By Masashi Nishihara, PhD Shinzo Abe’s government has been advancing a diplomatic game plan known as the “Free and Open Indo-Pacific Strategy”...
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The Japanese media’s incessant focus on the links between civil servants and Shinzo Abe takes away attention from far more important issues facing the Prime Minister....
Great power games are in full swing in Northeast Asia, as exhibited by the sudden and steep increase of intense geopolitical activity surrounding North Korea....
Tracking the debate over China policy in Washington shows remarkable hardening over the past two years. There are now routine calls for a United States...
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