Japan Institute for National Fundamentals

2025.02.27 (Thu)

【#1227】China and Russia Seeking for “Yalta 2.0”

February 25, 2025 　 Behind U.S.-Russia negotiations to explore an end to Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine, China is moving to take the lead in great power diplomacy. While supporting a U.S...

2024.10.09 (Wed)

【#1188】Military Geek Unfamiliar with National Security

October 7, 2024 　 The idea of an “Asian NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)” that new Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba had touted during the ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s leader election camp...

2024.09.26 (Thu)

【#1183】China’s Anti-Japan Education May Lead to a Third Attack

September 24, 2024 　 A 10-year-old boy attending a Japanese school in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China, has recently been stabbed to death by a Chinese man, stirring an outpouring of deep grief. ...

2024.03.13 (Wed)

【#1126】Hoping for Early U.S. Additional Support for Ukraine

March 11, 2024 　 U.S. President Joe Biden in his State of the Union address on March 7 warned that freedom and democracy are “under attack both at home and abroad at the very same time,” making a st...

2023.10.11 (Wed)

【#1075】U.S. Political Chaos Plunging Allies into Insecurity

October 10, 2023 　 The unprecedented chaos in the U.S. Congress is encouraging the dictatorships of Russia and China that dream of reviving an empire. The U.S. House of Representatives excluded aid ...

2023.03.23 (Thu)

【#1026】Don’t Be Deceived by China Acting as Goodwill Mediator

March 20, 2023 　 Chinese President Xi Jinping visited Russia this week with a plan to end Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine. Earlier this month, China successfully mediated an agreement bet...

2023.01.25 (Wed)

【#1004】China Heading for a “Peaking Power Trap”

January 23, 2023 　 China’s population decreased last year for the first time in 61 years, eight years faster than anticipated by the United Nations World Population Prospects and the Chinese Academy...

2022.10.26 (Wed)

【#977】Japanese National Lawmakers Neglecting Triple Crisis

October 24, 2022 　 A Taiwan contingency amounts to a Japan contingency, as noted by the late former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. Today’s Ukraine could be tomorrow's East Asia, as pointed out ...

2022.07.06 (Wed)

【#938】West Passed Point of No Return in New Cold War

July 4, 2022 　 In a historic development, European and Indo-Pacific democracies have joined hands in a manner to encircle Eurasian autocracies. The North Atlantic Treaty Organization has adopted its...

2022.06.01 (Wed)

【#923】Quad Getting Closer to Security Cooperation through Maritime Watch

May 30, 2022 　 The U.S. Biden administration’s strategic goal is to prevent the 21st century from becoming an age of autocratic domination. Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine has prompted th...