Good news, bad news in Japan’s military reawakening
Chinese leader Xi Jinping has done what no American president ever could. He got Japan to get serious about defense...
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Japan concerned about level of US commitment to defend it: Newsham
Washington is reinforcing its “nuclear commitment” to defend an Indo-Pacific ally: Japan. The two just held their first meeting on extended deterrence in Tokyo over the weekend. Chinese state...
US strengthens Indo-Pacific alliances
Editor's Note: This piece by Henry Ridgwell features quotes from CSP Senior Fellow, Grant Newsham. TOKYO — The United States this...
Quad foreign ministers decry dangerous South China Sea actions
Editor's Note: This piece is based on an interview with CSP Senior Fellow, Grant Newsham. TOKYO: Foreign ministers from Australia,...
‘2+2’ security talks: Is Japan almost cured of its nuclear allergy?
United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin included an "extended deterrence dialogue" (EDD). They they met their Japanese counterparts...
To deter China’s PLA, Japan must resolve its serious military recruitment problem
Japan’s recently released Defense White Paper highlights once again that the Japanese know they’ve got a problem with an aggressive,...
Waffling on the JSDF is losing the war before it starts
Japan is more serious about defense than it was a decade ago. It plans to double defense spending and buy expensive...
Japan military hammered and war hasn’t even started
Japan can buy all the F35s and long-range and hypersonic missiles it wants. It can even boast of having cobbled...
The Senkaku Islands: What’s coming?
When the People's Republic of China (PRC) wants something that belongs to someone else, it is persistent and pushes to get what...
US ally accuses China ships of territorial sea intrusion
Editor's Note: This piece by Micah McCartney features quotes from CSP Senior Fellow, Grant Newsham. Two Chinese coast guard vessels...
China and Taiwan: The ‘punch’ is coming sooner rather than later
Communist China always telegraphs its punches—even if you don’t quite know when they’re coming. Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leader Xi...
US Forces Japan: Send an American ‘four-star’ or a winner?
Editor's Note: This article also appeared in Asia Times. United States Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin commented to reporters at the Shangri-La Dialogue in...
Defense secretary mulls turning US Forces Japan into a 4-star command
Editor’s Note: This piece by Seth Robson features quotes from CSP Senior Fellow, Grant Newsham. YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan —...
Japan announces plans to join US in joint-force drills in June
Editor's Note: This piece by Seth Robson and Hana Kusumoto features quotes from CSP Senior Fellow, Grant Newsham. TOKYO —...
Russia’s ominous warning to America’s closest ally in Asia
Editor's Note: This piece by John Feng features quotes from CSP Senior Fellow, Grant Newsham. A Russian diplomat warned this...
NATO isn’t defending Guam, but others are
It recently made headlines that NATO is not obligated to defend Hawaii, Guam, the Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI), American...