Arbenita Sopaj, PhD, is a Researcher at the Research Institute for Indo Pacific Affairs (RIIPA), a board member at GPAJ, and Director of Administration at Academic Council of the United Nations (ACUNS), Tokyo. Her recent publications include ‘Hiroshima G7 summit: A pivotal moment for Japan’s diplomacy,’ published by Japan Today in March 2023, and ‘More alike than not: Kosovo and Taiwan,’ published by Global Taiwan Institute in June 2022. Her areas of interest include U.S. security and diplomacy with the Asia region but in particular, Japan, and the Balkans as it relates to Kosovo.