149-169.
- Envall, HDP (2010) 'Implications for Asia in Japan's economic decline', East Asia Forum Quarterly, vol. 2, no. 3, pp. 28-29.
- Envall, HDP (2008) 'Exceptions that make the rule? Koizumi Jun'ichiro and political leadership in Japan', Japanese Studies, vol. 28, no. 2, pp. 227-242.
- Envall, HDP (2008) 'Transforming security politics: Koizumi Jun'ichiro and the Gaullist tradition in Japan', Electronic Journal of Contemporary Japanese Studies, vol. 8, no.2, art. 3.
- Book Chapters
- Envall, HDP (2021) 'Japan and the dangers of multipolarisation', in Benjamin Zala (ed) Interrogating a Multipolar Order, Manchester: Manchester University Press, forthcoming.
- Stevenson, Kate and Envall, HDP (2019) 'The "Quad" and disaster management: An Australian perspective', in Yuki Tatsumi and Jason Li (eds) International Disaster Response: Rebuilding the Quad?, Washington, DC: Stimson Center, pp. 13-23.
- Envall, HDP (2017) 'Japan: From passive partner to active ally', in Michael Wesley (ed.) Global Allies: Comparing US Alliances in the 21st Century, Canberra: ANU Press, pp. 15-30.
- Envall, HDP and Hall, Ian (2016) 'Are India and Japan potential members of the great power club?' in Joanne Wallis and Andrew Carr (eds) Asia-Pacific Security: An Introduction, Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press, pp. 63-81.
- Envall, HDP (2015) 'Clashing expectations: Strategic thinking and alliance mismanagement in Japan’, in Yoichiro Sato and Tan See Seng (eds) United States Engagement in the Asia Pacific: Perspectives from Asia, Amherst, NY: Cambria Press, pp. 61-88.
- Tow, William T. and Envall, HDP (2015) 'Australia debates American primacy in Asia’, in Yoichiro Sato and Tan See Seng (eds) United States Engagement in the Asia Pacific: Perspectives from Asia, Amherst, NY: Cambria Press, pp. 297-323.
- Envall, HDP (2015) 'Community building in Asia? Trilateral cooperation in humanitarian assistance and disaster relief’, in Yuki Tatsumi (ed.) US-Japan-Australia Security Cooperation: Prospects and Challenges, Washington, DC: Stimson Center, pp. 51-59.
- Envall, HDP (2014) 'Japan's India engagement: From different worlds to strategic partners’, in Ian Hall (ed.) The Engagement of India: Strategies and Responses, Washington DC: Georgetown University Press, pp. 39-59.
- Envall, HDP and Fujiwara, Kiichi (2012) 'Japan’s misfiring security hedge: Discovering the limits of middle-power internationalism and "strategic convergence"', in William T. Tow and Rikki Kersten (eds) Bilateral Perspectives on Regional Security: Australia, Japan and the Asia Pacific Region, Basingstoke: Palgrave MacMillan, pp. 60–76.
- Articles, Essays and Papers
- Envall, HDP (2020) 'Has Shinzo Abe left a lasting legacy?', Inside Story, 1 September.
- Envall, HDP (2019) 'The Quadrilateral Security Dialogue: Towards an Indo-Pacific order?' Policy Report, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, September.
- Envall, HDP (2018) 'Australia–Japan defence deal: noteworthy, not newsworthy', The Interpreter, 22 January.
- Taylor, Brendan and Envall, HDP (2017-18) 'A nuclear arms race in Northeast Asia?’, in Nuclear Asia, Canberra: ANU College of Asia & the Pacific, pp. 19-24.
- Envall, HDP (2017) 'What Trump Means for the Global Economy' in The Trump Administration’s First 100 Days: What Should Asia Do?, Canberra: ANU College of Asia & the Pacific, pp. 30-31
- Envall, HDP and Hall, Ian (2016) 'Strategic partnerships: helping or hindering security?' East Asia Forum, 15 June.
- Bisley, Nick and Envall, HDP (2016) 'The morning after: Australia, Japan, and the submarine deal that wasn't', Asia Pacific Bulletin, East-West Center, no. 346, 7 June.
- Envall, HDP (2016) 'Strategy under the surface of the Australia–Japan sub deal', East Asia Forum, 16 April.
- Envall, HDP and Ng, Kerri (2015) 'Will regional tensions shift the deadlock on Okinawa's military bases?' East Asia Forum, 26 August.
