Hanoi Halts Protest Over Disputed Islands
February 8, 2017 3 min. read

Vietnam and China pledged to settle disputes and to work toward a code of conduct for maritime operations after Party chief Nguyen Phu Trong’s visit to Beijing.

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Japan’s Defense Minister Visits ‘War Crimes Shrine’ Following Pearl Harbor Trip
December 30, 2016 4 min. read

The visit sparked anger among the country’s neighbors—particularly China and South Korea—that suffered under Japanese occupation during World War II.

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Japan and South Korea: Towards a Closer Security Cooperation
November 4, 2016 8 min. read

Japan and South Korea are the most strategically valuable U.S. allies in the region. They are also the most exposed to the North Korean military threat.

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Legacies of General MacArthur’s ‘Peace Constitution’ still Matter in East Asia
August 20, 2016 9 min. read

Post-war Japan’s constitution was an avant-garde collage of high-edge liberal democratic universal norms that revolutionized an outmoded governance system.

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Beijing Slices Sushi over Disputed Islands
August 12, 2016 3 min. read

Last week, some 200 Chinese fishing boats were escorted by 13 coast guard vessels to waters just off Japanese-controlled islands claimed by both countries.

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LDP Victory Marks the Path Toward the Constitutional Reform
July 20, 2016 10 min. read

Shinzo Abe’s victory in the Upper House elections on July 10 marks a memorable success for the Liberal Democratic Party-led coalition.

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Hagel Feels the Heat in Beijing
April 14, 2014 4 min. read

Japanese fighter jet pilots are getting no rest these days. In a statement released Wednesday, the Japanese Defense Ministry revealed that Japanese fighter jets were scrambled against Chinese planes a record high 415 times during the year ending in March. That number is up 36 percent from a year earlier – and is the highest […]

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Can Mozambique be the Next LNG Hotbed?
March 6, 2014 10 min. read

Like many other African countries, Mozambique has enormous potential, but there are many gaps to fill. Led by its natural resources, the economy has been booming with real GDP growth reaching 7.4 percent in 2012, seven percent in 2013 and is predicted to reach 8.5 percent between 2014–16, according to the World Bank. London based […]

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Nationalist Fury on Chinese Websites Following Japan Shrine Visit
January 3, 2014 4 min. read

A perusal of reader comments on Chinese news websites following Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s recent visit to the Yasukuni war shrine in Tokyo reveals an online explosion of nationalist fury. Despite U.S. attempts to dissuade Abe from visiting the shrine and U.S. criticism following his visit, America has not been spared the anger of […]

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