Beijing seeks to pull vulnerable island states into its orbit through crippling debt, investing...

Dr Monika Chansoria
Dr Monika Chansoria is a Senior Fellow at the Japan Institute of International Affairs (JIIA) in Tokyo. Previously, she has held senior appointments at the Sandia National Laboratories (US), Hokkaido University (Sapporo, Japan), and as Associate Director of Studies at the Fondation Maison des Sciences de l’Homme (Paris). Dr. Chansoria has solely authored five books on Asia’s security, including “China, Japan and Senkaku Islands: Conflict in the East China Sea Amid an American Shadow” (Routledge © 2018).
Large democracies with shared values need to take steps together to counter China’s predatory...
“[It is] a message that human rights are fundamental, and democracy is universal. These...
Japan has called for “experts-led investigations that are free of surveillance” and U.S....
Japan and other allies have a stake in continuing their humanitarian and recovery aid...
China’s National Defense Law now allows the mobilization and deployment of troops and reserve...
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The entire region is threatened by a soft U.S. policy that ignores the dangers...
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