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Trump’s Grand Strategy and What it Means for Asia

Diplomacy & Security, New World (Dis)Order: Donald Trump's Presidency February 1, 2017February 1, 2017 James D.J. Brown, Temple University Japan Campus 0 Comments

The Trump administration has been criticized for lacking a grand strategy. Instead of having a coherent long-term plan toward which all foreign policy will be oriented, it has been suggested that the new president will be guided by personal instinct and will pursue disconnected, short-term goals. Strategic thinking is therefore expected to give way to […]

Abe & Putin: Why There Won’t Be a Breakthrough on Territory

Japan & Russia, Special Reports December 14, 2016January 5, 2017 James D.J. Brown, Temple University Japan Campus 0 Comments

On May 6, 2016, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe emerged from a meeting with President Vladimir Putin in Sochi, Russia, to tell the waiting press, “I have a sense that we are moving towards a breakthrough in the stalled peace treaty negotiations.” He continued by unveiling a “new approach” to bilateral relations, consisting of enhanced economic […]