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Apr 15, 2015

A Conversation with Tatsuo Yamasaki, Vice Minister of Finance (International), Ministry of Finance (Japan)

By Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security

Japan

EconoGraphics

Mar 17, 2015

Who Will Finance Public Debt?

By Global Business & Economics Program

Today, the cap on US government spending (or the "debt ceiling") is officially reinstated, and with it, the threat of another clash over the national debt. Policymakers will have a runway of just months before they must decide to lift the cap on borrowing or temporarily allow it to be raised

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In the News

Mar 4, 2015

Metzl: Japan’s Sensitive Military Normalization

By Jamie Metzl

Brent Scowcroft Center Nonresident Senior Fellow for Technology and National Security Jamie Metzl writes for Project Syndicate on how ISIS’s brutal murder of two Japanese hostages in January has caused the country to rethink its post-World War II pacifism:

Japan

In the News

Jan 29, 2015

Metzl on the Japanese Hostages Held by ISIS

By Jamie Metzl

Brent Scowcroft Center Nonresident Senior Fellow for Technology and National Security Jamie Metzl joins Bloomberg’s Bloomberg Surveillance to discuss the Japanese hostages held by ISIS:

Japan

In the News

Jan 7, 2015

Manning: No Simple Solutions for China and Japan’s East China Sea Dilemma

By Robert Manning

Brent Scowcroft Center Senior Fellow Robert Manning writes for the National Interest on Michael O’Hanlon’s proposed solution for reducing tensions in the East China Sea between Japan and China:

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Defense Industrialist

Oct 20, 2014

Can Coastal Artillery Backstop the Navy?

By James Hasik

Yes, but there are hard ways and easy ways for an army to stand up new capabilities.   The question of coastal artillery was all over the trade press last week, starting with a speech by Defense Secretary Hagel at the AUSA meeting. Hagel noted that for a century after 1812, the US Army protected American ports with a […]

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Past events

Oct 8, 2014

Transcript: The Future of US Extended Deterrence in East Asia

By The Atlantic Council

Atlantic Council The Future of US Extended Deterrence in East Asia Welcome: Jon Huntsman, Chairman, Atlantic Council Moderator: Barry Pavel, Vice President and Director, Brent Scowcroft Center for International Security Speakers: Richard Armitage, President, Armitage International Kurt Campbell, Chairman and CEO, The Asia Group, LLC Location: 1030 15th Street, NW, 12th Floor (West Tower), Washington, […]

China Defense Policy

Report

Oct 6, 2014

The future of US extended deterrence in Asia to 2025

By Robert A. Manning

US leadership, undergirded by the US military, has played a central role in ensuring the stability necessary to produce remarkable economic and political transformations in Northeast Asia. More specifically, American commitments to defend its allies in Northeast Asia, with nuclear weapons if necessary, have deterred major power war, prevented regional conflict, stemmed nuclear proliferation, and […]

China Defense Policy
Japanese destroyer JS Takanami and Danish frigate HDMS Ebern Snare

NATOSource

Sep 26, 2014

NATO and Japan Conduct First Ever Joint Counter-Piracy Drill

By NATO

NATO and Japan conducted a joint counter-piracy drill in the Gulf of Aden on Thursday (25 September 2014) to test communications and tactical skills. It was the first such joint naval exercise between the two maritime fleets.

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Chinese Ambassador to Iceland Ma Jisheng, Sept. 30, 2013

NATOSource

Sep 17, 2014

Is China’s Ambassador to Iceland Missing Because He Spied for Japan?

By Reuters and Kyodo News International

From Reuters:  China’s Foreign Ministry refused to say on Wednesday where its ambassador to Iceland was or who was even representing Beijing in the country, following reports he had been arrested by state security for passing secrets to Japan.

China Intelligence

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