#Latest news with #RobertDujarricNikkei Asia04-05-2025PoliticsNikkei AsiaIt's time for Japan to rethink its security dependency on WashingtonRobert Dujarric is co-director of the Institute of Contemporary Asian Studies at the Japan campus of Temple University. The cornerstone of Tokyo's security is the Japan-U.S. Security Treaty. But what matters most is not the American pledge to defend Japan -- treaties, unlike private contracts, aren't enforceable. No government will go to war solely because a document says it must.
Nikkei Asia04-05-2025PoliticsNikkei AsiaIt's time for Japan to rethink its security dependency on WashingtonRobert Dujarric is co-director of the Institute of Contemporary Asian Studies at the Japan campus of Temple University. The cornerstone of Tokyo's security is the Japan-U.S. Security Treaty. But what matters most is not the American pledge to defend Japan -- treaties, unlike private contracts, aren't enforceable. No government will go to war solely because a document says it must.
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