Insights | The Nightmare of a Chain-Reaction Collapse and the Importance of Japan-South Korea Cooperation
This translation is an addition to JCIE’s Global Thinknet Insights, in which Keio University Professor Masao Okonogi outlines the significance of Japan-South Korea cooperation with regards to the rising threat of North Korea.
Insights| Strengthening the Triangle: China-Japan-US Rapprochement
In this translation, included in JCIE’s Global Thinknet Insights, University of Tokyo professor Akihiko Tanaka discusses the importance and status of China-Japan-US trilateral relations, and how to best strengthen these ties.
Insights | New Frameworks for Northeast Asian Security: Bilateral Alliances and Multilateral Unofficial Talks
This Global Thinknet Insights publication gives an overview of National Defense Academy Professor Masashi Nishihara’s stance on how to improve security approaches to Northeast Asia.
Insights | Japan after the Cold War
This piece, by Kobe University Professor Makoto Iokibe and translated for JCIE’s Global Thinknet Insights, examines the state of Japanese affairs following the Cold War and offers suggestions for tasks concerning security, economy, and domestic politics.
JCIE Publications | Challenges and Opportunities in US-Japan Relations
This report focuses on the Japan-US relationship in a changing international environment.
Trump, Abe Talk Trade, Security
In an interview with Fred Katayama of Reuters, James Gannon offers insight to the changing relationship between President Trump and Prime Minister Abe, the impact of a bilateral free trade agreement, and the significance of their Mar-a-Lago meeting to Japanese interest.
JCIE Publications | Pacific Asia 2022: Sketching Futures of a Region
In this volume, scholars from seven different fields of study, ranging from demographic changes and challenges to information technology, seek to link their linking on a range of disciplines that are development to developments in Pacific Asia.
East Asia Insights | The China Challenge and US-Japan Relations under Fumio Kishida
Japan’s new Prime Minister, Fumio Kishida, passed his first test and guided the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) to victory in the Lower House election on October 31, less than one month after he assumed office. As he looks ahead to 2022, however, he now must grapple with the complex foreign and security policy challenges that he has inherited. As the Kishida government consolidates its foreign policy posture, it will need to keep two key elements in mind, domestic constraints within Japan and Japan’s relationship with the US in the context of US-China rivalry.
East Asia Insights | The Crisis of US Credibility in East Asia
The decision by the US Congress to open an impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump over his pressuring of Ukraine to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden has brought renewed attention to the foreign policy of the Trump presidency. This drama is playing out in parallel to the ramping up of the 2020 US presidential […]
East Asia Insights | Five Steps to Bolster the US-Japan Alliance
In January 2020, the United States and Japan marked the 60th anniversary of the revised US-Japan Security Treaty. Steps to strengthen this relationship, which should not be taken for granted, include expanding Japan’s defense budget and reinvigorating multilateral forums.
