Shinzo Abe: Between Yasukuni and a Hard Place
Prime Minister Shinzo Abes government is looking shaky, to say the least. Although initially riding strong on his policy of rapprochement with China last Fall, the Abe administration has been hit by a...
View ArticleA New Japanese Prime Minister: Yasuo Fukuda?
Foreign Policy Implications of Fukuda's Candidacy
View ArticleJapan - Strategic Developments, Fuel and Alliances
While Japan is experiencing political paralysis, the political debate and news coverage focuses largely on the daily political minutiae and not the broader strategic political issues at hand.
View ArticleJapan and the Maritime Interdiction Operation: Back in Business
On 11 January, Japans parliament enacted a law to resume refueling operations in support of foreign vessels participating in anti-terrorism operations near Afghanistan. To some, the decision...
View ArticleRUSI Welcomes New Associate Fellow
The Asia Security Studies Programme at RUSI is pleased to announce that Mr Chiaki Akimoto, a senior security correspondent at NHK, has been made an Associate Fellow.
View ArticleRecent Discussions on Japanese Intelligence Reform
Last month, Japans ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) published its Proposal on Defence Program Outline for the next decade, which, apart from closer military co-operation with the US, includes...
View ArticleDemocratic Party of Japan: responsibilities of government and real world...
The Democratic Party of Japans victory in the Japanese elections on 30 August poses questions about the countrys future involvement in international security. As the Liberal Democratic Party has...
View ArticleManagement of Defence: International Comparisons
How do India, China, Israel and Japan handle defence spending and co-ordination compared to the UK?
View ArticleGrowing Pains: The Sino-Japanese Naval Dispute in Context
Chinas recent vituperative reaction to the Japanese seizure of a trawler reflects a new and troubling assertiveness that places at risk the benign and conciliatory image it has assiduously cultivated...
View Article2011: The Year Ahead
Europe defeated, Beijing defiant: Can we expect anything new in 2011?
View ArticleJapan and Stabilisation: Contributions and Preparedness
Can Japan overcome institutional impediments in order to contribute to future stabilisation operations?
View ArticleRusso-Japanese Relations at their Lowest Ebb since the Cold War
Recent political posturing about the fate of the Kuril Islands is the latest development in a serious redressing of the balance of power between Moscow and Tokyo. Should the animosity continue, it is...
View ArticleWorst-Case Scenario: The Tohoku-Pacific Ocean Earthquake
The complexities of responding to a disaster in a highly developed and technologically sophisticated country like Japan are testing humanitarian response strategies. Much of what has happened and...
View ArticleJapan's Maritime Strategy: The Island Nation Model
Unfettered access to overseas resources and markets lie at the heart of Japan's new defence policy
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