While there was romanticism and selective memory in the Hideaki Kase view of 1930s-1940s history, there were also solid chunks of reality not told by the...
The Chinese military seeks to build its first naval base on the Atlantic coast. China will gain a major foothold in the Atlantic Ocean if the...
The premise of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty has collapsed. Threatened by North Korea and others, Japan needs a new approach to nuclear deterrence.
Taking advantage of the Islands’ poverty, China is gradually upping the ante in the maritime realm in and around Australia and New Zealand’s strategic backyard.
Putin’s invasion of Ukraine is a replay of Stalin’s crimes. Seventy-seven years ago, Soviet troops, like robbers taking advantage of a fire, violently took Japan’s northern...
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.