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ChinaTalk

ChinaTalk: How Abe Reshaped Japan

Jordan Schneider Thu, Jul 29, 2021, 9:37 AM

Abe Shinzo is second only to Xi as the most consequential East Asian politician of the 21st century. Tobias Harris of the Center for American Progress joins to discuss his new biography of Abe, The Iconoclast.

Tobias and I discuss his dramatic rise, fall and return to power; how he reshaped governance in Japan through bureaucratic reform; how he managed relations with the US and China; and how tasty his wife's izakaya is.

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Water Wars

Water Wars: No One in the Mood for Compromise in the South China Sea

Alex Vivona Wed, Jul 7, 2021, 10:35 AM

ASEAN member states met in June as tensions in the South China Sea continue to rise.

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China

China’s New Coast Guard Law and Implications for Maritime Security in the East and South China Seas

Shigeki Sakamoto Tue, Feb 16, 2021, 1:37 PM

China's new Coast Guard Law has several inconsistencies with UNCLOS.

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Water Wars

Water Wars Special: How IUU Fishing Increases the Risk of Conflict

Sam Cohen, Steve Floyd Wed, Jan 27, 2021, 10:47 AM

The U.S. reaffirms its position on Taiwan and the Senkakus; and illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing increases the risk of conflict in the South China Sea.

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Cybersecurity

Japan’s 5G Approach Sets a Model for Global Cooperation

Mihoko Matsubara Mon, Sep 14, 2020, 9:12 AM

Japan has adopted a cross-vendor approach to its 4G and 5G infrastructure, allowing a more flexible combination of suppliers and alleviating supply-chain risks.

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Asia Pacific

The Dynamics of Japan’s “Armed Attack Initiation” Doctrine and Anticipatory Self-Defense

Masahiro Kurosaki Tue, Sep 1, 2020, 8:01 AM

How has the debate over pre-emptive strike capabilities been legally framed in Japan? What are its implications for U.S. national security policy?

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Cybersecurity

The Japanese Automobile Industry Is Taking Next Steps for Cybersecurity Collaboration

Mihoko Matsubara Tue, Jul 7, 2020, 8:01 AM

The discussion around cybersecurity risk tends to overlook the automobile sector. Japan’s auto companies have taken important steps to improve cybersecurity in the industry.

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South China Sea

Water Wars: Stare Decisis in the South China Sea

Sean Quirk Mon, Jan 6, 2020, 8:25 AM

Malaysia and Indonesia lawfare salvos against China, the first made-in-China aircraft carrier and a Japanese military strategy for the South China Sea.

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Asia Pacific

Korea and Japan Clash Over History and Law

Brian Kim Fri, Aug 16, 2019, 8:00 AM

South Korea and Japan, two of America’s closest allies, are tumbling into a dangerous economic-diplomatic war over a South Korean Supreme Court decision that ordered Japanese corporations to compensate Korean forced-labor victims from World War II. At the heart of the dispute is a legal disagreement over a 1965 treaty that triggers centuries of bad blood and spiritual animosity between the two countries.

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Water Wars

Water Wars: U.S.-China Divide at Shangri-La

Amy Zeng Wed, Jun 12, 2019, 8:29 AM

The Shangri-La Dialogue, the highest profile annual security forum in Asia, was held from May 31 to June 2 in Singapore. Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong delivered an opening speech that received widespread praise from Chinese netizens for its “objective analysis” of Sino-U.S. ties.

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Japan

ChinaTalk

ChinaTalk: How Abe Reshaped Japan

Water Wars

Water Wars: No One in the Mood for Compromise in the South China Sea

China

China’s New Coast Guard Law and Implications for Maritime Security in the East and South China Seas

Water Wars

Water Wars Special: How IUU Fishing Increases the Risk of Conflict

Cybersecurity

Japan’s 5G Approach Sets a Model for Global Cooperation

Asia Pacific

The Dynamics of Japan’s “Armed Attack Initiation” Doctrine and Anticipatory Self-Defense

Cybersecurity

The Japanese Automobile Industry Is Taking Next Steps for Cybersecurity Collaboration

South China Sea

Water Wars: Stare Decisis in the South China Sea

Asia Pacific

Korea and Japan Clash Over History and Law

Water Wars

Water Wars: U.S.-China Divide at Shangri-La

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