Japan Institute for National Fundamentals

2023.04.24 (Mon)

【#1033】Will India become world’s next big power?

April 24, 2023 　 The world’s largest democracy, India, recently become the world’s fifth-largest economy, after surpassing Britain. Now India is about to overtake China in population size. It will b...

2022.04.18 (Mon)

【#910】Biden compounds India’s security challenges

April 18, 2022 　 In the conflict between the West and Russia over the Russian invasion of Ukraine, much of the non-Western world has chosen to pursue an independent line. In fact, the world’s major ...

2021.02.08 (Mon)

【#761】U.S. Must Not Compound Its Policy Failure on Myanmar

February 8, 2021 　 Ever since resource-rich Myanmar gained independence, the military has been the only functioning institution in that multiethnic country, which remains troubled by ethnic insurg...

2020.10.19 (Mon)

【#728】India will shape the Quad’s direction

October 19, 2020 　 The Australia-India-Japan-U.S. “Quad” is evolving in response to China’s muscular policies and aggressive actions. The four leading powers of the Indo-Pacific are moving toward ...

2020.08.11 (Tue)

【#708】Japan Ｍust Flex Its Foreign-Policy Muscle

Special ContributionAugust 11, 2020 　 The international spotlight on Japan’s prolonged economic woes has helped obscure one of the most important but least-noticed developments — the political rise ...

2019.12.18 (Wed)

【#643(Special)】The China Factor behind India’s RCEP Pullout

December 17, 2019 　 The 16-nation Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) was supposed to create the world’s largest trading bloc. But India’s withdrawal from the RCEP has undercut that o...

2016.08.17 (Wed)

【#393】Japan’s Constitutional Reform to Propel Asian Stability

August 15, 2016 　　　　　Peace in Asia demands a proactive Japan. The issue Japan faces today is not whether it should remain pacifist but whether it can afford to stay passive in regional and interna...

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