Russia’s “great maritime power” ambition — illegally occupying the Northern Territories and invading Ukraine — is intended to provoke Japan, the US, and Europe.
This is the first time in history that the US has embraced a Japanese strategy as its own. India, Australia, and even Europe have endorsed it.
“In the face of crises you may encounter in the future, it will not be enough to merely look right and left and choose the middle...
Japan must increase public awareness of its cybersecurity initiatives to gain momentum for domestic efforts and international cooperation.
Japan’s defense upgrades “will be pushed in the service of regional interests” explains Dr. Philip Shetler-Jones of the London-based Council on Geostrategy.
President Joe Biden’s declaration that the US would help defend Taiwan enhances deterrence in the region. Japan too should be proactive in this respect.
A better relationship between the US, South Korea and Japan is essential. That requires an end to senseless demands for compensation from a previous era.
Posing for tourists isn’t the only duty of London soldiers in red tunics. They are envoys of a powerful military which regards Japan as a key...
“Russia’s invasion is not just a problem which concerns Europe. The international order encompassing the Indo-Pacific is at stake” ー PM Fumio Kishida.
The debate continues, however: Do attacks on enemy drones violate Japan’s basic security posture that force be used “exclusively for defense”?
Sri Lanka, a nucleus of the Indian Ocean region and the free and open Indo-Pacific, faces unprecedented instability in the wake of Chinese financial entanglements.
The Council on Geostrategy is an independent non-profit organisation situated in the heart of Westminster. The Council of Geostrategy focuses on an international environment increasingly defined...
