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The Once Wobbly Quad Is Here to Stay
The Quad, a security dialogue between Australia, India, Japan, and the United States, is likely to endure despite past challenges. It has strengthened due to worsening security threats, such as China's assertiveness. The Quad now addresses various transnational issues, ensuring its continued relevance.
Oct 14, 2024

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Trump 2.0 Would Get Mixed Responses in the Indo-Pacific
The responses from across the Indo-Pacific to a second Trump administration would likely be mixed, with the determining factor being whether the country in question maintains a close relationship with the United States.
Aug 22, 2024
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Shifting the U.S.-Japan Alliance from Coordination to Integration
Agreements announced last spring represent a significant evolution of the U.S.-Japan alliance. Washington and Tokyo are likely to confront several challenges. But successfully addressing these challenges could fundamentally change the nature of the alliance.
Aug 2, 2024
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Equipping the Japan-U.S. Alliance to Handle China's Disinformation Operations
China's disinformation is dangerous. Just as the Japan-U.S. alliance has strengthened to enable a more robust deterrence against possible kinetic action, so too should the allies consider ways to strengthen their collective ability to respond to disinformation operations.
Jul 24, 2024
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Japan-NATO Ties: For What End?
It is commonly believed that stronger Japan-NATO cooperation benefits both sides. But this begs an important question: Why? What are the practical areas of cooperation for Japan-NATO ties?
Jul 8, 2024
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Japan's Remarkable Call for American Leadership
In early April, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida appeared before the U.S. Congress and told the United States to act like a global power. But Kishida's speech contained no censure or accusations. Just a plea from one of America's closest allies to members of Congress to come back and be the champion of the international order that it knows America can be.
Apr 22, 2024
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Japan's Alliance with the U.S. Has Just Gone Global
The most profound aspect of the recent U.S.-Japan summit was the underlying message: the U.S.-Japan alliance is now global. This is an alliance now focused on the public goods of global peace, stability, and prosperity, committed to jointly building a free and open international order.
Apr 16, 2024
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America's Best Friend in Asia
Many describe NATO as the United States' indispensable alliance—and it remains a top priority. But with a growing slate of traditional and nontraditional security issues, many of which center on China, the United States' new go-to ally is Japan.
Apr 10, 2024
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PALM10: Japan's Chance to Engage with Pacific Island Countries
Next year, Japan will host the 10th triennial Pacific Island Leaders Meeting (PALM10), the “cornerstone” of Japan's diplomacy toward the Pacific Island countries. As China attempts to increase its influence in the region, Japan must marshal a strategic response that connects these states to its broader objectives in the Indo-Pacific.
Dec 19, 2023
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South Korea's Surprisingly Successful China Policy
When South Korea's president, Yoon Suk-yeol, entered office last year, the odds rose that a frostier bilateral relationship with China might take hold. But for now, at least, Yoon and his government have successfully managed China, and perhaps offered a road map for how others can too.
Nov 27, 2023
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Japan's Play for Today: Too Much? Just Right? Or Never Enough?
Japan is pushing ahead on a broad array of initiatives meant to strengthen the Self-Defense Forces' deterrent power across multiple domains. But there are bound to be limits in manpower, resources, capacity, or capabilities that will place limits on what the end point of Japan's buildup ultimately looks like.
Oct 31, 2023
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Japan Risks Reputation in Oceania with Fukushima Discharge
Japan's decision in August to begin discharging treated radioactive wastewater into the Pacific Ocean from its destroyed Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant is fairly unpopular in Oceania, potentially damaging Tokyo's reputation in this increasingly strategic region.
Sep 28, 2023
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Separate U.S. Alliances in East Asia Are Obsolete
Washington manages its alliances with Tokyo and Seoul separately. But growing South Korean and Japanese military capabilities make a conversation about more integration unavoidable.
Sep 14, 2023
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A Trilateral Summit to Deal with Trilateral Threats
The leaders of Japan, South Korea, and the United States held a trilateral summit in August, focused on countering military threats in East Asia. Not surprisingly, China and North Korea were upset by the summit, designed as it was to respond to their military build-ups.
Aug 29, 2023
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Six Different Ways: Ukraine Lessons for Japanese Defense Planners
Japanese leaders have already begun internalizing key lessons from Ukraine. But Japanese officials are silent on whether they are preparing for a short conflict or a long one. This matters because, as the Ukrainian war demonstrates, a protracted struggle could require different plans from the ones Japan is possibly making.
Jun 23, 2023
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Japan's New Security Policies: A Long Road to Full Implementation
The historic ambition contained within Japan's new defense strategies is notable. But the reality is that an extraordinary alignment of political, economic, fiscal, and other stars will be necessary for Japan's government to fully implement their stated ambitions over the next five to ten years.
Mar 27, 2023

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Research conducted in school districts around the country demonstrates significant public health benefits of later school start times. When schools start later, teens get more sleep. Not surprisingly, a well-rested teen is happier, more alert, and able to learn. Studies have even shown that with later school start times, attendance improves and graduation rates go up.

Wendy M. Troxel

Senior Behavioral and Social Scientist

Source: The Salt Lake Tribune

It is fair to say security relations between and among the four Quad participants are at an historic high point. This is a good sign because it suggests that the Quad is no longer a temporary, fair-weather construct like the first time around.

Derek Grossman

Senior Defense Analyst

Source: Foreign Policy

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Japan

The Once Wobbly Quad Is Here to Stay

Trump 2.0 Would Get Mixed Responses in the Indo-Pacific

Shifting the U.S.-Japan Alliance from Coordination to Integration

Equipping the Japan-U.S. Alliance to Handle China's Disinformation Operations

Japan-NATO Ties: For What End?

Japan's Remarkable Call for American Leadership

Japan's Alliance with the U.S. Has Just Gone Global

America's Best Friend in Asia

PALM10: Japan's Chance to Engage with Pacific Island Countries

South Korea's Surprisingly Successful China Policy

Japan's Play for Today: Too Much? Just Right? Or Never Enough?

Japan Risks Reputation in Oceania with Fukushima Discharge

Separate U.S. Alliances in East Asia Are Obsolete

A Trilateral Summit to Deal with Trilateral Threats

Six Different Ways: Ukraine Lessons for Japanese Defense Planners

Japan's New Security Policies: A Long Road to Full Implementation

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