Emerging trends in naval pluralism

... to promote their own interests. In this respect, the op-ed published by Shinzo Abe in Project Syndicate on December 26, 2012, the day after he became Japan’s Prime Minister, is particularly pertinent. In it, he called for a quasi-alliance of Japan, the United States, India and Australia to jointly safeguard stability in the world's oceans, and urged Britain and France “to stage a comeback in participating in strengthening Asia’s security.” The anti-Chinese orientation of Abe’s op-ed is clearly ...