Okinawa: As important as ever
These days Okinawa isn’t in the news much—being overshadowed by the looming Chinese military threat, North Korean missile launches, a...
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Taiwan: Shinzo Abe gets it (partly) right
A fight to defend Taiwan will be far more deadly than Ukraine. So what if Japan takes the lead by...
Japan goes on the ‘offensive-defensive’
A Chinese acquaintance asks me about Japan every now and then, particularly why it has been “beefing up” its military...
Japan starts to shift away from pacifist stance over fears about North Korean and Chinese activities
Editor's Note: Center Senior Fellow Grant Newsham was quoted in this piece by the South China Morning Post Japan is...
Japan’s defense: Is Japan ready to shoot?
When the first Japan Self-Defense Force (JSDF) contingent was dispatched to Iraq in 2004, a U.S. Marine officer gave its...
US-Japan marines training should move towards bilateral warfighting capabilities
The joint training taking place in Camp Fuji sends out the message that the US and Japan are doing what’s...
Japanese, US marines practice airborne assaults in sign of deepening cooperation
Editor's note: Center Senior Fellow Grant Newsham was quoted in this piece by Reuters TOKYO, March 15 (Reuters) - In...
Lessons for Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, and NATO from the Ukraine War
While the war in Ukraine is still raging, it isn’t too early to draw some conclusions about the fighting and...
Japan’s defense: Amphibious progress
A decade ago, the word “amphibious” was taboo in Japan. It was too “warlike,” conjuring up in some minds images...
‘Critical to being able to project power throughout the region’: Grant Newsham on CCP’s Pacific threat
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YggM3jIzFcY In this special episode, we sat down with Alex Gray, senior fellow with the American Foreign Policy Council, and Grant Newsham,...
US needs to fix weaknesses in its Indo-Pacific strategy to counter China
In this edition of Indo-Pacific: Behind the Headlines we speak with Grant Newsham, a retired United States Marine Corps (USMC)...
Japan-Australia defense: The RAA is signed—Now what?
The Australian and Japanese prime ministers met virtually on Jan. 6 and signed a Reciprocal Access Agreement (RAA) that makes...
Rising threat from China pushes US and Japan to deepen military cooperation
Center Senior Fellow Grant Newsham was quoted in this piece from the Wall Street Journal HACHINOHE, Japan—It was the kind...
The Japan – US contingency plan – Less than meets the eye
The Kyodo News reported the other day that the U.S. and Japanese militaries have written a draft plan for a ‘Taiwan contingency’...
Grant Newsham on the relations between Japan and South Korea and strategic challenges for East Asia
Center Senior Fellow Grant Newsham joined the Audacious Aotearoa podcast to discuss the current state of relations between Japan and...
Time for Japan and South Korea to bury the hatchet
For years, American diplomats and military leaders have been asking the South Koreans and the Japanese, “Can’t we all just...