Geopoliticus April 14, 2016 China’s New Missiles and U.S. Alliances in the Asia-Pacific: The Impact of Weakening Extended Deterrence Two weeks ago, Chinese President Xi Jinping attended a nuclear security cooperation summit in Washington. At the same time,... Read more »
Geopoliticus September 20, 2015 The Almost-Normal Country: Japan and the Use of Force The enactment of Japan’s new national security bills was a long time in the making. The bills, already passed... Read more »
Geopoliticus July 8, 2014 Japan’s Constitutional Reinterpretation and Its Pursuit of New Security Relationships On July 1, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzō Abe announced that his cabinet approved a resolution to reinterpret Article Nine... Read more »
Geopoliticus July 21, 2013 Turning Point: Japan’s Upper House Election and National Security On Sunday, July 21, the Japanese electorate propelled Prime Minister Shinzō Abe’s Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) (together with its... Read more »