Beijing seeks to pull vulnerable island states into its orbit through crippling debt, investing $130 billion USD in Latin America and the Caribbean from 2005 to...
Our estimate is, Japan needs at least $91 billion USD in extra spending to get its defense where it needs to be. By the way, China...
Large democracies with shared values need to take steps together to counter China’s predatory practices of economic and military intimidation that put the future of small...
If the project materializes, it would strengthen Indonesia’s ability to deter Chinese intimidation in the South China Sea, and reinforce Japan’s cooperation with ASEAN.
The land purchases will allow the buyers to monitor activities at the U.S. military bases, Self-Defense Forces and Japan Coast Guard facilities, and space development installations.
The joint training indicates progress, but much too slow. The rapid development of the People’s Liberation Army into a daunting force has outstripped the JSDF and...
Concern is growing that China might use “gray zone” coercion in an attempt to take Taiwan. What responses are available in a Taiwan contengency, and if...
The U.S. and Japan share interests and common threats in NE Asia and the Indo-Pacific. The synergy between their leaders can make or break the success...
As the Philippines rethinks its relationship with China, Japan’s JSDF are poised to help them beef up cooperation to ward off China while contributing to the...
Japan and other allies have a stake in continuing their humanitarian and recovery aid to war-torn Afghanistan and cannot leave its mineral riches to the plundering...
As the Philippines sheds a misguided policy of conciliation toward China, opportunities are opening up for investment opportunities and a broad new relationship with Japan and...
Prime Minister Suga and President Biden agreed that new forms of cooperation are needed as China continues to pose serious threats to maritime freedom, human rights,...