By Zachary Abuza The Philippine economy has been one of the fastest-growing in Asia in recent years, and if there is ever a time for Manila to invest in boosting its military capability, it is now. The Philippines has born…
By Robert A. Pollard The Obama administration has launched the most ambitious foreign trade agenda in decades, and the White House will have to expend considerable political capital to make it happen. Yet a historic free trade deal may not…
Earlier this week, Yuka Hayashi of the Wall Street Journal’s Japan Real Time blog interviewed CSIS Senior Vice President and Japan Char, Dr. Michael Green. Their conversation focused on U.S. perceptions of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s foreign policy in the…
By Andrew Kwon No doubt on the agenda of President Obama’s recent trip to Northeast Asia was a push to develop closer South Korea-Japan relations. However, given the range and depth of issues involved, the road ahead is fraught with…
By Nobuhiro Aizawa — Southeast Asia, with a population of more than 620 million and a growing working-age middle class, is beginning to reap the benefits of its demographic dividend. Southeast Asia’s total gross domestic product (GDP) was $2.3 trillion…
By Yoshikazu Kobayashi — Three years after the 3-11 earthquake in Japan, the new Basic Energy Plan (BEP) was approved by the cabinet this spring. The new BEP, a product of lengthy and heated discussions among policy planners, academics, and…
By Hiroyasu Akutsu — In December 2013, while North Korea’s Kim Jong Un regime was purging Jang Song Thaek, Japan’s Shinzo Abe administration established a National Security Council (NSC) and released Japan’s first-ever National Security Strategy (NSS) as well as…
By Tetsuo Kotani — China’s growing maritime power is changing the strategic balance among Asian powers. The continental power of Russia, China, and India dominates the Asian landmass, while the maritime power of the United States and Japan secures freedom…
By Yasuhiro Matsuda — No nation in the world today has worked more strenuously than Japan to make sense of “China’s assertiveness.” In recent years, the Chinese government’s perceptions of Japan have transformed. Japan is viewed as a nation perilously…
By Bonnie Glaser & Jacqueline Vitello Beijing has upped the ante in its dispute with Tokyo by launching an intensive campaign to ostracize Japan in the international community. In late April, China will host in Qingdao the Western Pacific Naval…