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October 5, 2020 Open Forum
Weighed in the Balance: Abe’s Legacy of Searching for Supplementary Security Partners

The lives of Japanese diplomats and security planners were simpler in the old days. During the Cold War, Tokyo’s priority was to monitor the activities of Soviet aircraft […]

James D.J. Brown

Abe Shinzo, Cold War, CPTPP, free and open Indo-Pacific, Quad, Self Defense Forces, Suga Yoshihide, US-China rivalry
June 30, 2016 Special Forum
Leveraging America’s Asian Pivot to Reinforce the Transatlantic Alliance and Vice Versa

China’s rise is no longer a regional phenomenon but a global one, as the country “goes west” through its Belt & Road Initiative, waves of Chinese capital wash […]

Daniel Twining

Arc of Freedom and Prosperity, Free-riding, Japan-NATO cooperation, Japan-Russian relations, Principled neutrality, Self Defense Forces, US-Japan-Europe cooperation