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Tokyo is not discarding its post-war caution. It is adapting it to a region where missiles, maritime pressure and economic exposure now shape national security.

Strategic Affairs 2026-06-02

Australia turns critical minerals into strategic leverage

Australia is moving beyond raw mineral exports to build processing capacity, strengthen supply chains and give partners a more reliable source of materials essential to clean energy, advanced technology and defense.

Tokyo is not discarding its post-war caution. It is adapting it to a region where missiles, maritime pressure and economic exposure now shape national security.

Strategic Affairs 2026-06-01

Gulf states widen their strategic options

Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Qatar are using trade, energy and diplomacy to build autonomy without turning away from established partners.

Tokyo is not discarding its post-war caution. It is adapting it to a region where missiles, maritime pressure and economic exposure now shape national security.

Strategic Affairs 2026-05-27

India's strategic autonomy faces a sharper test

New Delhi's multi-alignment strategy has expanded its leverage, but deeper exposure to Russia, BRICS divisions and volatile energy routes is raising the cost of strategic ambiguity.

Tokyo is not discarding its post-war caution. It is adapting it to a region where missiles, maritime pressure and economic exposure now shape national security.

Strategic Affairs 2026-05-19

Inside Russia's campaign of self-deception

A recent intelligence report reveals how the Kremlin is insulating President Vladimir Putin from the truth about the Ukraine war, which risks distorting long-term strategic calculations.

Tokyo is not discarding its post-war caution. It is adapting it to a region where missiles, maritime pressure and economic exposure now shape national security.

Strategic Affairs 2026-05-18

Pacific allies move to blunt China's undersea push

Regional powers are accelerating defense measures as Beijings ocean mapping campaign signals broader ambitions to project power beyond the First Island Chain.

Tokyo is not discarding its post-war caution. It is adapting it to a region where missiles, maritime pressure and economic exposure now shape national security.

Strategic Affairs 2026-05-15

Paraguay's steadfast Taiwan alliance defies Beijing's pressure

Paraguay has shown how a small nation can blend principle with pragmatism to resist great-power coercion and strengthen broader international stability.

Tokyo is not discarding its post-war caution. It is adapting it to a region where missiles, maritime pressure and economic exposure now shape national security.

Strategic Affairs 2026-05-13

Ukraine dismantles myth of inevitable Russian victory

Ukraine's battlefield innovation is challenging Russia's claim of inevitable victory as drones, digital tools and targeted strikes reshape the war.

Tokyo is not discarding its post-war caution. It is adapting it to a region where missiles, maritime pressure and economic exposure now shape national security.

Strategic Affairs 2026-05-11

Artemis II: a new era of human spaceflight

The lunar flyby reinforced the strategic value of international partnerships amid growing competition, setting the stage for sustained lunar operations and norm-setting in cislunar space.

Tokyo is not discarding its post-war caution. It is adapting it to a region where missiles, maritime pressure and economic exposure now shape national security.

Strategic Affairs 2026-05-11

China's expanding seabed mapping exposes the Pacific's digital fault lines

A new risk is coming into sharper focus: the vulnerability to undersea cables that carry the data, money and communications on which modern economies depend.

Tokyo is not discarding its post-war caution. It is adapting it to a region where missiles, maritime pressure and economic exposure now shape national security.

Strategic Affairs 2026-05-04

China's dual-use deception: using research as cover for military planning

Beijing is weaponizing civilian research vessels and university labs to map the seabed for submarines and 'kill webs', but the U.S. and its allies retain the decisive undersea advantage.