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Japan‘s Rearmament: Reawakened Nationalism or Neo-Realist Pragmatism?
Inside ​Japan’s Controversial Military Expansion Decades after World War II, Japan begins an aggressive rearmament program Implications for the stability of the greater Pacific region notwithstanding, what does Japan‘s aggressive expansion of the Self Defense Forces (SDF) projective/offensive military capability mean for Japan‘s place in the wider world? Is Japan merely responding to China‘s (People’s […]
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British Prime Minister David Cameron Pushing Typhoon Fighter Jet to Middle Eastern Buyers
British Prime Minister David Cameron has embarked on a three-day tour in the Middle East to sell the British-made Eurofighter Typhoons to ministers from the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, and Oman. The deals would be worth billions and the personal involvement of the British Prime Minister signals the importance of selling the fighters for […]
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Japan Experimenting with the Deployment of Drones for Missile Interception
The Japanese Self Defense Forces are exploring the use of drones in early missile launch detection and interception. The idea was spurred by the failure of North Korea to launch its missile in April. The current Japanese early warning system, an array of systems comprised of satellites, aegis cruisers, and ground based radar, was unable […]
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