East Asia Insights | Politicizing the Senkaku Islands: A Danger to Regional Stability

The issue discusses the Senkaku-related troubles, including the sovereignty of the Senkaku Islands, the broad ramifications for the US0Japan alliance, and China’s overall engagement with the region, as well as the need for careful management.

East Asia Insights | Moving Beyond East Asia’s Confrontational Postures

This issue offers recommendations on how five key players: China, Japan, North Korea, South Korea, and the US, can assist in moving East Asia beyond its current confrontational postures.

East Asia Insights | Japan’s Debate on Constitutional Reinterpretation: Paving the Way for Collective Self-Defense

This issue analyzes the ongoing debate over an interpretation of the Japanese constitution; many experts believe that this re-interpretation can contribute to long-term stability and peace in the region.

East Asia Insights | Forging a Common Regional Approach to China

This issue discusses the importance of a coordinated response to the challenges that accompany China’s rapid and unprecedented economic growth.

East Asia Insights | A View from Asia: Re-energizing US Regional Engagement

This issue focuses on the fundamental shift in balance of power in the Asian region, and without the right cooperation and management, tensions risk becoming entrenched; this is where it is important for US to maintain engagement in the region.

East Asia Insights | The Next Step for the US-Japan Alliance

This issue suggests ways in which Japan and the United States should build upon the success of Abe’s visit to the US in late spring, by focusing on long-term efforts to take a more multifaceted approach in order to promote regional stability and prosperity.

East Asia Insights | Six Challenges for US-Japan Cooperation in Asia

In this issue of East Asia Insights, Hitoshi Tanaka outlines six challenges that carry the potential to undermine US-Japan cooperation and calls for close, careful US-Japan consultation and cooperation to ensure that these challenges do not create a wedge in the alliance.

East Asia Insights | Trump’s Rhetoric and the Future of the US-Japan Alliance

This issue discusses the question that has been brought up by the results of the US election: Will US alliance relationships, including the alliance with Japan, weaken as part of the retreat to isolationism espoused by Trump?

East Asia Insights | Shoring Up the US-Japan Alliance under the Trump Administration

This edition of East Asia Insights discusses the sense of uncertainty regarding the future role of the United States in East Asian affairs, following President Trump’s election; the report focuses on a shared US-Japan strategy to face key regional challenges, which will provide both countries with stability in regional affairs.

East Asia Insights | How to Manage Geopolitical Instability in East Asia

This issue discusses the concern surrounding Trump’s anti-globalization sentiment and the surge of populism associated with it, and how these developments may throw the international liberal economic and security order into uncertainty.