Abstract: The growing threats from North Korea and China, as well as heightened concerns about the long-term reliability of the United States, have led Japan…
Country or Region: Japan
Abstract: Largely driven by Japan’s strategic outreach to India, Tokyo and Delhi have rapidly improved relations and enhanced their strategic cooperation since the turn of…
Abstract: This article looks at the evolving role of the Japanese Diet in defence policy-making through the lens of its legislative authority and its ability…
Abstract: Japan today faces security challenges unprecedented in the post-Cold War era. As it has done when reacting to past challenges, Tokyo is responding to…
Abstract: Although historical disputes have periodically upset Japan–South Korea relations for decades, the deterioration of ties after 2011 was unprecedented. Focusing on the string of…
Abstract: Elite and public doubts in Japan about the country’s economic and security relationships with both the United States and China, changes in the regional…
Abstract: Asia is a leading consumer of arms, and some of the most modern and most advanced armaments are finding their way into the inventories…
Abstract: Whether military spending is capable of promoting social welfare is currently a controversial issue. The aim of this paper is to investigate how military…
Continue reading Zhang, Ying, Xiaoxing Liu, Jiaxin Xu, and Rui Wang
Abstract: In this paper, we use new data on military expenditure (milex) compiled by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) to investigate the relationship…
Continue reading Markowski, Stefan, Satish Chand, and Robert Wylie
Abstract: There is relatively little formal modeling of the economic effects of armed conflicts even though they have substantial economic effects. We set forth a…
Continue reading Estrada, Mario Arturo Ruiz, Donghyun Park, and Jung Suk Kim
Abstract: UNESCO’s ‘Memory of the World’ Programme promotes the preservation, universal access and public awareness of the world’s significant documents as the common heritage of…
Abstract: This paper explores the origin of China’s recent credit and asset boom by comparing it with the Japanese bubble economy in the late 1980s…
Abstract: Rising economies face a crucial dilemma when establishing their position on international patent law. Should they translate their increasing economic strength into political power…
Continue reading Morin, Jean-Frédéric, Omar Serrano, Mira Burri, and Sara Bannerman
Abstract Learning from Fukushima began as a project to respond in a helpful way to the March 2011 triple disaster (earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear meltdown)…
Abstract Recently, records have been published from the internal discussions in the Carter administration (1977–80) on the feasibility of convincing Japan to halt its plutonium-separation…
