Abstract Japan’s new National Defense Program Guidelines, issued in December 2013 alongside the country’s first-ever National Security Strategy, highlighted the danger of a destabilising arms…
Country or Region: Japan
Abstract In fact, the senkaku/diaoyu Island issue has been a persistent and caustic irritant in relations between Japan and the People’s republic of China, particularly…
Abstract The security environment surrounding Japan grows ever more complex and diversified, combining traditional and non- traditional security challenges as never before. China’s robust and…
Abstract In his classic collection of essays on maritime geography The Interest of America in Sea Power, Present and Future, Alfred Thayer Mahan opined that…
Abstract Even if the immediate Korean crisis eases, the underlying problem of a crippled but dangerous North Korean state will remain. The state, as we…
Abstract In the aftermath of the nuclear accident at Fukushima, Japan in 2011, several governments, notably those of Japan, Germany, Switzerland and Italy, abandoned plans…
Abstract Focusing on the unique stories of three of the war’s top submarines—Silversides, Drum, and Tang—The War Belowvividly re-creates the camaraderie, exhilaration, and fear of the brave…
Abstract In his classic collection of essays on maritime geography The Interest of America in Sea Power, Present and Future, Alfred Thayer Mahan opined that…
Excerpt The Arctic, during the Cold War a locus of intense military competition between the United States and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, is…
Abstract Today the Japanese face an increasingly complex regional-security environment, particularly along the southwestern islands, where incursions by Chinese government vessels are increasingly occurring in…
Abstract The traditional mode of governance of national and global monetary and financial markets was obviously too weak and piecemeal to hinder the recurrent outbreak…
Abstract It is highly regrettable that, albeit the result of a massive earthquake and tsunami of an unprecedented scale, the accident at the Fukushima nuclear…
Abstract This article discusses the origin and significance of the designation of the area surrounding Japan as the Asia-Pacific region. It then outlines the members…
Abstract Unlike those who blame the other side or structural forces beyond one’s control for the current Sino-Japanese tensions, this paper offers a theoretical insight…
Abstract Inaugurated in December 2012, the second Abe administration embarked upon a number of initiatives, including recovery after the Great East Japan Earthquake and economic…
