On Tuesday, 2 June, INSS hosted a group of researchers from Japan's National Institute for Defense Studies (NIDS) and a group of Japan Self-Defense Force (JSDF) officers from NIDS’ National Security Strategist Studies Program for a research dialogue and general discussion on the US-Japan alliance and broader strategic and security affairs in the Indo-Pacific. Research dialogues such as this are a part of a longstanding relationship between INSS and NIDS, which includes an annual trilateral dialogue between INSS, NIDS, and the Korea Institute for Defense Analysis (KIDA).