Projects per year
Personal profile
Qualifications
BA (Hons) (Melb), MA (Hitotsu), PhD (Melb), SFHEA
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.
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
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.
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
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.
Expertise Areas
- Defence Studies
- Government and Politics of Asia and the Pacific
- International Relations
- Studies of Asian Society
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Network (past 5 years)
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America's Asian Allies: Managing Competitive and Co-operative Pressures
Tow, W., Envall, D. & Taylor, B.
John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
1/01/14 → 31/12/15
Project: Research
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Book Review: Japan's Relations with Muslim Asia
Envall, HDP., 2021, In: International Relations of the Asia-Pacific. 21, 2, p. 327-330Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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Japan and Regional Order in the Indo-Pacific: FOIP and Beyond?
Envall, HDP. & Wilkins, T., 2021.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
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A review of Japan's New Security Partnerships: Beyond the Security Alliance. Edited by Wilhelm Vosse and Paul Midford
Envall, HDP., 2020, In: Journal of Japanese Studies. 46, 2, p. 450-454Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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Japan: regional power from Asia into the Indo-Pacific?
Envall, HDP., 2020.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
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The Pacific Islands in Japan's 'Free and Open Indo-Pacific': From 'Slow and Steady' to Strategic Engagement??
Envall, HDP., 2020, In: Security Challenges. 16, 1, p. 65-77Research output: Contribution to journal › Article