Rikki Kersten
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Biography
Publications
Rikki Kersten specialises in Japanese political history, security policy and foreign policy. She is Dean of the School of Arts at Murdoch University in Western Australia.
![Japan-Russia: Abe’s brutal truth](https://www.lowyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/expert_publications/public/OBd7DTHG6dCwmmtJQDM7doeCSZ7mOSwy.jpg?itok=eBP5Zxzx)
Japan-Russia: Abe’s brutal truth
After nearly two dozen bilateral meetings with Russia’s Vladimir Putin, Japan’s Shinzo Abe still cannot show meaningful progress on a territorial dispute between the two nations.
![The future according to Vlad and Shinzo](https://www.lowyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/expert_publications/public/Russia-japa_cropped.jpg?itok=L4c91Tqz)
The future according to Vlad and Shinzo
A peace treaty with Russia is the holy grail of Japanese diplomacy.