The returning Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) have successfully regain full control over the upper and lower congresses of Japan in July 2013; now they are equipped with an ever-mightier momentum and democratic mandate to push ...
At an international summer program of MGIMO (Russian Foreign Ministry Moscow State Institute of International Relations), more than a few professors mentioned that Russia and Japan are still technically “at the state of war” since there has been no conclusive peace treaty signed after the World War II. The statement brought an apparent surprise to many participants, although a majority of them were students and ...
... “naval leader” is to be replaced by a system of rivalry and cooperation among numerous maritime powers, as was the case 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 security and freedom of navigation in the ocean, but it could also exacerbate existing volatility, create new sources of ...
... maintained by his two predecessors. These considerations apparently laid the foundation for the “strategic patience” policy toward North Korea, which the Obama administration pursued for most of its first term, and which formed the basis for Japan’s restrictive actions.
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Rocket Launches By North Korea,
December 12, 2012
Steps taken in recent months by Washington and Tokyo were aimed at resuming dialogue with the DPRK. People in South Korea expect to see similar ...
... problems relating to resource supplies, and integration into global economy.
The United States perceives China in the 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 fundamentally breaks the equilibrium.
I do not think Russia should regard the United States and China as excessively ...
... steadfast the positions of the USA as well as its allies are. For example, Beijing has managed to discover that the Japanese are not ready to make concessions – and this is critical.
Russia has no territorial disputes in the APR, except those with the USA and Japan. Washington has major claims to Russia with respect to the territories in the Far East, specifically, the Bering Sea and the delimitation of the Bering Strait continental shelf. The situation around the Chukchee Sea is not entirely clear – ...