Asia Imperial Retirement Marks the End of an Era for Japan August 28, 2018 0 Written by Anne-Léonore Dardenne. Emperor Akihito expressed his sorrow over the war dead and ‘deep remorse’ for Japan’s role for the last time publicly on…
Africa Japan and the African Challenge August 2, 2018 0 Written by Anne-Léonore Dardenne. Over the last decade, Africa has undergone a substantial transformation and has attracted the attention of major Asian powers such as…
Japan Contemporary Japan-Taiwan Relations in Historical Context July 13, 2018 0 Written by Robert Hoppens. Taiwan has recently become the focus of renewed international concern. The election of President Tsai Ying-wen of the independence-leaning Democratic Progressive…
China Recent Sino-Japanese Relations: How Long Will the Thaw Last? July 9, 2018 0 Written by June Teufel Dreyer. The Good News Relations between the world’s largest and second largest economies look a lot better compared with less than…
China Contesting Visions of Regional Order in East Asia: A Japanese Perspective July 9, 2018 0 Written by Bhubhindar Singh. A common view within the academic and policy communities of East Asia is that the region is in a period of…
Uncategorized ‘Japan is back’: but which Japan? May 23, 2018 0 Written by Lionel Fatton. Freshly elected for a second term as Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe declared in early 2013, “Japan is back”. The obvious question…
China Sino-Russian Relations in 2018 March 12, 2018 1 Written by Gilbert Rozman. Expect a banner year for Sino-Russian relations. Triangular logic dictates this, as the Sino-US relationship is headed for intensified tensions over…
South China Sea Japan is back on the world stage February 14, 2018 1 Written by John Hemmings. Just over a month after the foreign and defense ministers of Britain and Japan stood side-by-side in the National Maritime Museum…
Uncategorized Will Shinzo Abe use North Korea to change Japan’s Constitution? January 17, 2018 0 Written by Donna Weeks. On the morning of November 29th in Tokyo, the breaking news was not Kim Jong-Un firing another missile but that sumo…
Uncategorized Imperial Japan saw itself as a ‘warrior nation’ – and the idea lingers January 5, 2018 0 Written by Oleg Benesch. In a warning to China on the eve of his first trip to Asia in November 2017, the US president, Donald…
