The National Institute for Defense Studies (NIDS), in its latest East Asian Strategic Report on the security environment surrounding Japan, found that the People’s Republic of...
When United States President Donald Trump thundered “America loves India, respects India” before a crowd of 125,000 at the world’s biggest cricket stadium in Gujarat...
The Philippine government has decided to scrap the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) with the United States that stipulates the legal status of U.S. troops in...
Japanese defense initiatives can seem like Rorschach tests — meaning very different things to different people. Take Tokyo’s recent announcement that it would buy...
The United States drone attack on the Baghdad airport that killed Iranian General Qassem Suleimani was a necessary act of self-defense in response to an...
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe decided to cancel his cherry blossom party for 2020 after being criticized for having invited many of his political...
On the 74th anniversary of the end of the Pacific War, I feel that the world is entering a new phase as the international situation has...
(Second of Two Parts) Part 1: Common Concerns, Common Mission: Japan, U.S. Defend Western Pacific vs China Aggression The White Paper Defense of...
The induction of eight American-made Apache AH-64E attack helicopters by the Indian Air Force in September shows how things have changed for India in the...
In recent times, there have been many cases of war loot being repatriated to the original owners, their descendants, or country of origin. French...
Michiji Tajima, the first grand steward of the Imperial Household Agency, kept detailed records of his audiences with Emperor Hirohito, known posthumously as The Emperor...
A couple of potential crises have been evolving in the Western Pacific region simultaneously since early 2018. These emerging jeopardies pose urgent threats to the...