Shinzo Abe
Together, The U.S. And Japan Can Preserve A Free And Open Indo-Pacific
It is time to bring together a redoubtable defensive alliance that can deter Chinese hegemonic designs across the region—an Indo-Pacific Treaty Organization (IPTO). Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s visit with...
What’s Next for Japan-Russia Relations?
As Japan’s newly elected prime minister, Shigeru Ishiba, composes his cabinet, one position remains conspicuously vacant: Minister for Economic Cooperation with Russia. Moscow has noticed, with Russia Ministry of Foreign...
Japan and America Can Restore a Healthy World Order
The assassination of former Prime Minister Abe Shinzo last month shocked the world. In the eyes of many Americans, Abe had come to represent a confident and proactive Japan, overcoming...
Goodbye Hedging: Japan, Australia, and Taiwan Have Big Plans for East Asia
Japanese prime minister Fumio Kishida had quite a tight schedule at the G7 and NATO summits held in Spain in end of June. As the third-largest economy in the world,...
A Changed and Changing Japan
The recent assassination of former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe shocked Japan and its allies, but also highlighted the degree to which Japan’s position in the region and world has...
Shinzo Abe: The Last True Statesman of Asia
Two political assassinations happened within the span of one day. One was figurative, the other real. Boris Johnson suffered from a very British conservative curse, of being stabbed in the...
Nearly Gun-Free Japan Shocked by Shinzo Abe’s Assassination
The assassination of former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe on Friday sent shockwaves throughout Japan, which is known to have some of the world’s strictest gun-control laws. According to National...
Shinzo Abe’s Liberal Democratic Party Wins Big in Japan
Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party-Komeito coalition is expected to expand its majority in the House of Councillors, Japan’s upper house of parliament, following an election overshadowed by the shocking assassination...
World Shocked by Assassination of Shinzo Abe at Campaign Rally
Shinzo Abe, Japan’s prime minister from 2006 to 2007 and 2012 to 2020, died on Friday morning after he was shot during a campaign rally for Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party....
Japan’s Vital Role in the Balance of Power in Asia
Here’s what you need to remember: In essence, Japan needs to be able to deflect and degrade any initial Chinese or North Korean attack, providing time for the U.S. and other...
Is Japan the Key to U.S. Military Strategy in the Pacific?
Here’s what you need to remember: The end of the Abe era is a time to consider Japan’s future role in the security architecture of the Indo-Pacific region. Frankly, Japan needs...
The U.S.-Japan Alliance has Never Been More Important
Here’s What You Need to Remember: The Abe era is over. Will Japan continue to grow as a valuable ally to America?The security environment in the Western Pacific is becoming more...