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Over the last several decades, governments have collectively pledged to slow global warming. But despite intensified diplomacy, the world is already facing the consequences of climate…
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After seventy years of low-profile defense activities, Japan is poised to reinvent its national security posture. As Andrew Oros, professor of political science at Washington College and author of Japan’s Security Renaissance: New Policies and Politics for the Twenty-First Century, explains on this week’s Asia Unbound podcast, Japan has not only oriented its own self-defense forces toward more practical activities in recent years, but has also cultivated security partnerships with countries including Australia, India, and Vietnam. This security revival has been spurred in part by the dark clouds on Japan’s horizon: China’s military build-up, territorial disputes in the East China Sea, and North Korean nuclear adventurism. But further efforts to reform Japan’s forces will likely come up against Article 9 of Japan’s constitution, under which the country renounces the right to maintain a military and settle disputes by force. Will the perceived threats be enough for President Shinzo Abe to gain popular support for reforming Article 9? Listen above to hear Oros’s take on what the future holds for Japan’s national security posture, and what changes to Article 9 would mean for stability in East Asia and beyond.
First came Mao, then came Deng, now Chinese President Xi Jinping has ushered in the Third Revolution, introducing sweeping reforms throughout the government, economy, and society. Unlike past leaders…
Under President Xi Jinping, China’s era of opening up and reform has drawn to an end, and a new era—one marked by the consolidation of power under Xi himself—has dawned. In his new book, End of an Er…
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