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New Dynamics of Regional Security: The Potential of the US–Japan–South Korea Defense Pact
The Asia-Pacific region has long been a hub of complex geopolitical dynamics, driven by global power competition, overlapping territorial claims, and maritime security challenges....
Train Diplomacy: Revisit the Efforts Made by Two Big Giants of Asia in Indonesia
As governments race to build new rail infrastructures to reintroduce this environmentally sustainable transportation feature to the public, Japan and China at the same...
Anime, I choose you! How Japan has successfully changed its image through the power of anime
Since the release of Haikyuu!! The Dumpster Battle, a highly anticipated movie from Haikyuu!! franchise, fans flocked the cinema just to get a glimpse...
The Ninth China-Japan- South Korea Trilateral− A Chinese Attempt at Détente?
May 26 and May 27 saw the coming together of the leaders of China, Japan and the Republic of Korea (ROK) or South Korea...
The Squad Alliance: Redefining U.S. Strategic Partnerships in Asia
In a seismic shift reshaping the geopolitical landscape, the Quad alliance finds itself at a crossroads, with India's departure marking a turning point and...
Veto Sparks Space Diplomacy
In the ever-evolving arena of international diplomacy, recent events at the United Nations have brought to light a critical impasse: Russia's veto of a...
Japan’s Growing Imports of Weapons:Facing a New Threat Matrix
According to a recent report by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, Japan’s arms imports surged by 155% in the 2019-2023 period compared to...
Fusion-energy quest makes big advance with EU-Japan reactor
The inauguration of the world’s most powerful fusion machine brings the dream of clean, safe and abundant power closer.
By Gareth Willmer
In the eastern Japanese...
Trilateral Militarization: From Missiles to Nukes (Part II)
In the Philippines, the proponents of the trilateral alliance frame it as a response to the “threat of assertive China.” In reality, the unwarranted...
Bringing Vietnamese counterinsurgency to the Philippines and South China Sea (Part I)
On Monday, April 11, President Biden hosted a trilateral summit in Washington, DC, at the time of surging tension in the South China Sea....