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Speaking out

Feb 24, 2021 (Wed)

【#765】Proposing British Aircraft Carrier’s Joint Exercises with Quad Forces

February 22, 2021 　 In November 2020, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced a plan to dispatch HMS Queen Elizabeth Carrier-Strike Group to the Indo-Pacific region accompanied by units of ...

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Feb 24, 2021 (Wed)

【#764】Tragedy of Japan Failing to Win in Vaccine Diplomacy

February 22, 2021 　 China is aggressively promoting its vaccine diplomacy to provide developing countries with novel coronavirus vaccines that it has developed on its own. The approach has attract...

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Feb 24, 2021 (Wed)

【#763】Move 2022 Winter Olympics from Beijing

February 22, 2021 　 The Olympic Games have always been highly politicized, while being touted as a symbol of international peace and friendship or a sports festival. We now must pay attention to t...

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Feb 17, 2021 (Wed)

【#762】Biden’s Hardline China Policy Limited to Rhetoric?

February 15, 2021 　 U.S. President Joseph Biden held his first telephone talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping last week. The White House said Biden conveyed his concerns about Beijing’s crackdo...

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Feb 10, 2021 (Wed)

【#760】Japan Should Immediately Counter China Coast Guard Law

February 8, 2021 　 On February 1, China put its coast guard law into effect, flexing its muscles to realize the Great Revival of the Chinese Nation. The law represents a challenge to maritime orde...

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Feb 08, 2021 (Mon)

【#761】U.S. Must Not Compound Its Policy Failure on Myanmar

February 8, 2021 　 Ever since resource-rich Myanmar gained independence, the military has been the only functioning institution in that multiethnic country, which remains troubled by ethnic insurg...

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Feb 03, 2021 (Wed)

【#759】Senkaku Affair Highlights Limitations of Japan’s Constitution

February 1, 2021 　 I have mixed feelings about a recent development regarding a gap between China’s gradual enhancement of moves towards effective control of Japan’s Senkaku Islands over a half ce...

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Jan 26, 2021 (Tue)

【#758】Call for Unity Rings Hollow

January 25, 2021 　 When I read the full text of U.S. President Joe Biden’s inaugural address, I was somewhat bored because he repeated all too often the explanation of “democracy” and the call for...

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Jan 21, 2021 (Thu)

【#757】Behind Demotion of NK Dictator’s Sister

January 18, 2021 　 In the North Korean capital of Pyongyang, the ruling Workers’ Party of Korea convened its eighth congress January 5 through 12. WPK Chairman Kim Jong Un read the party’s activit...

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Jan 21, 2021 (Thu)

【#756】“Free and Open Indo-Pacific” Should Be Maintained

January 18, 2021 　 Ahead of U.S. President Joseph Biden’s inauguration on January 20, former Assistant Secretary of State Kurt Campbell was named to take the new post of coordinator for Indo-Pacif...

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