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Archive, Strategic AdversariesAba Island, Asia-Pacific, CADC, China, Hawaii, India, Indo-Pacific, Islands, Japan, National defense, pacific ocean, Philippines, PLA, South China Sea, South Korea, Taiwan, Yonaguni Islands

Increasing the Archipelagic Defense from the Philippines to Japan

Alex Littlefield1 Comment

Andrew Erickson and Joel Wuthnow’s article, “Why Islands Still Matter in Asia,” discusses the views of Major General Karl Ernst Haushofer, Germany’s military attaché to Japan from 1908 to 1910.…

Allies & Extended Deterrence, Archive, Strategic AdversariesAircraft Carrier, Australia, China, force projection, Hypersonic Weapons, Indo-Pacific, Indo-PACOM, Japan, Navy, North Korea, nuclear capabilities, Nuclear Deterrence, Remotely Operated Underwater Vehicle, ROUV, supercarrier, USS Gerald Ford

Rethinking Aircraft Carriers

Michael Fincher0 Comments

When Americans think of aircraft carriers, they think of projection of force across the seas, particularly in regions where the United States does not have access to airfields. Many consider…

Allies & Extended Deterrence, Archive, Deterrence & Foreign PolicyAfghanistan, attack, Budapest, China, Czech, East Asia, Foreign Policy, Iron Curtain, Japan, nazis, Nuclear Deterrence, Poland, Russia, South Korea, Soviet Union, Ukraine, Vietnam, Weinberger Doctrine

Is America’s Foreign Policy Incoherent?

Michael Fincher0 Comments

American history is imbued with a long-standing skepticism of intervention and long-term commitments that began with George Washington’s farewell address. While there is wisdom in this view, it is even…

Allies & Extended Deterrence, ArchiveBusiness, commerce, Industry, Japan, Japan Air Self-Defense Force, Japan Ministry of Defense, JASD, Space, space deterrence, Space Security, SPACETIDE, Tokyo

Japan’s Ministry of Defense: Opening Space Security to the Commercial Sector

Christophe Bosquillon1 Comment

On February 28, 2024, the Chamber of Industry and Commerce of Tokyo, which is also Japan’s largest start-up hub, held a Japan Air Self-Defense Force–sponsored online event, “Space Security and…

Archive, Arms Control & Nonproliferation, Strategic Adversariesbombers, China, CSNO, FOBs, ICBM, Indo-Pacific, Japan, NATO, North Korea, NPT, Nuclear Deterrence, Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty, SLBM, South Korea, START, USS Kentucky

Nuclear Castling in the Indo-Pacific

Michael R. DeMarco0 Comments

It is time to restation nuclear weapons in South Korea. The United States must modernize extended deterrence and strengthen the assurance of allies across the Indo-Pacific region. While the United…

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Integrated Deterrence: Which of These Two Words Is More Important?

Leigh Ramsay & Carl Rhodes0 Comments

At a 2002 workshop organized by the United States Air Force to examine surveillance and reconnaissance needs for a then-new War on Terrorism, one attendee proclaimed, “What we need is…

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Why 2024 Is a Good Year for China to Attack American Forces

Alex Littlefield0 Comments

Military planners in the US appear biased toward a scenario that allows for multiple moves in a game called “Defend Taiwan from a Chinese Invasion.” In this game, there is…

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Japanese Space Strategy: Deploying a Credible Deterrent

Christophe Bosquillon

On August 31, 1998, North Korea fired a Taepodong 1 missile into Japanese airspace, taking allies and adversaries by surprise. Fifteen years later, China emerged as an even more ominous…

Archive, Emerging Threats, Strategic AdversariesChina, Japan, Okinawa, Philippines, Taiwan

US Maneuvering in the Yaeyama Islands and the Second Thomas Shoal to Counter China

China’s use of a salami-slicing strategy to gradually extend its influence in the South and East China Seas is proving challenging for the United States. One potential American countermeasure is…

Deterrence & Foreign PolicyChina, East Asia, Japan, Taiwan, United States

Confronting Japan to Defend Against China: Senkaku as a Case Study in Taiwan’s Politics

Moises de Souza & Dean Karalekas

The city council of Okinawa’s Ishigaki-shi approved legislation June 22 to change the district name of the Senkaku Islands from Tonoshiro to Tonoshiro Senkaku, prompting a stern response from the…

Defense & SecurityChina, East Asia, Japan, Taiwan, United States

The New Taiwan Strait Crisis: a Dangerous Decade Ahead

Foreign Brief

Foreign Brief analysis by Tommy Chai (May 31, 2019) What's Happening?China’s military expansion is occurring at a time when Taiwan is becoming more resistant to cross-strait reunification, and the U.S.…