Abstract This article examines the substance and dynamics of contemporary Taiwan-Japan relations and considers potential avenues for the consolidation and expansion of bilateral cooperation. Taiwan…
Country or Region: Japan
Abstract This article examines the developing security relationship between Australia and Japan and assesses implications for the U.S. and the region. Based on a series…
Summary Co-edited and introduced by Ashley J. Tellis, Strategic Asia 2015-16: Foundations of National Power in the Asia-Pacific examines how the region’s major powers are…
Abstract The year 2012 has emerged as a consequential moment in the evolution of the East Asian strategic landscape. A combination of important, unfolding leadership…
Abstract This essay argues that Japan can make better strategic use of economic policy, humanitarian aid, and domestic civil society to play a more effective…
Abstract This essay examines the developments in Japanese security policy that have been undertaken by the Abe government since December 2012. Challenging the dominant negative…
Abstract This article examines the origins and conduct of Russia’s Asia pivot, analyzes the role Asia plays in Russia’s economic development plans, and assesses Russia’s…
Abstract The geopolitical game playing out in the South China Sea is becoming more complicated. China’s increasingly provocative actions are forcing regional players – from…
Abstract Domestic and international contests explain the transformation of Japan’s foreign aid programme begun in the early 1950s. Through contests between domestic players, Japan has…
Introduction The Asia-Pacific is emerging as the world’s most militarily significant and challenging region. China’s military has benefited from decades of double-digit growth in investment…
Abstract This article examines the political, economic, and security factors behind the dramatic improvement in relations between Japan and Russia since 2011 and assesses the…
Abstract The Russo-Chinese relationship is one of the most important relationships in both Asian and international security. It is undergoing dynamic evolution as a result…
Summary Japan is the only non-nuclear-weapon state with a program to extract plutonium from the spent fuel produced in nuclear reactors—a process termed reprocessing—to fabricate…
Abstract Although Northeast Asia typically is seen as an arena for conflict over energy supplies, complementary economic relationships would seem to make the region ripe…
Abstract Following the Fukushima accident, the safety features of Nuclear Power Plants (NPP) are being re-examined worldwide including India to demonstrate capabilities to cope with…
