1. The Future of Missile Defense in Asia?

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    Raytheon Corp on March 5th reached a new milestone by successfully testing a Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) ballistic missile interceptor using a non-Aegis [...]

  2. Japan Explores War Scenarios with China

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    As Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party national defense task force announced on Jan. 8 that it would increase the nation’s defense budget by [...]

  3. China, Japan, Taiwan and the East China Sea

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    Although the sovereignty dispute between China, Japan and Taiwan over the Senkaku/Diaoyutai Islands in the East China Sea has always [...]

  4. Japan’s Blue Book Released

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    Last week, the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) released its annual evaluation of the international environment, which included a [...]

  5. A Grand Defense Package?

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    From Islamabad to Canberra, countries across the Asia-Pacific region have lately engaged in a variety of alliance-strengthening activities. This past [...]