Japan Institute for National Fundamentals

2019.09.03 (Tue)

【#616】Japan’s Insufficient Explanation to U.S. on South Korea Policy

September 2, 2019 　 The U.S. government has taken a definite position of strongly criticizing South Korean President Moon Jae In for deciding to terminate the General Security of Military Informatio...

2019.08.07 (Wed)

【#611】Is “Coexistence” Possible with a Hegemonic China?

August 5, 2019 　 Two former senior U.S. government officials, who are likely to lead a foreign policy and national security team if the Democratic Party wins back the White House in the 2020 presid...

2019.06.05 (Wed)

【#596】Alliances as a Pillar of U.S. Indo-Pacific Strategy

June 3, 2019 　　　　　U.S. Acting Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan announced the United States’ Indo-Pacific Strategy at this year’s Asia Security Summit in Singapore, known as Shangri-La Dialogu...

2019.05.08 (Wed)

【#591(Special)】BRI with a Military Tinge

May 7, 2019 　　　　　The U.S. government is growing concerned that China’s Belt and Road Initiative for expanding its sphere of influence could facilitate its construction of new overseas military bas...

2019.04.17 (Wed)

【#588(Special)】China’s BRI Entails Geopolitical Risks

April 15, 2019 　　　　　The Belt and Road Initiative to which Chinese President Xi Jinping is committed would not only expand China’s economic interests and political influence globally but also cause...

2019.02.28 (Thu)

【#574】Enhance Cooperation with European Democracies

February 25, 2019 　　　　　A symposium on the quadrilateral cooperation between Japan, the United States, Australia and India was held recently in Berlin, in which I participated as a panelist. In lat...

2018.11.28 (Wed)

【#558】U.S.-China Confrontation Likely to Last Long

November 26, 2018 　　　　　The United States, China, Russia, North Korea, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Iran and other countries are rapidly moving. It is difficult to read the world situation. At a symposium...

2018.10.31 (Wed)

【#552】Abe’s China Diplomacy Could Be Misunderstood

October 29, 2018 　　　　　China is now plagued with a trade war orchestrated by the U.S. Trump administration, while Chinese President Xi Jinping’s prestigious Belt and Road Initiative to expand China...

2018.10.24 (Wed)

【#551(Special)】Expectation for New U.S. Diplomatic Team

October 22, 2018 　　　　　David Stilwell, a retired U.S. Air Force brigadier general, was finally selected as assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs. As a strategy expert with...

2018.10.16 (Tue)

【#549】U.S. Politicians Share Tough Stance against China

October 15, 2018 　　　　　On October 10, a U.S. bipartisan congressional commission that monitors human rights conditions in China released an annual report denouncing the Chinese government’s repress...