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Sep 26, 2019 (Thu)

【#620】Growing Middle East Tensions and Japan’s Energy Policy

September 24, 2019 　 On September 14, two major oil facilities in eastern Saudi Arabia burst into flames on drone and cruise missile attacks, halving the oil kingdom’s crude oil production in a mann...

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Sep 19, 2019 (Thu)

【#619(Special)】Japan Should Capitalize on Connections with Pompeo

September 17, 2019 　 John Bolton has been ousted as U.S. President Donald Trump’s national security adviser. Given that Bolton values alliances and features deep understanding about North Korea’s ab...

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Sep 18, 2019 (Wed)

【#618】Libyan Model for North Korea Was Right

September 17, 2019 　 John Bolton has left his position as national security adviser in the U.S. Trump administration. His presence in the administration was particularly big on North Korea. Bolton w...

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Sep 11, 2019 (Wed)

【#617】Rebuild Strategy on Russia toward Post-Putin Age

September 9, 2019 　 Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s 27th meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, which took place in Vladivostok on September 5, made no progress in Japan-Russia negotiations on a...

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Sep 03, 2019 (Tue)

【#616】Japan’s Insufficient Explanation to U.S. on South Korea Policy

September 2, 2019 　 The U.S. government has taken a definite position of strongly criticizing South Korean President Moon Jae In for deciding to terminate the General Security of Military Informatio...

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Aug 29, 2019 (Thu)

【#615】Enormous Rift Created in U.S.-South Korea Alliance

August 26, 2019 　 On August 22, South Korea’s Moon Jae In government decided to terminate the General Security of Military Information Agreement between South Korea and Japan, known as GSOMIA, for b...

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Aug 20, 2019 (Tue)

【#614】Constitution’s Article 9 Impedes Japan-U.S. Alliance

August 19, 2019 　 On the 74th anniversary of the end of the Pacific War, I feel that the world is entering a new phase as the international situation has been reversed since years just after the war...

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Aug 07, 2019 (Wed)

【#613(Special)】“Postwar Disease” behind Hagiuda Bashing

August 5, 2019 　 On July 26, Koichi Hagiuda, executive acting secretary-general of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, appeared on the online Genron TV over which I preside. On the July 30 issue...

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Aug 07, 2019 (Wed)

【#612(Special)】Rebutting President Moon’s Criticism against Japan

August 5, 2019 　 On August 2, when Japan decided to drop South Korea from a list of the countries subject to preferential trade treatments, South Korean President Moon Jae In blamed Japan for causin...

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Aug 07, 2019 (Wed)

【#611】Is “Coexistence” Possible with a Hegemonic China?

August 5, 2019 　 Two former senior U.S. government officials, who are likely to lead a foreign policy and national security team if the Democratic Party wins back the White House in the 2020 presid...

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