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The East Expands into NATO: Japan’s and South Korea’s New Approaches to Security

... limits and purpose of expanding the organization’s areas of activity The 2022 NATO Summit in Madrid can be seen as a momentous occasion not just for NATO but also for security in the Asia-Pacific. For the first time in NATO’s 73-year-long history, Japanese and South Korean leaders participated in the meeting as “Asia-Pacific partners”. For the first time, the Alliance named China a threat in their documents. However, having approached the hic sunt dracones (here be dragons) mark, NATO and its partners will soon have to think about the limits and purpose of ...

11.08.2022

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Fighting Without Weapons, Trading Without Profit… Shinzo Abe’s visit to the USA

... the hook on which America’s military protection of Japan hangs. Thus Japan declares its readiness to fight on the side of the USA without weapons. The USA’s second important objective aimed at building an effective security system in the Asia-Pacific region is to dampen down the worsening conflict between Japan and South Korea, since effective cooperation between these two countries is vitally important for the Americans. In years gone by the USA focused on bilateral security treaties, creating the so-called “umbrella spokes”, but now the time has come ...

30.04.2015

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Poll conducted

In your opinion, what are the US long-term goals for Russia?

U.S. wants to establish partnership relations with Russia on condition that it meets the U.S. requirements	33 (31%)
U.S. wants to deter Russia’s military and political activity	30 (28%)
U.S. wants to dissolve Russia	24 (22%)
U.S. wants to establish alliance relations with Russia under the US conditions to rival China	21 (19%)