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Japan: the end of the era of «winning pacifism»?

10:31 12.01.2023 Oleg Paramonov

Japan: the end of the era of «winning pacifism»?

Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno has said that Japan, a country presiding in G7 in 2023, will continue to push for sanctions against Russia and for military and other assistance to Ukraine. The announcement came in wake of the Japanese government’s approval of the new National Security Strategy on …

Quad Infrastructure Diplomacy: An Attempt to Resist the Belt and Road Initiative

13:03 12.07.2021 Artyom Garin

Quad Infrastructure Diplomacy: An Attempt to Resist the Belt and Road Initiative

Over the years, the competition between the great powers in the dual space of the Indian and Pacific Oceans has been rapidly increasing. In the face of the aggravation of relations between the PRC and the United States, the defence dimension of the rivalry between the two contenders for global …

Japan and Australia: what the Reciprocal Access Agreement is all about

12:42 08.12.2020 Oleg Paramonov

Japan and Australia: what the Reciprocal Access Agreement is all about

During his brief visit to Japan in mid-November, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison and his Japanese counterpart Yoshihide Suga announced a plan to strengthen defense cooperation between their two countries.In keeping with the Reciprocal Access Agreement (RAA), Australia and Japan will provide their territories for joint measures of a defense …

Ikuru Kuwajima: «Russia is possible to comprehend, but to a point»

11:49 08.09.2020 Elena Rubinova

Ikuru Kuwajima: «Russia is possible to comprehend, but to a point»

“Mari El”, photo (2015) Ikuru Kuwajima is a photographer, artist, writer and translator from Japan. In the past eleven years, he has been living and working in Eastern Europe and various post-Soviet countries including Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan. Currently based in Moscow, he continues with his personal art and documentary projects …

Indo-Pacific Partnership: «who against»

15:50 18.07.2020 Vladimir Petrovsky

Indo-Pacific Partnership: «who against»

An American initiative known as Indo-Pacific Partnership which was put forward at the end of 2017, has been the subject of heated discussions of late. Unlike before, when it was deemed a general idea, now, it appears that the Trump administration has resolved to provide it with a specific meaning.Testifying …

Referendum on Japanese Constitution: internal and external context

10:40 03.07.2020 Vladimir Petrovsky

Referendum on Japanese Constitution: internal and external context

The decision by Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to hold a national referendum on amendments to the Constitution has evoked a number of logical questions. Why does he take such a decision now? "I have one year and three months to serve as Chairman of the Liberal Democratic Party, so …

Russian-Japanese dialogue in the context of amendments to the Constitution that envisage a ban on transfer of territories

10:52 17.03.2020 Vladimir Petrovsky

Russian-Japanese dialogue in the context of amendments to the Constitution that envisage a ban on transfer of territories

As Russia discusses amendments to the Constitution, an issue of particular concern has been the amendment that prohibits the alienation of Russian territories. The amendment will likely be put to vote on April 22. It is not surprising that it has evoked interest abroad, especially in Japan, where they still …

Transport corridors in Eurasia – all roads lead to Russia

10:36 30.11.2019 Andrey Kadomtsev

Transport corridors in Eurasia – all roads lead to Russia

At the end of September, the EU and Japan signed an agreement designed to add a new dimension to these two global economic powerhouses’ joint effort in the field of transport, energy and digital technology. This expansion of ties between the Old World and Japan is seen by Western media …

Khalkhin Gol: 80 years to historic battle

12:53 22.08.2019 Azam Muradov

Khalkhin Gol: 80 years to historic battle

Photo: A. MuradovIn August 1939, the Soviet troops, led by the then unknown Commander Georgy Zhukov, inflicted a crushing defeat on forces of the Kwantung Army of Japan in the Mongolian steppes during the Battle of the Khalkhin Gol River, thereby changing the direction of Japanese expansionism towards Pearl Harbor …

Who will assemble a new “big puzzle” in the Asia-Pacific region

11:05 25.02.2019 Vladimir Petrovsky

Who will assemble a new “big puzzle” in the Asia-Pacific region

The 2019 Security Conference in Munich attracted so much attention not only due to the top-notch lineup of participants, but also to the keynote report released by the organizers as a curtain-raiser for the high-profile gathering.Titled “The Great Puzzle: Who Will Pick Up the Pieces?" the Munich Security Report (MSR) …

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