- 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 … Read more - 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 … Read more
- 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 … Read more - 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 … Read more - 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 … Read more - 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, … Read more - “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 … Read more - 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 … Read more - 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 … Read more