Grant Newsham – Asia East by North: Episodes 1-4
Episode 1 - Assessing the US-ROK alliance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXoCNooV1xQ Episode 2 - Why doesn't the CIA already know where Covid-19 came...
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Japanese ‘host nation support’ for US forces: End it
The United States and Japan will soon restart negotiations over “host nation support.” That’s the money Japan pays to cover...
Grant Newsham – Asia East by North: The new opium war
Center Senior Fellow Grant Newsham speaks on the fentanyl flood into the U.S. from the PRC on his new program...
Japan 2040: A stark appraisal
Japan boasts the third largest economy in the world, is the most powerful American ally in Asia and geographically its...
Japan’s Defense White Paper: Talking tough for a change
Japan’s annual Defense White Paper normally gets a few days of attention and then fades away. Any changes from the...
Grant Newsham: Japan is waking up to the military threat of Communist China; how the US can follow
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNJnk55MXhg U.S. Marine Colonel Grant Newsham is a Senior Fellow with the Center for Security Policy, and a Research Fellow...
How the US and Australia can be real partners in the Indo-Pacific grey zone
The United States rightly considers itself a ‘Pacific nation’. It has been engaged there almost since its founding—and the US...
Japanese ‘Pacifism’: Huh?
A thoughtful article in Asia Nikkei the other day called for Japan to disavow pacifism and step up defense-wise. The authors are...
View from Japan: British Pacific strategy frustrates China
I would like to welcome Britain’s decision to advance into the Indo-Pacific region ahead of other European countries. On June...
Moon–Biden summit: A success? Too soon to say
Before South Korean President Moon Jae-in met with President Joe Biden in Washington on May 21, both sides worried the...
View from Japan: Why Japan must support the Tokyo Olympics
Editor’s note: this analysis was originally published by the Japan Institute for National Fundamentals and is reposted here with its...
‘Sticker shock’ awaits Defense Minister Kishi on promised spending
In an interview with Asia Nikkei on Wednesday, May 19, Japanese Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi said, “We will properly allocate the funding...
View from Japan: Japanese leaders should listen to true public opinion on nuclear energy use
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga has announced a target of cutting Japan’s greenhouse gas emissions in fiscal 2030 by 46%...
View from Japan: The EU “Courtyard’s” alarming tilt towards China
After being criticized for being unaware of Chinese threats, Europe is wakening up at last. Europe joined Japan and the...
How Japanese PM wriggled out of tight spot regarding Taiwan during meeting with Biden
Or, How U.S. “Alliance Managers” & Joe Let Japan Off The Hook Amid the barrage of analyses of the April...
Asia, East by North: Interview with former high-level DPRK official, Ri Jong Ho
Center Senior Fellow Grant Newsham interviewed a high-level North Korean defector, Ri Jong Ho last week. Ho covered a lot...