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Asia/International Politics

Time to Rethink Defense Policies

Posted on November 20, 2016 by kumiko-ahr

The whole world has paid attention to the US presidential election. Although the major mass media co... Read More

International Politics/Japan

Japan versus Japan, what are the Self-Defense Forces for?

Posted on September 4, 2016 by kumiko-ahr

Since June 2016 Chinese fishing boats, coast guard and military vessels have been intruding into the... Read More

China/International Politics

China’s Aggressive Expansions as Typical Diversions?

Posted on July 3, 2016 by kumiko-ahr

A Chinese navy ship entered into the contiguous zone of Japan near the Senkaku Islands on June 8, 20... Read More

East Asia/International Politics

What Future looms on the Korean Peninsula?

Posted on April 10, 2016 by kumiko-ahr

An insecure situation is developing on the Korean peninsula as if the ceasefire agreement were soon ... Read More

International Politics/North Korea

North Korea and its World: An Attempt at an Explanation

Posted on January 13, 2016 by kumiko-ahr

North Korea allegedly conducted a hydrogen bomb test on January 6, 2016. There is still little known... Read More

China/International Politics

Shanghai Cooperation Organization – A Player in Eurasia?

Posted on September 27, 2015 by kumiko-ahr

Unnoticed in Europe, India and Pakistan were accepted as members of the Shanghai Cooperation Organiz... Read More

International Politics/Japan

Japan: Insular Thinking and the Challenges of the factual World beyond

Posted on August 5, 2015 by kumiko-ahr

Japan’s recently passed security bills in the lower house regarding the collective self-defense righ... Read More

Asia/International Politics

What’s going on in Asia?

Posted on May 3, 2015 by kumiko-ahr

The European nations are quite busy recently with Greek’s financial issues, the Ukraine conflict and... Read More

China/International Politics

The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) and Japan

Posted on March 30, 2015 by kumiko-ahr

Japan and the US founded the Asian Development Bank (ADB) in 1966, and it now holds 67 member countr... Read More

International Politics/Japan

The closer China and Russia get, the more time Japan gains

Posted on December 8, 2014 by kumiko-ahr

It has been a little while since the power of US foreign politics seemingly weakened, while China an... Read More

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Kumiko Ahr
Kumiko Ahr

Ph.D in Political Science
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