Washington intends to cash in on the topic of alleged military-technological cooperation between Russia and the DPRK or China and the DPRK, in order to build anti-Russian and anti-Chinese sentiments in the Republic of Korea and Japan
In foreign media and academic articles, they increasingly often refer to a “Beijing-Moscow-Pyongyang axis” that is emerging in Northeast Asia (NEA). Under these circumstances, Western authors believe, the U.S. and its main Pacific allies, ...
... protective measures to respond to threats from North Korea and China. Judging by what Japanese diplomats have been saying recently, Russia may also be included in the official list of the country’s enemies. Increasing funding to 2% of GDP (from the current 1.3%),
as U.S. analysts have proposed
, will ensure the further improvement of the Japan Self-Defense Forces in terms of technology and strike capabilities, which will change the balance of power in the Asia-Pacific forever.
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Yoshida F. (2018) From the Reality of a Nuclear Umbrella to a World without Nuclear Weapons: An Interview ...
At the final event of the year dedicated to the Asia Pacific, leading Russian researchers of the field shared their assessments of the most significant trends of 2020 and tried to forecast regional ... ... scientific centers and laboratories instead of American ones, which creates an opportunity for Russia. With the EU–China and Japan–China relations being also somewhat in jeopardy, small and medium powers in Asia and other regions may attempt to cooperate ...
One would hope that Japan will be further interested in preventing the Indo-Pacific concept from transforming into an additional source of tension in Russia–Japan relations
Shinzo Abe’s recent decision to step down as Prime Minister has been one of the most noteworthy international events of recent times. This news, however, came from a country where the early resignation of a prime minister ...
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None of this means, however, that the numerous dialogue mechanisms that exist in the Asia-Pacific region are purely imitative and decorative in nature. They perform an important... ... from Chinese assertiveness, at least to the extent possible.
Anton Tsvetov:
ASEAN and Russia Look to Achieve Their Full Potential
In the coming years, these alternative formats... ... around all sorts of ‘Indo-Pacific’ initiatives and platforms. The revived U.S.–Japan–Australia–India quadrilateral dialogue - no doubt aimed at new and better...
... for resolving the security crisis on the Korean peninsula, the dynamics of the military-political situation in the Asia-Pacific region, as well as the new global threats to international stability.
Japanese visitors got an overview of RIAC projects on Asia-Pacific regional issues and Russia-Japan relations, including the preparation for the bilateral Russia-Japan conference, scheduled for the second half of 2018.
On September 13, 2017, the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) held a round table "Russia — Japan — U.S. Relations in the Asia-Pacific".
On September 13, 2017, the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) held a round table "Russia — Japan — U.S. Relations in the Asia-Pacific".
Ivan Timofeev, Director of Programs, Member of RIAC, delivered welcoming ...
... Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan.
The following issues were discussed in the course of the meeting with the Japanese members of parliament: development of Russian-Japanese bilateral relations, security issues in North-Eastern Asia, situation in Asia-Pacific region in general. The meeting was mediated by the Ambassador of Japan to Russia Toehisa Kodzuki.
In 2017 Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) starts a series of events titled “Asian Dialogue” devoted to bilateral ... ... security problems and a number of the other topics of the regional agenda.
The series of meetings started by a discussion with a Japanese expert Mr. Michito Tsuruoka, Senior Research Fellow at the National Institute for Defense Studies (NIDS) of the Ministry ...
... he quickly reverted to the normal pro-American course afterwards
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. Although the Japanese-American security alliance deprives Japan of having an independent foreign policy, a truly independent Japan without the alliance would not be entirely in Russia’s interests either. The unrestrained re-emergence of Japanese military power, whatever future it envisions, will certainly destabilize regional politics in the Asia-Pacific. I would like to stress that there are multiple ways of dramatically strengthening Japanese military forces’ power without invoking any major
perestroika
. The future of Japanese military power, therefore, rests on the effectiveness ...
