Japan Institute for National Fundamentals

2020.06.18 (Thu)

【#691(Special)】Clever Strategy for Deterring Wounded Dragon

June 15, 2020 　 Historian Niall Ferguson in his review of past pandemics has pointed out that unknown viruses could intensify existing tensions between social classes and between nations. Chinese Pr...

2020.05.28 (Thu)

【#682】Involve Europe in Indo-Pacific Strategy

May 25, 2020 　 Is Chinese President Xi Jinping a national salvation leader or an oppressive dictator? Xi clearly attempted to position himself as the former at China’s National People’s Congress leg...

2020.04.22 (Wed)

【#675】Post-Corona Clash Expected between U.S. and Chinese Models

April 20, 2020 　 The coronavirus pandemic originating from China’s Wuhan has exposed the Chinese Communist Party’s behavior of taking advantage of the pandemic to receive favors from other countries...

2020.02.26 (Wed)

【#658】Disease of Autocracy Covering up Inconvenient Truth

February 25, 2020 　 It may be natural for an authoritarian regime to cover up an inconvenient truth. For the reason of a column headline, China has expelled three correspondents of The Wall Street J...

2019.10.16 (Wed)

【#627】A Day When Japan Could Become “Asian Kurds”

October 15, 2019 　 Hadn’t the Kurds been a U.S. ally that would stand or fall together with U.S. forces in fighting against the cruel Islamic State terrorist group? The recent U.S. decision to withd...

2019.06.26 (Wed)

【#603】Clash of Values Coming after G20 Summit?

June 24, 2019 　　　　　　　　　　Now that the Group of 20 summit for multilateral cooperation after the 2008 financial crisis has weakened its coordinating function, the flow of the whole conference will...

2019.06.19 (Wed)

【#601】Don’t Allow Anyone to Benefit from U.S.-Iran Confrontation

June 17, 2019 　　　　　　　　　　Who attacked two oil tankers including a Japanese ship near the Strait of Hormuz? The United States has held Iran responsible, while Iran has denied its involvement. The ...

2019.06.05 (Wed)

【#597(Special)】Lesson from Tiananmen Massacre: Japan Should Reject Chinese Cajolement

June 3, 2019 　　　　　The world-shaking Tiananmen Square massacre is a dark and hidden part of the Chinese Communist Party’s 100-year history. In June 1989, the People’s Liberation Army of the Communi...

2018.10.10 (Wed)

【#548】Be Prepared for New U.S.-China Cold War

October 9, 2018 　　　　　The Trump administration’s foreign policy indicates that the United States is prepared for a new cold war with China over security and trade issues. It may be reasonable to co...

2018.09.18 (Tue)

【#543(Special)】Putin’s Imperial Diplomacy

September 13, 2018 　　　　　An imperial diplomacy typically features the cunning of sweetening foreign countries with smiles while rattling sabers. Exactly, Russian President Vladimir Putin welcomed J...