Dr. John Hemmings is a senior adviser to the Pacific Forum and an adjunct professor at the Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies, a U.S. Department of Defense regional center in Honolulu. He has worked with or been associated with various research organizations focused on Indo-Pacific security studies for nearly 18 years, including research positions, honorary positions, and directorships at the Henry Jackson Society, the Royal United Services Institute, and the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
His research focuses on security and defense in the Indo-Pacific and includes U.S.-China relations, Japan, the Korean Peninsula, maritime security, and the defense industrial base. He has split his career between Hawaii and London, and as a result, has written and worked on cross-regional issues that connect the Indo-Pacific and Euro-Atlantic regions.
While working in Honolulu, he provided briefings to the U.S. Pacific Fleet, the U.S. Department of State, and Special Operations Command Pacific. During his time in London, he provided expert evidence to two parliamentary inquiries on the Indo-Pacific and briefed the Cabinet Office, a Five Eyes working group, and the Department for Business and Trade on the national security implications of authoritarian-sourced foreign direct investment into critical national infrastructure.
Dr. Hemmings holds a Ph.D. in international relations from the London School of Economics and an M.A. from King’s College London. He has appeared on BBC, Sky News, Fox News, and Al Jazeera. He has written on Asia for The Telegraph since 2018 and has been quoted in the Financial Times, The Times, and CNN. Dr. Hemmings has provided guest lectures to a range of institutions, including the London School of Economics, the Academy for Defense Intelligence, and Oxford University’s Changing Character of War Centre.
