Bridging the Oceans #37: Japan’s National Security and the Ukraine War
Global Security Briefing
English - June 30, 2022 15:57 - 26 minutes - 23.9 MB - ★★★★ - 8 ratingsPolitics News Government geopolitics security Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Originally published on 30 June 2022.
As the war in Ukraine rages on, Japan debates its next security steps.
Veerle is joined by Tetsuo Kotani, Professor at Meikai University and Senior Fellow at the Japan Institute of International Affairs. They explore the level of Japanese domestic support for sanctions policy on Russia, and the ongoing Sino-Russian military activities at sea around Japan and in Japan’s airspace. They also ask whether the ongoing situation in Ukraine is impacting Japan’s view of its national security and defence strategy, and what Japan’s expected outcomes are from the NATO summit in Madrid.
Originally published on 30 June 2022.
As the war in Ukraine rages on, Japan debates its next security steps.
Veerle is joined by Tetsuo Kotani, Professor at Meikai University and Senior Fellow at the Japan Institute of International Affairs. They explore the level of Japanese domestic support for sanctions policy on Russia, and the ongoing Sino-Russian military activities at sea around Japan and in Japan’s airspace. They also ask whether the ongoing situation in Ukraine is impacting Japan’s view of its national security and defence strategy, and what Japan’s expected outcomes are from the NATO summit in Madrid.