November - December 2025

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Japan

January - February 2025
January 20, 2025 Open Forum
Japan’s Quiet Preparation for War: How to Defend its People

“Implementation” has been the guiding principle for Japanese defense planners since the release of the most recent National Security Strategy (NSS), National Defense Strategy (NDS), and Defense Buildup […]

Ayumi Teraoka

civil defense, Isiba Shigeru, Self-Defense Forces, Taiwan contingency
January 15, 2025 Special Forum
South Korea and Japan’s Responses to the US Latticework for the Indo-Pacific System

Since the turn of the century, the US government has increasingly pivoted toward Asia, responding to anticipated Chinese aggression, such as toward Taiwan or in the South China […]

Ryo Sahashi

ASEAN, free and open Indo-Pacific, trilateralism