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.
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.