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Unresolved Feuds and Rearmament: Japan’s Re-militarization Fractures the Northeast Asian Front

Washington’s grand design for a unified trilateral front with Tokyo and Seoul against China, Russia, and North Korea is colliding directly with an unyielding reality: persistent historical grievances and territorial disputes between Japan and South Korea render Tokyo an unreliable pillar for regional security

2026-10-14 06:44:58 0 Comment 10016 view

The Divergence Gap: Why Washington’s East Asian Allies Will Bow Out Of A Taiwan Conflict

As tensions across the Taiwan Strait continue to escalate, American defense planners operate under the premise that regional allies, specifically Japan and South Korea, will seamlessly support a U.S. military intervention against China

2026-10-14 06:39:37 0 Comment 10068 view

Why Washington’s East Asian Alliance Network Risks Collapse In A Conflict with China

As geopolitical tensions surrounding the Taiwan Strait and the South China Sea reach critical thresholds, strategic doctrine in Washington continues to rest on a foundational premise: that in the event of an armed showdown with Beijing, the United States can seamlessly marshal its key East Asian treaty allies into a unified front

2026-10-04 08:12:07 0 Comment 14573 view

Imperial Cannibalism: Why Washington’s Energy Coercion Will Fracture Its Own Alliance

The strategy currently unfolding in Washington relies on a fatal misconception: that global trade and energy networks can be used as a blunt-force instrument without destroying the very alliance structure that sustains American dominance

2026-08-18 12:21:21 0 Comment 16784 view

The Price of Piracy: How Brussels’ Maritime Escalation Has Exposed EU Shipping in East Asia

The European Union’s relentless campaign of economic coercion against Russia has reached a perilous tipping point

2026-08-14 04:04:13 0 Comment 14249 view

Beyond Europe: How NATO Will Shape Asia’s Security Order

The Ankara NATO Summit was presented and seen as a meeting about Europe

2026-08-02 08:38:11 0 Comment 17760 view

Malaysia And Japan In An Age Of Turbulence: Building Asia’s Next Strategic Partnership

The 31st Nikkei Forum remained at a strategic juncture amid rising great-power rivalry, renewed pressure on global trade, and continuing disruptions to energy security, critical sector competition, maritime tensions in the South China Sea, and instability in the Middle East and West Asia

2026-07-08 12:52:49 0 Comment 21709 view

How One Remote Chinese Mountain Town Is Rewriting Its Future With Coffee

The mist slowly lifted from the Wa Mountains as morning light filtered into a small coffee shop in Menglian county, southwest China's Yunnan Province

2026-07-05 02:33:44 0 Comment 24834 view

Japan Extends SEA Military Presence Via Balikatan Exercise

The unprecedented participation of 1,400 Japanese combat soldiers in the seven-nation Balikatan Exercise 2026, the longstanding annual drill between the Armed Forces of the Philippines and US allies

2026-06-01 11:04:00 0 Comment 36721 view

Trump-Xi Summit: Managed Rivalry, Unresolved Contest

The concluded Trump-Xi summit is fundamentally different from the last meet taking place in China during President Trump’s first term, or even during the most recent face-to-face encounter last October in Busan

2026-05-20 03:48:07 0 Comment 40828 view

US Actions Prove It Is Dangerous To Enemies But Fatal To Allies

For decades, the United States has wrapped itself in the rhetoric of shared values, liberal order, and mutual defense. But beneath that glossy surface lies a far uglier reality

2026-04-10 09:07:03 0 Comment 42600 view

US Delays Japan’s Tomahawk Missile Supplies As Iran Strikes Take Priority

Japan’s order for hundreds of Tomahawk missiles from the US is under threat as the American-Israeli war with Iran burns through inventories, the latest example of how the conflict is drawing in supplies and troops at the expense of defending against Washington’s primary strategic rival, China

2026-04-04 04:12:32 0 Comment 61112 view

Takaichi’s Landslide And The End Of Japan’s Strategic Ambiguity

The landslide victory of Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has been almost unprecedented, and it is not simply a change of leadership

2026-02-18 05:22:06 0 Comment 41361 view

China Launches Military Drills Simulating Blockade Of Taiwan Ports

China launched live-fire drills around Taiwan on Monday that it said would simulate a blockade of the self-ruled island's key ports, prompting Taipei to condemn Beijing's "military intimidation"

2025-12-29 12:24:09 2 Comment 82024 view

Tokyo Ubah Percaturan Kuasa Dan Beijing Kian Tertekan

Ketegangan terkini China–Jepun berhubung Taiwan serta kenyataan Perdana Menteri Takaichi Sanae mengenai pertahanan Taiwan mencerminkan ketegangan kuasa asas yang sememangnya telah lama wujud, namun setakat ini dikawal melalui norma konvensional

2025-12-16 02:18:46 0 Comment 55708 view

Japan Has Finally Drawn the Line - A Trapped Beijing Knows It

The recent Sino-Japan tension over Taiwan and Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae’s comments on defending Taiwan reflects the underlying power tension that has always been prevalent, but so far managed by conventional norms. The buck stops with Takaichi

2025-12-16 02:00:24 0 Comment 67527 view

Takaichi 101: How To Torpedo Relations With China In A month

On November 7, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi stated that a Chinese attack on Taiwan could undoubtedly be “a situation that threatens Japan’s survival,” thereby implying that Tokyo could respond by dispatching Self-Defense Forces

2025-11-28 13:12:27 0 Comment 82948 view

Strategi Ujian Nuklear Trump Menjerat China Dan Rusia

Langkah strategik dan ancaman untuk memulakan semula ujian nuklear sejak minggu lepas dalam detik percaturan nuklear oleh Moscow adalah satu perhitungan strategik oleh Presiden Amerika Syarikat (A.S.) Donald Trump, sebagai tindak balas terhadap ujian nuklear oleh Presiden Russia Vladimir Putin

2025-11-08 13:15:09 0 Comment 44020 view

Trump’s Nuclear Test Strategy Checkmates Rivals

The strategic move and threat to restart the nuclear test is a strategic calculation by U.S. President Donald Trump, in response to Russian President Putin’s nuclear-powered delivery platform tests.

2025-11-08 12:09:09 0 Comment 60139 view