... joined by leading exporting countries, which formed the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG), including Canada, Australia, France and China.
Narendra Modi’s government had to unfreeze the contracts concluded with foreign companies in the US and France before ... ... neither the warm relations between Narendra Modi and Shinzo Abe, nor the common vision of foreign threats nor the interest of Japanese companies faced with falling demand for their equipment on the domestic market after the Fukushima nuclear power plant ...
The struggle for offshore resources has intensified in East Asia, and Japan-China tensions seem of particular concern. Due to its alliance treaty with Japan, the United States is also involved in the conflict. The Japanese Ministry of Defense has, for the first time ever, qualified the situation around the Senkaku (Diaoyu) Islands ...
Japan’s New Defense Policy and the US-Japan Alliance
Japan’s New Defense Policy and the US-Japan Alliance
Since Prime ... ... Japan’s security and defense policies remain somewhat obscure. While many attribute these changes solely to the rise of China, others point to Japan’s potential hegemonic ambitions and S. Abe’s alleged nationalism as key factors conditioning ...
The returning Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) have successfully regain full control over the upper ... ... two salient political consequence of the last election from a perspective of Russian interest.
1. Pivotal triangle of U.S.-China-Japan relations (constitutional amendment; Foreign relations and national security)
Today’s U.S.-Japan relations ...
... lack the political will to actively expand their fleet. Others, like Russia, lack the required resources. And others, such as China, India and Turkey, lack the requisite modern technology.
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USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70)
Economic development,... ... in the first half of the 20th century.
Security Dilemma in the Oceans
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Hyūga-class helicopter destroyer (Japan)
Enhancing the role of maritime powers in the 21st century could entail strengthening multilateral cooperation in collective ...
... the nuts and bolts of Russian, Chinese and U.S. policies in the Asia-Pacific region, relations within the Russia-United States-China triangle, and the development of the Far East.
Some experts argue that Russia’s interests in the Asia-Pacific region ... ... Asia-Pacific region as a challenge, and is striving to prepare its allies to face it. Problems arise in connection with the security of Japan, the Philippines, and with the global and regional balance of forces. As a matter of fact, China’s growth into a superpower ...
... block aiming, among other, to destroy a consultative framework in place at the ASEAN enabling the member countries to formulate a common stance on the international arena.
Japan’s accession to the Trans-Pacific Partnership is critical for the USA, so it will gain from any conflict between China and Japan. Should the latter join the TPP, the block will become a powerful integrating entity. In the event of Japan’s refusal, the TPP will turn into a regional coalition of the South-Pacific states of secondary importance for the world economy. In ...