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...
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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...
Japan’s defense improves slowly, pick up the speed
Change often comes so slowly in Japan that it’s easy to overlook. That’s especially true with the Japan Self Defense...
Taiwan’s South China Sea defense challenge
The ROC’s two territories in the region have strategic and political significance, yet both are difficult to defend. Taiwan’s Coast...
Suga-Biden meeting: Promises … promises
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga and U.S. President Joseph Biden met in Washington on April 16, and both sides declared...
View from Japan: Japan’s commitment to military contributions being tested
Editor’s note: this analysis was originally published by the Japan Institute for National Fundamentals and is reposted here with its...
Time for US, Japan to muscle up their alliance
Originally published by Asia Times Japan and US must either take some risks and bump up military cooperation or the...
Newsham: Taiwan’s Soldiers are Unprepared for a Chinese Attack
"Taiwan is the key to Asia, and China wants it now." So says China Unscripted, a popular YouTube program providing...
Japan’s Senkaku Box
Center for Security Policy Exclusive Analysis Japan is in a policy box of its own making regarding the Senkaku island...
The Fall of Taiwan: Asia Goes Red—or at Least “Pinkens”
Center for Security Policy Exclusive Analysis Asia expert, Center for Security Policy Senior Fellow and retired U.S. Marine Colonel Grant...
View from Japan: Biden’s Hardline China Policy Limited to Rhetoric?
Editor’s note: this analysis was originally published by the Japan Institute for National Fundamentals and is reposted here with its...
New Pentagon Task Force on China Should Propose a Joint Command – US, Japan and Taiwan Can Combine Forces for Peace and Security
A Pentagon China Task Force was announced on February 10th at the suggestion of President Joe Biden. The new Task Force is to...
Japan Should Immediately Counter China’s New Coast Guard Law
Editor’s note: this analysis was originally published by the Japan Institute for National Fundamentals and is reposted here with its...
Unsolicited advice for next US ambo to Japan
Originally published by Asia Times Most important US bilateral relationship bar none needs strengthening. Here's how best to do it...
Trump’s Indo-Pacific policy wasn’t all wrong
Originally published by Asia Times Trump hands off to Biden an Indo-Pacific that's better off than in 2017 but there's...