While increasing tensions in the Indo-Pacific stemming from fears over the PRC’s increasingly threatening posture towards Taiwan, the global economic disorder generated by Russia's February 2022 invasion of Ukraine and approval ratings plummeting for the Kishida administration may preoccupy the Japanese government for the time being, it is highly likely that Japan's Afghanistan policy will be of largely economic, and less geopolitical nature.
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More than just a spectator? Japan’s involvement in the Ukraine crisis and implications for the Kuril Islands dispute
While both sides have outlined proposals for a peace treaty in 1998 and again in 2019, any hope for an agreement over the Kuril Islands was dashed following the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Read More »Bilateral relations between Japan and Haiti
What sort of trajectory have contemporary Japan-Haiti relations followed, and which factors have defined their development?
Read More »Shinzo Abe’s assassination – prospects for a new securitisation of domestic terrorism
Abe's assassination is an entirely unprecedented event has led the Kishida administration to face an epistemological insecurity which could well shake Japan and its very post-war identity as a democratic state to the very core
Read More »The silenced voices of the Uighur Muslims
States and international organisations need to do more than they currently are, or else these echoes of 20th century history will continue.
Read More »Iran and the (relative) calm after the storm: Where does Japan stand?
One key U.S. ally enjoys unexpectedly calm bilateral relations with Iran: Japan. This is especially the case in terms of bilateral trade relations.
Read More »Live Fire – An Assessment of Sri Lankan Anti-Protest Tactics: Proportionality, Necessity & Blissful Ignorance
Since early April 2022, a new wave of protests have emerged to combat increasing economic instability as well as fuel shortages and consistent power cuts.
Read More »Unfit For Trial – The Hyper-Complexity In Executing Intellectually Disabled Inmates For Drug-Related Offences in Singapore
Despite guidance, the Singaporean government failed to accede to several international and domestic provisions that place significant restrictions on the ability to execute disabled people.
Read More »Dyson accused of allowing forced labour through Malaysian manufacturer ATA IMS
Allegations from migrant workers hailing from Bangladesh and Nepal have been made against Dyson concerning poor labour standards at a division of ATA IMS, known as ATA Industrial.
Read More »Myanmar Coup – Decades of actions amounting to ‘crimes against humanity’ near conclusive
The new military government under the control of Min Aung Hlaing has committed widespread atrocities against those who protested against the takeover, including the use of water cannons, live gunfire and rubber bullets
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