In an interview, Dr Toshi Yoshihara, an expert in deciphering the strategy of China's PLA, reviews the options, risks and deterrence China is likely to face.
Potential invaders would face a higher hurdle if Japan has its own military protecting the nation and its people, like other democracies throughout the world.
“Being able to exercise the right of collective self-defense means nothing more than avoiding getting dragged into a war,” he said at a recent symposium.
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Ministry of Defense pushes forward on railgun development with an eye to shooting down foreign hypersonic missiles threatening Japan.
The charged geopolitical landscape across Asia and the Indo-Pacific is at present extremely delicately balanced between China and other key players. Most of the...
