North Korea will be ‘less emboldened’ under new Trump administration, says ex-US diplomat
North Korean state media agency KCNA says Kim Jong Un has called for officials to fundamentally and substantially improve the...
Japan
A new US president and Japan’s quadrennial neurosis
Japan has a near-nervous breakdown every four years when the Americans choose a new president. The Americans do too, but...
Japan’s new leader wants nuclear weapons
Editor's Note: This piece by Gordon Chang features quotes from CSP Senior Fellow, Grant Newsham. Japan's newly installed prime minister,...
Swallowing America’s pride would be worth it in Japanese company’s deal to buy United States Steel
Editor's Note: This is a shortened piece of Newsham's article published in Japan-Forward. “Countries have no friends … only interests”...
The Nippon Steel deal, taking another look
"Countries have no friends….just interests" ー or so goes the paraphrased version of Lord Palmerston's statement. That was so cynical...
The best advice America ever got about dealing with Japan
The following clips are from an hour-long interview Grant Newsham did with China Unscripted on increasing tensions between China and...
A new Japanese prime minister: Does it matter for Japan’s defense?
Fumio Kishida won’t be Japan’s prime minister after September. Kishida served longer than most—nearly three years. However, Japanese prime ministers,...
Japan must do much more for Taiwan
A bipartisan delegation of Japanese politicians visited Taiwan last week, marking the latest of several visits by Japanese Diet members over the...
After Kishida’s exit, Japan’s next leader must boost defense capabilities to be a better ally to US: Newsham
Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is preparing to step down, with a new leader of the Liberal Democratic Party to...
Good news, bad news in Japan’s military reawakening
Chinese leader Xi Jinping has done what no American president ever could. He got Japan to get serious about defense...
Japan concerned about level of US commitment to defend it: Newsham
Washington is reinforcing its “nuclear commitment” to defend an Indo-Pacific ally: Japan. The two just held their first meeting on extended deterrence in Tokyo over the weekend. Chinese state...
US strengthens Indo-Pacific alliances
Editor's Note: This piece by Henry Ridgwell features quotes from CSP Senior Fellow, Grant Newsham. TOKYO — The United States this...
Quad foreign ministers decry dangerous South China Sea actions
Editor's Note: This piece is based on an interview with CSP Senior Fellow, Grant Newsham. TOKYO: Foreign ministers from Australia,...
‘2+2’ security talks: Is Japan almost cured of its nuclear allergy?
United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin included an "extended deterrence dialogue" (EDD). They they met their Japanese counterparts...
To deter China’s PLA, Japan must resolve its serious military recruitment problem
Japan’s recently released Defense White Paper highlights once again that the Japanese know they’ve got a problem with an aggressive,...
Waffling on the JSDF is losing the war before it starts
Japan is more serious about defense than it was a decade ago. It plans to double defense spending and buy expensive...