【#879】Is Germany a Russian Ally?
January 31, 2022 “Germany is no longer a credible ally,” writes Tom Rogan, a foreign policy and national security writer for the conservative Washington Examiner magazine. “Germany often acts like...
【#878】Break Away from Economic and Defense Deflation
January 24, 2022 Japan’s deflation over the past quarter century has affected not only its gross domestic product but also defense spending. Its national power, two pillars of which are economy an...
【#877】Cost of Electricity Impeding Growth Strategy and Economic Security
January 24, 2022 The Japanese economy has long been called stagnant. Economic outlooks indicate Japan as sluggish even among advanced economies. The government has had a sense of crisis about the ...
【#876】Kishida Should Forge Ahead with Enhancing Military Power
January 24, 2022 Prime Minister Fumio Kishida should forge ahead with Japan’s military buildup, including the acquisition of capabilities to attack enemy bases, in preparation for a contingency in...
【Viewpoints】International Cooperation Required to Cope with China’s Political Manipulation
January 17, 2022 The British Security Service, known as MI 5 (Military Intelligence Section 5), has issued a warning that a woman agent of China’s United Front Work Department has been trying to i...
【#875】Japan Should Make Fact-based Rebuttal to S. Korea over Sado Goldmines
January 17, 2022 On December 28 last year, the Council for Cultural Affairs, an advisory panel to the Japanese Agency for Cultural Affairs, selected a goldmine site on the island of Sado, Niigata ...
【#874】Ukraine Crisis Could Affect Japan-U.S. Security Arrangements
January 17, 2022 As tensions continue between Russia and Western countries over Ukraine, we must not overlook the fact that Russian demands to the United States include some measures that could th...
January 17, 2022 Last October, the Taiwanese defense minister indicated China could be ready to mount a full-scale invasion of Taiwan by 2025. Last June, the U.S. Indo-Pacific commander told the S...
【#872】Looming Global Comeback to Nuclear Energy
January 11, 2022 More than 40 countries agreed to phase out coal power generation at the 26th Conference of Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, or COP26, in Glasg...
【#871】Military Significance of Japan-U.S. 2+2 and Japan-Australia RAA
January 11, 2022 On January 7, Japanese and U.S. foreign and defense ministers held their so-called two-plus-two meeting on an online basis. On January 6, Japan and Australia signed a Reciprocal A...