- Envall, HDP (2014) 'Economic and security reform in Japan: Harder than it looks', Asia Pacific Bulletin, East-West Center, no. 277, 19 August.
- Envall, HDP (2014) 'Abe’s Yasukuni visit escalates tensions in Asia', East Asia Forum, 3 January.
- Envall, HDP (2013) 'Japan’s strategic challenges in Asia', AIIA Policy Commentary, no. 15, pp. 37-43.
- Envall, HDP and Ng, Kerri (2013) 'Okinawa, the US-Japan alliance, and Asia-Pacific security', ANU-MASI Policy Background Paper, no. 11, 24 May.
- Envall, HDP (2012) 'Japan's Okinawa dilemma', Inside Story, 7 November.
- Tow, William T. and Envall, HDP (2011) 'The United States, Asia and "convergent security"', ANU-MASI Policy Background Paper, no. 7, 13 December.
- Envall, HDP (2000) 'A challenge for the JDA and JSDF: Solving the "credibility gap" in Japan's international security role', Director of the Japan Defence Agency Prize (first prize), Fifth Japan Defense Agency Essay Competition on Security Matters.
- Book Reviews
- Envall, HDP (2020) 'A review of Japan's Relations with Muslim Asia, by B. Bryan Barber', International Relations of the Asia-Pacific, 10 December, 1-4, https://doi.org/10.1093/irap/lcaa022.
- Envall, HDP (2020) 'A review of Japan's New Security Partnerships: Beyond the Security Alliance, edited by Wilhelm Vosse and Paul Midford', Journal of Japanese Studies, vol. 46, no. 2, pp. 450-54.
- Envall, HDP (2018) 'Abe's doctrine: Less pacifist? More proactive?' a review of The Abe Doctrine: Japan’s Proactive Pacifism and Security Strategy, by Daisuke Akimoto, Electronic Journal of Contemporary Japanese Studies, vol. 18, no. 3, rev. 3.
- Envall, HDP (2017) 'Is Japan still looking for leadership?', a review of Looking for Leadership: The Dilemma of Political Leadership in Japan, edited by Ryo Sahashi and James Gannon, Electronic Journal of Contemporary Japanese Studies, vol. 17, no. 3, rev. 3.
- Envall, HDP (2017) 'A review of The Evolution of the US-Japan Alliance: The Eagle and the Chrysanthemum, by Matteo Dian', Pacific Affairs, vol. 90, no. 2, pp. 358-60.
- Envall, HDP (2016) 'Reading Room: Abe's remarkable restoration', a review of The Abe Restoration: Contemporary Japanese Politics and Reformation, by Craig Mark, Australian Outlook, 6 December.
- Envall, HDP (2015) 'Japan’s ASEAN diplomacy: Beyond the "reactive state"?', a review of Japan’s ASEAN Policy: In Search of Proactive Multilateralism, by Sueo Sudo, Electronic Journal of Contemporary Japanese Studies, vol. 15, no. 3, rev. 2.
- Envall, HDP (2013) 'Reflections on governance and democracy in Asia and Japan', a review of Governance and Democracy in Asia, edited by Takashi Inoguchi and Matthew Carlson, and Japanese Politics, by Takashi Inoguchi, Electronic Journal of Contemporary Japanese Studies, vol. 13, no. 4, rev. 6.
- Envall, HDP (2013) 'A review of Japan’s Security Identity, by Bhubhindar Singh', Contemporary Southeast Asia, vol. 35, no. 3, pp. 462-464.
- Envall, HDP (2012) 'A review of The Quest for Japan's New Constitution, by Christian G. Winkler', Asian Studies Review, vol. 36, no. 2, pp. 282-284.
- Envall, HDP (2012) 'A review of The U.S. Security Alliance: Regional Multilateralism, edited by Takashi Inoguchi, G. John Ikenberry and Yoichiro Sato', Asian Politics & Policy, vol. 4, no. 2, pp. 261-263.
- Envall, HDP (2011) 'A review of Peace and Security in the Asia-Pacific: Theory and Practice, by Sorpong Peou', Pacific Affairs, vol. 84, no. 2, pp. 330-332.
- Envall, HDP (2010) 'Japan's grand strategy: Goldilocks and the search for the perfect porridge', a review of Securing Japan: Tokyo's Grand Strategy and the Future of East Asia, by Richard J. Samuels, Electronic Journal of Contemporary Japanese Studies, vol. 10, no. 1, rev. 2.
