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Japan and the US Converging on Iran

by Mitsugo Saito

For Japan, a good relationship with Iran was for decades essential for its economic prosperity. Japan had a policy of “agreeing to disagree” with the US over Iran. Today, that policy has started to change. A Relationship Based on Japan’s Quest for Energy Security Overviews of Japan and Iran note that trade and cultural ties […]

The Quad Is for Real, Thanks to Abe

“Japan is not now and will never be a tier-two power,” declared Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in a speech to the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington in February 2013. He was there to champion the idea of a Quadrilateral Security Dialogue between Japan, the United States, India, and Australia. He succeeded in […]

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