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DEFENSE

Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 3, 2022
European peace project forced to confront war
Born of the need to preserve peace on a historically war-torn continent, the EU and its political leaders are now being forced to rethink some of their most important principles.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 3, 2022
Russian warships travel between far-flung Okinawan islands
The announcement was the first time that Japan's Defense Ministry revealed that Russian Navy vessels had passed through the waterway between Yonaguni and Iriomote Islands.
Japan Times
EDITORIALS
Jul 1, 2022
Groundbreaking NATO summit means work for Japan
If peace in the Asia-Pacific and around the world is to be strengthened and secured, NATO and its partners must make their summit pledges meaningful.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 1, 2022
The West must move east for NATO to survive
No matter what happens in the Ukraine war, the U.S. must persuade allies to move more troops and equipment permanently into states on Russia's borders.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 28, 2022
How to keep the peace in the Indo-Pacific
The central question is: What is the organizing principle for collective action to maintain the peace in the Indo-Pacific?
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jun 28, 2022
The possibilities and limits of Japan-NATO cooperation
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's participation in the NATO summit shows that Japan sees its security best advanced by tying itself to international institutions.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 28, 2022
Australia commits to Pacific islands defense training as China plans rival meet
Australia will double its funding for aerial surveillance of the Pacific islands vast fishing zone and provide financing for Pacific islands to build more resilient infrastructure.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jun 23, 2022
The gap between Japan’s parties and voters on national security is widening
According to recent polls, national security is the second most important issue for Japanese voters in the upcoming Upper House elections.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 22, 2022
The new urgency of nuclear disarmament
After making some progress toward nuclear disarmament in the 1990s, the world has been subject to heightened nuclear risks, reflected in Russia's dangerous saber-rattling.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Jun 22, 2022
North Korea's Kim presides over major military meeting as nuke test fears grow
The Central Military Commission was set to decide on “important strategic and tactical tasks' for the country's military, the latest signal that a nuclear test may be imminent.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 22, 2022
Taiwan scrambles jets to warn away Chinese planes in its air defense zone
Taiwan calls China's repeated nearby military activities 'gray zone' warfare, designed to both wear out Taiwanese forces by making them repeatedly scramble.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics / ANALYSIS
Jun 21, 2022
Foreign policy and security top Japan election agenda. But for how long?
With voters expressing worries over inflation and less than three weeks to go before the Upper House poll, there's plenty of time for the political winds to shift.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jun 21, 2022
Ukraine war shows us the enemies of our friends are not always our enemies
It is impossible to cast the war in Ukraine as a black-and-white struggle between democracy and despotism.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 19, 2022
Getting serious about European defense
With many of the necessary tools already in place, what is needed most now for European nations to improve their security postures is the political will to follow through.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jun 18, 2022
U.S. senators introduce broad Taiwan bill to boost security assistance
The bill would significantly enhance support for Taiwan, including provisions for billions of dollars in security assistance and changes to the law undergirding unofficial ties with island.

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