Why did 🇯🇵's recent defense build-up, marking “the biggest shift” in security policy since 1945, occur under PM Kishida from LDP's most liberal & oft-considered pacifist faction? In @PacificAffairs article, @ryo384_ir &I explain that from his need for domestic political survival
Why did 🇯🇵's recent defense build-up, marking “the biggest shift” in security policy since 1945, occur under PM Kishida from LDP's most liberal & oft-considered pacifist faction? In @PacificAffairs article, @ryo384_ir &I explain that from his need for domestic political survival
Based on our 20+ interviews w Diet members, govt officials, and experts, this article offers, to our knowledge, the earliest scholarly investigation of the Kishida Cabinet's decision-making process on defense issues. Your feedback is most welcome. ingentaconnect.com/content/paaf/p…