The United States’ alliances with Japan and Australia are among its most robust in the Asia-Pacific and serve as critical pillars to the US’ rebalance strategies in the region. The security relationship between Japan and Australia has also grown more i …
Published October 17, 2014 / Held October 17, 2014
Japan-India relations have traditionally been strong since the establishment of diplomatic relations in 1952, particularly so since the beginning of India’s “Look East” policy in the 1990s. Strong bilateral trade and aid relations have expanded toward …
Defense spending cuts are inevitable in the US. However, Washington must be extremely careful in managing its relationship with its allies in the Asia-Pacific region, while it debates spending cuts at home. If managed poorly, the debate over …
“Voices from Japan: National Security Speaker Series” is an annual public symposium that aims to bring high-profile, senior-level Japanese individuals to Washington, DC for a discussion about how the US and Japan can tackle today’s global security chal …
Excerpt from “Maintaining Japan’s Non-Nuclear Identity: The Role of U.S. Security Assurances” by Yuki Tatsumi, Chapter 7 in Security Assurances and Nuclear Nonproliferation, edited by Jeffrey Knopf (Stanford Security Studies, July 2012). Japan has a un …
New Nuclear Agenda: Prospects for US-Japan Cooperation The accident at the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Station demonstrated quite dramatically the national security risk that civil nuclear power stations can present, and has led to reflections in …
Published February 24, 2012 / Held February 24, 2012
The accident at the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Station demonstrated quite dramatically the national security risk that civil nuclear power stations can present, and has led to reflections in many countries around the world about the long-term pro …
On September 7, 2011, the Stimson Center in conjunction with Nippon Foundation, Ocean Policy Research Foundation, and Sasakawa Peace Foundation hosted the inaugural session of the Tokyo-Washington Dialogue, entitled “The US-Japan Alliance after 3-11” i …
Present: The US-Japan Alliance after 3-11 Date and Time:Wednesday, September 7, 20113:00pm – 5:30pm Willard Intercontinental Hotel 1401 Pennsylvania Ave, NW, Washington, D.C. 20004 Keynote Address: The Honorable …
Published September 7, 2011 / Held September 7, 2011
North Korea continues to pose security and diplomatic challenges, affecting Northeast Asia most of all. For the United States and Japan, managing differences over appropriate policy toward Pyongyang has been one of the diplomatic challenges betwee …
There have been several recent developments that are positive for the U.S.-Japan alliance. The two countries successfully conducted Japan’s ballistic missile defense (BMD) test in Hawaii last month. On January 11, the new Replenishment Support S …
Strategic Yet Strained aims to analyze the broad set of issues that the US–Japan alliance faces as it tries to adjust to the post-9/11 strategic environment—and thereby maintain its relevance as the foundation of peace and stability in the Asia–Pacific …
With the evolving strategic environment abroad and the considerable political changes at home, Japan faces a significant challenge in rethinking its defense policy priorities, including the future direction of its defense capability build-up. As …
Published October 13, 2009 / Held October 13, 2009