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LATEST ARTICLES ( 202 )

• What is Biden’s Foreign Policy Red Line?

  

  In the previous post, I quoted a column by Max Boot, that presents insightful views about Biden's red line against Iranian attacks on US interests in the... Read more

  Posted on 07 May 2021 DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Biden’s Sense of Balance in His Diplomacy

  The global community is keenly watching how much President Joseph Biden is going to shift his country away from America First of Donald Trump. This February,... Read more

  Posted on 29 March 2021 DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• How Should America Restore Trust from the World?

  

  The presidential election this November resulted in the loss of Donald Trump, who advocated America First. Though foreign policy was not a top issue for voters... Read more

  Posted on 06 January 2021 DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• US Presidential Election and Japanese Foreign Policy

  

  Every time when the presidential election in the United States, Japanese people from experts to the general public, argue which candidate is better for Japan.... Read more

  Posted on 16 November 2020 DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Don’t Trust Pompeo’s Cause of Freedom and Democracy

  

  Unlike Europeans, Japanese, particularly right wingers, praise Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's causes for freedom of the Uyghur and Hong Kong. Come to think... Read more

  Posted on 16 September 2020 DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Catastrophe of US Troop Withdrawal from Germany

  

  President Donald Trump declared abruptly that he would pull out 9,500 soldiers from Germany this July, which dismayed national security officials of both... Read more

  Posted on 07 July 2020 DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Russia’s Constitutional Amendment and Foreign Policy

  

  Russian Duma and the Constitutional Court approved the constitutional amendment by President Vladimir Putin last March ("Russian Lawmakers Adopt Putin's Sweepin... Read more

  Posted on 24 April 2020 DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• US Presidential Election and the Middl East

  

  It is anticipated that the rapid increase of shale oil and gas production could accelerate American isolationism and disengagement from the Middle East.... Read more

  Posted on 20 March 2020 DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Ambiguity of the Indo-Pacific Strategy

  

  At the end of the last year, I had some opportunities to attend a couple of public forums on the Indo-Pacific strategy to defend the freedom of navigation and... Read more

  Posted on 31 January 2020 DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Further World Disorder by Trump’s Hazonian Nationalism

  

  Quite paradoxically, nationalism can make the nation mediocre in the world. Currently, populist nationalism of US President Donald Trump turns out caustically... Read more

  Posted on 23 December 2019 DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Trump Really Begins to Abandon American Hegemony from Syria

  

  The global community was startled to hear that President Donald Trump would withdraw US troops from Syria, and abandon the Kurds, who have been a long time... Read more

  Posted on 01 December 2019 DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The trans-Atlantic Chasm Undermines the US-Japanese Alliance

  It is commonly assumed that the US-Japanese alliance is a security partnership in the Pacific region, but I would like to see this strategic linchpin from the... Read more

  Posted on 26 September 2019 DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Corrosion of American Democracy and the World in Disorder

  

  The gravest challenge to the liberal world order is the growing challenges by autocratic nations, while Western democracies lose confidence in their systems... Read more

  Posted on 29 July 2019 DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Trump Puts American Democracy in Danger

  

  Earlier this year, " Freedom in the World 2019 " by Freedom House told that democracy was losing momentum worldwide, and particularly, the decline of democracy... Read more

  Posted on 16 May 2019 DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Japan Needs to Reexamine Russia’s Geostrategy in Europe and the Middle East

  

  President Vladimir Putin gave a strong reminder for the Japanese people to realize huge perception gaps lie ahead between both countries, as he said that Japan'... Read more

  Posted on 01 April 2019 DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Britain and the EU, Don’t Dismiss Russia Behind Brexit

  

  While most of the experts and the media watch close on parliamentary interactions in Westminster and UK-EU diplomatic negotiations, not so much attention is pai... Read more

  Posted on 03 March 2019 DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Trump Republican’s Dangerous Shift Towards the Far Right

  As rumored among experts and the media, the Trump administration is reshuffling the cabinet after the midterm election, through firing adults like White house... Read more

  Posted on 05 January 2019 DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Enigma of Financial Source and Procurement System for Russia’s Military Power

  

  A growing number of experts say that Russia is a great power in decline, while China is challenging American hegemony. In terms of the GDP and defense... Read more

  Posted on 09 December 2018 DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Hope and Despair After the Midterm Election

  

  So many evaluate the results of the last of the last US midterm election in so many ways. Trump's Republican won in the Senate, but lost in the House. It is... Read more

  Posted on 18 November 2018 DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Book Review: “Trumpocracy” by David Frum

  The Trump administration is in a mess as shown in too many scandals and leaks. Some muckraking books are published, and draw extensive public attention. People... Read more

  Posted on 02 October 2018 DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY