- Sailing close to the wind: Japan’s forward deterrence posture toward the Taiwan Strait
In December 2022, Tokyo released three security documents that grabbed headlines worldwide. Highlighting the acquisition of counterstrike capabilities, the large increase in defense spending and other decisions enshrined in the … Continue reading Sailing close to the wind: Japan’s forward deterrence posture toward the Taiwan Strait - Japan’s Rush to the Pacific War
This book investigates the phenomenon of overbalancing through an analysis of Japan’s foreign policy during the interbellum. In the mid-1930s, Japan withdrew from a naval arms control framework that had … Continue reading Japan’s Rush to the Pacific War - Vers une nouvelle ère de militarisation (et d’instabilité ?) en Indo-Pacifique
Si la militarisation de l’Indo-Pacifique, caractérisée par des dépenses militaires croissantes et la modernisation des forces armées régionales, est une tendance structurelle de l’après-Guerre froide, soutenue par un fort développement … Continue reading Vers une nouvelle ère de militarisation (et d’instabilité ?) en Indo-Pacifique
- New Japanese Strike Weapons Could Spark An Asian Arms Race
Stuck between an assertive China, a nuclearizing North Korea, and an increasingly unreliable United States, Japan is mulling the acquisition of strike capabilities. Its upcoming missile defense policy could destabilize … Continue reading New Japanese Strike Weapons Could Spark An Asian Arms Race - Japan’s Space Program: Shifting Away from “Non-Offensive” Purposes?
Concerns about the United States’ readiness and ability to fulfill its security commitments have led Tokyo to enact security reforms to enhance its value as an ally while moving toward … Continue reading Japan’s Space Program: Shifting Away from “Non-Offensive” Purposes? - Is Japan entering the new space race?
During the new session of parliament in January this year Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe reiterated his pledge to utilise outer space to guarantee national security. Only last year, Abe … Continue reading Is Japan entering the new space race? - Japan’s Awakening: Moving toward an Autonomous Security Policy
Japan has been moving toward a more independent security policy since the early 2010s, duplicating the military assets of the United States and reorganizing the Self-Defense Forces. In Japan’s Awakening, … Continue reading Japan’s Awakening: Moving toward an Autonomous Security Policy - “Japan is back”: Autonomy and balancing amidst an unstable China–U.S.–Japan triangle
Japan’s security policy has changed dramatically in recent years. The country balances harder against China, and its armed forces are increasingly autonomous from their American counterparts. What explains Japan’s growing … Continue reading “Japan is back”: Autonomy and balancing amidst an unstable China–U.S.–Japan triangle - A new spear in Asia: why is Japan moving toward autonomous defense?
Japan is on the verge of what would be a dramatic shift in defense posture. The ‘spear and shield’ structure of the US–Japan alliance, at the center of its security … Continue reading A new spear in Asia: why is Japan moving toward autonomous defense? - The impotence of conventional arms control: why do international regimes fail when they are most needed?
Amid tensions with the West over Ukraine, Russia pulled out of the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe in March 2015. The Russian case is another example of a … Continue reading The impotence of conventional arms control: why do international regimes fail when they are most needed?