Japan Institute for National Fundamentals

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...

2022.05.12 (Thu)

【#915】Sanctions Without Defense Buildup Are Dangerous

May 9, 2022 　 “Ukraine is tomorrow’s Asia,” Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said at a press conference at the end of his recent six-nation tour, demonstrating Japan’s solidarity with Western c...

2021.09.29 (Wed)

【#832】Japan’s Wisdom to Sort Applications to Join CPTPP

September 27, 2021 　 Can the 11 member countries of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) reject the membership application of China that is rapidly closi...

2021.06.10 (Thu)

【#799】British Pacific Strategy Frustrates China

June 7, 2021 　 I would like to welcome Britain’s decision to advance into the Indo-Pacific region ahead of other European countries. On June 2, the 11 members of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreem...

2021.03.18 (Thu)

【#772】“Spirit of Quad” to Deter China

March 15, 2021 　 It is significant that the quadrilateral group comprising Japan, Australia, India and the United States held its first-ever leaders’ summit in a teleconference format on March 12 ...

2020.10.29 (Thu)

【#732】China’s Aggression Getting Quad-plus Moving

October 26, 2020 　 During his Southeast Asian tour last week, Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga consistently advocated a “free and open Indo-Pacific” with China in mind. On the way paved by his...

2020.10.12 (Mon)

【#725(Special)】Hoping for Quad to Develop into Indo-Pacific Alliance

October 8, 2020 　 A recent movement towards building a new security framework in the Indo-Pacific by the loose quadrilateral security dialogue among Japan, the United States, Australia and India i...