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China’s Battle with Abandoned Chemical Weapons
RUSI Journal, 4 October 2017
Wanglai Gao
Beijing and Tokyo have developed a robust relationship to address the ongoing damage caused by Japan's abandoned chemical weapons.
Tags: China, Japan, Global Security Issues, History, Pacific
The Origins of Today’s Chemical Weapons Controversy in China–Japan Relations
RUSI Journal, 4 October 2017
Jeanne Guillemin
Japan's activities in China form an important, but often underappreciated, part of the history of chemical weapons.
Tags: China, Japan, Global Security Issues, History, Pacific
A ‘Pacifist’ Japan Starts to Pack a Punch
Newsbrief, 24 August 2017
Sarosh Bana
To meet the threats from China and North Korea, Japan is cooperating with its allies in the region, particularly by selling, lending or gifting them naval and maritime assets. But Tokyo is also building up its own fleet, despite its pacifist constitution, and this has put Japan’s shipbuilders into the spotlight.
Tags: Japan, Maritime Forces
Robust International Peacekeeping: Is Asia Up to the Task?
Commentary, 17 August 2017
Ewan Lawson and Veerle Nouwens
A political dispute in Japan over an alleged cover-up in a UN peacekeeping operation in South Sudan highlights a bigger regional problem with international operations that are no longer about maintaining, but more about imposing, peace.
Tags: United Nations, Japan, International Institutions, Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding, Pacific
The Case for Reinforcing the UK–Japan Security Partnership
Commentary, 13 June 2017
Peter Ricketts
An invitation from RUSI Japan to participate in a roundtable in Tokyo in late May gave the author a great opportunity both to present a view of European security to Japanese experts, and to re-immerse briefly in local perspectives on the risks facing their region.
Tags: Japan, Pacific
A Quiet Take Off – US Navy Deploys E-2Ds to Japan
Commentary, 24 January 2017
Justin Bronk
A recent deployment of new US assets in the Pacific could represent a significant capability boost in countering improving Chinese missile and aircraft technology.
Tags: Aerospace, China, United States, US Defence Policy, Japan, North America, North Korea, Maritime Forces, PacificPages
Robust International Peacekeeping: Is Asia Up to the Task?
Commentary, 17 August 2017Ewan Lawson and Veerle Nouwens
A political dispute in Japan over an alleged cover-up in a UN peacekeeping operation in South Sudan highlights a bigger regional problem with international operations that are no longer about maintaining, but more about imposing, peace.
United Nations, Japan, International Institutions, Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding, Pacific
The Case for Reinforcing the UK–Japan Security Partnership
Commentary, 13 June 2017Peter Ricketts
An invitation from RUSI Japan to participate in a roundtable in Tokyo in late May gave the author a great opportunity both to present a view of European security to Japanese experts, and to re-immerse briefly in local perspectives on the risks facing their region.
Japan, Pacific
A Quiet Take Off – US Navy Deploys E-2Ds to Japan
Commentary, 24 January 2017Justin Bronk
A recent deployment of new US assets in the Pacific could represent a significant capability boost in countering improving Chinese missile and aircraft technology.
Aerospace, China, United States, US Defence Policy, Japan, North America, North Korea, Maritime Forces, Pacific
Making Japan Great Again?
Commentary, 5 January 2017James Kingston
A Japanese-Russian summit in December produced no appreciable results. Just what Russian President Vladimir Putin wanted, although not what the Japanese government expected.
Japan, Russia, Pacific
Trump and Asia: Tokyo and Seoul Proliferation Prospects
Commentary, 5 December 2016Cristina Varriale
Amid worrying remarks from President-elect Donald Trump and North Korean provocations, there are growing fears that Japan and South Korea might seek to acquire a nuclear capability. However, this anxiety is misplaced, for it does not take into account the political and technical options available to Tokyo and Seoul.
United States, Japan, North Korea, Proliferation and Nuclear Policy, Global Security Issues, Proliferation and Nuclear Policy, PacificPages
The Origins of Today’s Chemical Weapons Controversy in China–Japan Relations
RUSI Journal, 4 October 2017Jeanne Guillemin
Japan's activities in China form an important, but often underappreciated, part of the history of chemical weapons.
China, RUSI Journal, Japan, Global Security Issues, History, Pacific
China’s Battle with Abandoned Chemical Weapons
RUSI Journal, 4 October 2017Wanglai Gao
Beijing and Tokyo have developed a robust relationship to address the ongoing damage caused by Japan's abandoned chemical weapons.
China, RUSI Journal, Japan, Global Security Issues, History, Pacific
A ‘Pacifist’ Japan Starts to Pack a Punch
Newsbrief, 24 August 2017Sarosh Bana
To meet the threats from China and North Korea, Japan is cooperating with its allies in the region, particularly by selling, lending or gifting them naval and maritime assets. But Tokyo is also...
Japan, Newsbrief, Maritime Forces
Book Review: Post-War Japan as a Sea Power: Imperial Legacy, Wartime Experience and the Making of a Navy
RUSI Journal, 30 November 2016Lindsay Black
Lindsay Black reviews Post-War Japan as a Sea Power: Imperial Legacy, Wartime Experience and the Making of a Navy, by Alessio Patalano.
RUSI Journal, Japan, History, Maritime Forces, Pacific
‘Natural Partners’ in Challenging Waters? Japan–NATO Co-Operation in a Changing Maritime Environment
RUSI Journal, 22 June 2016Alessio Patalano
Japan and NATO have deepened their defence engagement following joint efforts to address common maritime challenges
RUSI Journal, Japan, NATO, Maritime ForcesPages
Developments in China's External Policies under Xi Jinping
Events, 23 January 2017Professor Akio Takahara of Tokyo University will analyse the development of China's external policies under Xi Jinping and discuss how Japan and other countries should deal with it.
China, Japan, International Security Studies, Pacific
A New Dimension of UK-Japan Security Cooperation
Conference, 18 March 2016Building on the momentum generated by last year’s UK-Japan Strategic Dialogue, RUSI is delighted to host another conference that will bring together leading British and Japanese defence and security...
China, Third UK-Japan Security Dialogue, Japan, Asia, North Korea, International Security Studies, Global Security Issues, Pacific
JIIA-RUSI-CSIS Joint Open Seminar on Maritime Security in the East and South China Seas
Events, 14 March 2016In partnership with the Japan Institute for International Affairs (JIIA) and the Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), RUSI is delighted to host a half day event on the security...
China, Japan, International Security Studies, Pacific
An Angry Tehran Cautious after Trump’s Iran Nuclear Speech
Iran and Paraskevidekatriaphobia
Growing Pakistan–Russia Military Ties Reflect Central Asia’s Changing Geopolitics