“Prime Minister Suga’s official statements broadly indicate the administration’s priorities in domestic and foreign policies…There is also a need to realign the Free and Open Indo-Pacific (FOIP) closer to the ASEAN Outlook on the Indo-Pacific (AOIP) in order for the FOIP framework to be seen less as a tool of encirclement of China or as continue reading : Scholars Discuss Japan’s Foreign and Security Policy Trajectory Under Prime Minister Suga
FSI Researchers Attend Briefing on Japan’s Security Policy
Researchers from the Center for International Relations and Strategic Studies (CIRSS), together with defense attaches and naval officers of the Philippines and other countries, attended the Briefing on Japan’s National Security Policy held on 15 October 2014 at the Japanese Ambassador’s Residence. The briefing is part of the activities of the Overseas Training Cruise organized continue reading : FSI Researchers Attend Briefing on Japan’s Security Policy
Japan’s Leadership Conundrum: Commentary and Perspective
At the end of 2012, Japan found itself swearing in a new leader for the seventh time in less than a decade. For a country in prolonged socioeconomic and political inertia, its leadership has been the sole indication of significant shifts in the post-bubble era. These significant shifts, needless to say, have been less than continue reading : Japan’s Leadership Conundrum: Commentary and Perspective