- Envall, HDP (2008) 'No trace of influence? Japan's North Korea policy and the great powers', a review of North Korea Policy: Japan and the Great Powers, edited by Linus Hagström and Marie Söderberg, Electronic Journal of Contemporary Japanese Studies, vol. 8, no. 1, rev. 1.
- Envall, HDP (2006) 'Contesting the Japanese constitution', a review of Japan's Contested Constitution: Documents and Analysis, by Glenn D. Hook and Gavan McCormack, Electronic Journal of Contemporary Japanese Studies, vol. 6, no. 2, rev. 5.
- Envall, HDP (2006) 'Travels in Japanese politics, old and new', a review of Introduction to Japanese Politics, by Louis D. Hayes, The Emptiness of Japanese Affluence, by Gavan McCormack, and Japan's Dysfunctional Democracy, by Roger W. Bowen, Electronic Journal of Contemporary Japanese Studies, vol. 6, no. 1, rev. 3.
- Envall, HDP (2003) 'Explaining Japan's international relations: The quiet diplomacy of an "Aikido State"?', a review of Japan's International Relations: Politics, Economics and Security, by Glenn D. Hook, et al., Electronic Journal of Contemporary Japanese Studies, vol. 3, no. 1, rev. 3.
- Envall, HDP (2001) 'The Japan-US alliance: Twenty-first century challenges in East Asia', a review of The Japan-U.S. Alliance: New Challenges for the Twenty-first Century, edited by Masashi Nishihara, Electronic Journal of Contemporary Japanese Studies, vol. 1, no. 1, rev. 2.
- Envall, HDP (1999) 'A review of Arming Japan: Defense Production, Alliance Politics, and the Postwar Search for Autonomy, by Michael J. Green', Australian Journal of Political Science, vol. 34, no. 3, pp.457-458.
- Selected Workshops and Conferences
- Envall, HDP (2020) 'Japan: regional power from Asia into the Indo-Pacific?' paper presented to the 9th Biennial Oceanic Conference on International Studies, 7 December.
- Envall, HDP (2018) 'What kind of Japan? Tokyo's strategic choices for a contested Asia', paper presented to the Australian Parliamentary Library Roundtable Series, Canberra, 28 March.
- Envall, HDP (2018) 'Australia and Japan: Asia's special strategic partnership' paper presented to the ANU Japan Institute and Embassy of Japan Symposium on 'Cooperation between Australia and Japan as Global Partners', Crawford School of Public Policy, ANU, Canberra, 16 February
- Envall, HDP (2017) 'Japan's military modernization: Central elements, drivers, and constraints', paper presented to the VCDF Profession of Arms Seminar, Australian Defence College, Canberra, 27 April.
- Envall, HDP (2015) 'How policy on humanitarian assistance and disaster relief has evolved in the Australia-Japan-US Trilateral Strategic Dialogue', paper presented to the Stimson Center 'US-Japan-Australia Security Cooperation' Seminar, Washington, DC, 16 April.
- Envall, HDP (2015) 'The Northeast Asian crucible: Containing conflict escalation with alliance politics', paper presented to the ANU-East West Center 'America’s Asia-Pacific Allies & Partners' Workshop, Washington, DC, 14 April.
- Envall, HDP (2014) 'America's Asian partnerships: New themes and concepts', paper presented to the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, seminar on Managing Regional Cooperation and Competition, Singapore, 6 June.
- Envall, HDP (2013) 'Australia: Between economics and security in Asia', paper presented to the International Symposium of the European and Asia-Pacific Social Science Network, 'Economic revitalization in the Asia-Pacific region and Europe', Hitotsubashi University, Tokyo, 29-30 October.
- Envall, HDP (2012) 'National security in Japan and Australia: New approaches, old problems', paper presented to the Australian Studies Association of Japan's 23rd Australian Studies Symposium on 'The Cooperative Relationship between Australia and Japan following March 11', Osaka: Osaka University, 9-10 June.
- Envall, HDP (2004) 'Leaders, politics and summits: Japanese prime ministers at the G7, 1979-83', paper presented to the Deutsches Institut für Japanstudien (DIJ) Social Science Study Group, Tokyo, 28 January.
Projects and Grants
Grants information is drawn from ARIES. To add or update Projects or Grants information please contact your College Research Office.
- America's Asian Allies: Managing Competitive and Co-operative Pressures (Secondary Investigator)