Abstract: This article argues that the creation of ‘strategic partnerships’ as an alternative form of alignment represents an effort by Tokyo, and other US-allies, to…
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Abstract: Why has Japan attempted to promote Asian security multilateralism for over two decades despite its open acknowledgment of the vital centrality of the US–Japan…
Abstract: This article poses the question of why, after having consistently pursued an isolationist strategy of avoiding security ties with partners other than the US,…
Abstract: Japan’s lifting of its arms export ban through the Three Principles on the Transfer of Defense Equipment and Technology has opened up new strategic…
Abstract: During the cold war the United States was overwhelmingly central in Japan’s security policy. Japan hosted US bases and the Self-Defense Forces held joint…
Abstract: Why has North Korea been unable to implement serious economic reforms like those of China? By tracing the process of economic reform in China,…
Abstract: Twenty years from now, the Chinese economy might be twice as large as that of the United States. Since great powers have always claimed…
Abstract: What will be the future of international relations in Asia? What is the relation between Sino–US power transition and alliance politics? This study distinguishes…
Abstract: From 2011 to 2016, then US President Barack Obama vigorously pursued the policy of strategic rebalancing to Asia. The policy’s underlying goal was to…
Abstract: Fears at the beginning of 2018 of imminent military hostilities on the Korean Peninsula were replaced by hopes of a diplomatic resolution to the…
Preview: In the midst of an ever-escalating tariff war, I do not share the view that Sino-American tensions are all about trade imbalances. The real…
Abstract: The so-called Iran nuclear agreement, officially known as the Joint Comprehensive plan of Action, is an agreement between Iran and the five permanent members…
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Abstract: The Revolution in Military Affairs (RMA) has not only changed how the USA engages in warfare but also how it maintains its military supremacy…
Abstract: Since the 1980s, Japan’s war memory has strained its relations with South Korea and China, to a less degree, the USA. Two of the…
Abstract: Liberalists have argued that increased economic interdependence will deter the likelihood of war as opportunity costs of a military conflict will not be fashionable…
