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Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has led a bold push for defense reforms to keep up with growing regional threats. But questions of historical memory remain, complicating Japan’s relationships with its neighbors. Hitoshi Tanaka, chairman of the Institute for International Strategy at the Japan Research Institute, describes how Japan has been navigating these challenges, and the critical role of the U.S.-Japan alliance.
This podcast series is part of a project on Northeast Asian Nationalisms and the U.S.-Japan Alliance, which is made possible through support from the U.S.-Japan Foundation.
The United States has become more inward-focused and nationalistic, but as Toshihiro Nakayama argues, Japan does not have a back-up plan to its alliance with the United States.
Toshihiro Nakayama evaluates today’s politics in the United States and argues that the fundamental shift that has taken place under President Donald Trump is not likely to end with his presidency.
Jessica Chen Weiss discusses the nature of activism in China and how the Chinese government is responding to these new challenges.