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International Politics/Japan

The Cat and Mouse Game: Sheer Force of Numbers Threatens to Overwhelm Japan

Posted on November 10, 2014 by kumiko-ahr

While the Islamic State (IS) and the Russia conflicts have been receiving the world’s attention, Chi... Read More

International Politics/Russia

Do not miss the Right Time to withdraw from the Ukraine Conflict

Posted on September 21, 2014 by kumiko-ahr

Collective defense organizations like NATO have not only positive sides – like maintaining pea... Read More

International Politics/Russia

New Momentum in Siberia and the Far East

Posted on September 20, 2014 by kumiko-ahr

An ice-free port near Vladivostok in Russia will be modernized and expanded in a joint-venture proje... Read More

International Politics/Japan

The Interpretation of Article 9 – A Never Ending Story?

Posted on July 5, 2014 by kumiko-ahr

The exercising of the collective self-defense right was agreed upon in the Japanese Diet on Tuesday,... Read More

China/International Politics

China – Clandestinely Reordering Asia?

Posted on June 11, 2014 by kumiko-ahr

China is going to set up an Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) which is scheduled to start ... Read More

East Asia/International Politics

The Vagaries of Politics – Geopolitical Interests in East Asia

Posted on April 14, 2014 by kumiko-ahr

US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel announced on April 6, 2014 to send two more destroyers with defense... Read More

China/International Politics

Following Sun Tzu’s Strategy

Posted on March 7, 2014 by kumiko-ahr

At the West 2014 conference of the United States Naval Institute in California on February 13, 2014 ... Read More

International Politics/Russia

The Ukraine Conflict – Do the Agendas of Russia and China Overlap?

Posted on March 5, 2014 by kumiko-ahr

Facing the conflict in the Ukraine, tensions between Russia, the European Union and the United State... Read More

China/International Politics

Contested Waters: The South China Sea

Posted on January 31, 2014 by kumiko-ahr

China redrew its Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) on 23 November 2013 which immediately raised... Read More

International Politics/Japan

The Yasukuni Shrine Issue – Neglecting Japan’s Domestic Politics and Considering the War Histories

Posted on December 31, 2013 by kumiko-ahr

The Japanese Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe, visited the “controversial” Yasukuni Shrine at the end of D... Read More

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Kumiko Ahr
Kumiko Ahr

Ph.D in Political Science
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