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Bucket-wheel excavators mine rare earth materials on Ukrainian soil on February 25, 2025, in the Zhytomyr region of Ukraine. (Kostiantyn Liberov via Getty Images)
Associate Professor, University of Sydney
Thomas Wilkins is Associate Professor at the University of Sydney where he focuses on Australian and Japanese strategic and foreign policies.
Thomas Wilkins is Associate Professor at the University of Sydney where he focuses on Australian and Japanese strategic and foreign policies. Before that, he held fellowships and professorships at various universities in the Indo-pacific. He actively participates in security policy debates as a Senior Fellow at JIIA and a regular contributor to the Sasakawa Peace Foundation’s IINA.