Japan

Opinion – Japan’s Military Awakening

Julian McBride • Apr 6 2025 • Articles

Japanese remilitarization will benefit the people of Japan and offer be a much-needed counterbalance in the Indo-Pacific.

Review – Base Towns

Andrew Szarejko • Apr 2 2025 • Features

Kim sheds light on how anti-base activism in Korea and Japan disrupts U.S. basing politics, urging us to value the lives of those living near bases.

Is “Backwardness” a Problematic Concept of Uneven and Combined Development?

H. P. Gia Nguyen • Mar 21 2025 • Articles

Backwardness, (re)understood as self-perceived backwardness, is an important concept without which Uneven and Combined Development’s explanation of historical change is incomplete.

Opinion – Toward a Japan-South Korea Alliance Less Reliant on the US

Hanjin Park, Mary Ochiai and Jiachen Shi • Nov 16 2024 • Articles

A motivation behind Japanese Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru’s push for an ‘Asian NATO’ may be developing a security relationship with South Korea.

Interview – Steven Vogel

E-International Relations • Oct 27 2024 • Features

Steven Vogel outlines the concept of marketcraft, how it can be used to enhance economic and military security, the role of foreign policy, and Japanese security.

Opinion – Japan-South Korea Relations: Breaking the Cycle?

Sofia Ribeiro-Lemos • Oct 17 2024 • Articles

As Japan and South Korea share similar values, they would benefit from strengthening bilateral ties.

Opinion – Extending South Korea and Japan’s Joint Development Zone Agreement

SeungHwan Kim • Jun 8 2024 • Articles

A unified, bipartisan, approach will aid in counterbalancing China’s growing influence in the region.

Japan’s Role in Shaping the Security Landscape of Southeast and East Asia

Swati Arun • May 7 2024 • Articles

Japan has embarked upon a transformative journey that signifies a departure from its conventional pacifist stance.

Japan’s Path from Arms Export Ban to Promotion

Rena Sasaki • Nov 15 2023 • Articles

Without a sound defense industrial base, Japan’s likelihood of overcoming the turbulence in the region will be significantly diminished.

Thinking Global Podcast – Kosuke Shimizu

E-International Relations • Sep 4 2023 • Features

Kosuke Shimizu speaks about the Kyoto School and Non-Western International Relations, his concept of relationality, and Non-Western methodology.

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