Abstract Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is often now cited by the remaining band of optimists in Washington as a safe pair of hands, limiting…
Country or Region: Japan
Abstract Shifts in U.S. nuclear policies under the Trump Administration may affect Japan in significant ways. The demands of formulating a coherent set of policies…
Abstract The U.S. deployed a missile defense system, Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) in South Korea in April 2017, citing North Korea’s nuclear and…
Abstract Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop declared in September 2017 that the emerging US-India-Japan-Australia Indo-Pacific “quadrilateral dialogue” would be founded on “respect for international law…
Abstract In November 2017, US President Donald Trump visited East Asia. In Japan, the country where he first stopped, he first played half round of…
Abstract This paper discusses the role of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement as a strategic tool for Japan in pursuing its national and regional interests.…
Abstract Many scholars have suggested that Japan aligned its foreign policy with the US War on Terror. Part of Japan’s alignment is said to have…
Continue reading Tuman, John P., Jonathan R. Strand, and Majid Shirali
Abstract Japanese Prime Minister Abe Shinzo has emerged as the “comeback kid” of Japanese politics and in his second term of office is now widely…
Abstract How do territorial disputes shape regional contexts within which politics among local states takes place? This paper analyses regional impacts of territorial disputes drawing…
Abstract This article examines the strategies employed by China and Japan in advancing their national interests in the South China Sea dispute. It argues that…
Abstract In December 2015, the commander of the U.S. Pacific Fleet issued a tough warning against China’s attempt to establish “so-called military zones” around its…
Abstract Despite the several chances of agreement, Japan and Russia have failed to solve the dispute over the Northern Territories/South Kuril Islands. The 1956 model…
Continue reading Jung, Giwoong, Seok Sang Yoon, and Sung Hoon Jeh
Abstract The Philippines and Japan have evolved a security partnership in the face of China’s maritime expansion in the South and East China Seas. The…
Abstract This paper provides a political analysis on two territorial disputes that South Korea has with Japan over Dokdo/Takeshima and with China over Iŏdo/Suyan Rocks,…
Continue reading Chung, Chien-Peng and Jeongwon Bourdais Park
Abstract From a Japanese perspective, the U.S. commitment to the Asia-Pacific under the Trump administration seems to be far more robust than many in the…
