中国の軍事研究者たちはこの２０年、生物兵器開発に注力してきた
中国の独立系メディア「財新」は、中国の研究所が2019年12月末までに謎のウイルスを非常に高い感染力の新たな病原体として確認していたことを明らかにした。ウイルスは、後にCOVID-19として識別された。しかし、研究所は当時、さらなるテス
Author Archives for Monika Chansoria
Dr. Monika Chansoria is a Senior Fellow at The Japan Institute of International Affairs in Tokyo. Previously, she has held appointments at the Sandia National Laboratories (U.S.), Hokkaido University (Sapporo, Japan), and Fondation Maison des Sciences de l’Homme (Paris). She specializes in contemporary Asian security and weapons’ proliferation issues, and, Great Power politics and strategy in the Indo-Pacific. Dr. Chansoria has authored five books which include her latest work “China, Japan and Senkaku Islands: Conflict in the East China Sea Amid an American Shadow” (Routledge © 2018) and “Nuclear China: A Veiled Secret” (2014) among others. Follow her on Twitter @MonikaChansoria.
Politics & Security
As with the Wuhan Virus, China Isn’t Being Transparent About Its Chemical Weapons Program
China declared compliance with the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling, and Use
Politics & Security
Biological Weapons the Focus of China’s Military Research in the Last 20 Years
Independent Chinese media outlet Caixin Global revealed that Chinese laboratories had in fact identified a mystery vir
Politics & Security
Is China Producing Biological Weapons? Look At Its Capabilities and International Compliance
China’s novel coronavirus epidemic could well become Xi Jinping’s greatest internal challenge. The epidemic’s econom
Politics & Security
There’s A Place for ASEAN in Japan and India’s Maritime Security Vision
The near-permanence of the state of flux and transformation which surrounds the Indo-Pacific region brings its own s
Special Reports
Japan in 2020: Foreign and Security Policy From Caution to Candor
As the New Year 2020 begins, Rei (令) – the first character of the Reiwa era (dedicated to Japan’s […]
Politics & Security
Rebellion by Democratic Hong Kong Challenges Xi Jinping’s Communist Cult
While previously firing warning shots in the air, the Hong Kong police shot a teenage protester at […]
Travel
Ekai Kawaguchi’s 1900 Tibet Diary: From the Frontier Into the Interior
READ ALSO: Ekai Kawaguchi: First Japanese to Reach Tibet via British India and Nepal After stepping onto Tibetan [&h
Culture
Ekai Kawaguchi: First Japanese to Reach Tibet via British India and Nepal
Archival accounts of 19th century Tibet describe it as the forbidden, inaccessible, daunting, and remotely unreachable
Politics & Security
Japan and India to Jointly Develop Sri Lanka’s East Container Terminal Port
Prior to hosting the G-20 Summit in Osaka in late June, the Abe government was considering proposing a […]
Politics & Security
Is the World Watching As China Brutally Suppresses the Freedom of Uighurs and Tibetans?
Last March 13, China yet again blocked the proposed initiative of the United States, Britain, and France to have [&hel
Politics & Security
China Is Equally Responsible for Terror Attack on India’s Paramilitary Force
Pulwama, a town in the northern-most Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir, witnessed the most dastardly terror attack on