Search results for: S. Frederick Starr
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Trump’s “Peace through Strength” and the Japan-U.S. Alliance Revisited
…On January 20, 2021, Joseph Biden is scheduled to assume the next U.S. President succeeding Donald Trump who had taken presidential leadership since January 20, 2017. It has…
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The Evolution of Japan’s Space Strategy: Its Dual-Use Nature and Implications for the Japan-U.S. Alliance
…In recent years Japan has begun to be considered as something of a “space power”, with its technological advancements in key areas such as robotics being a key…
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Macau’s Moment: China’s Other Special Administrative Region
…While demonstrations in Hong Kong have grown in scope and intensity this summer, little attention has been paid to China’s other former European colony turned Special Administrative Region…
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China’s Jamaica Policy: A Less Clumsy Alternative to U.S.-Taiwan Relations
…On July 8, the U.S. Defense Security Cooperation Agency announced a $2 billion sale of weapons to Taiwan , including M1A2T Abrams tanks, Hercules armored vehicles, and heavy…
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Challenging China’s Dominance: Japan’s Grand Strategy for Africa
…Japan’s collaborative investments in African markets are set to increase as the country attempts to offset the dominance of Chinese economic involvement on the continent. The Japanese government…
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Abe’s Strategy in the Trump Era: Uncertainty in U.S. Policy Toward Japan
…Despite the much-publicized special relationship of U.S. President Donald Trump with Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who have met about nine times (and shared three rounds of golf) since…
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Japan in the Indo-Pacific: Investing in Partnerships in South and Southeast Asia
...Executive Summary: China’s engagement in the Southeast Asian region has been a fulcrum for change. Tokyo perceives Chinese behavior to be a threat to the rules-based order that has...
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New Year’s Thaw on the Korean Peninsula: Will It Last?
…The meeting between high-level North and South Korean officials on January 9 was the first inter-Korean dialogue since December 2015. Following months of escalating tensions over North Korea’s nuclear…
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Cryptocurrencies: Terrorism’s Next Frontier?
…systems of regular banks. But while the technology behind these cryptocurrencies seems to be revolutionizing international banking, virtual currencies may also pose acute security risks. Indeed, the fact that cryptocurrencies…