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Japan’s Risky Taiwan Rhetoric Exposes Its Dependence on the U.S.
Tokyo provokes Beijing, but Washington’s silence shows who’s in charge. Japan is in damage control after its Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi made one of the most provocative statements in years. She claimed that a Chinese attack on Taiwan could be an “existential threat” to Japan, suggesting this could justify Japan deploying its military. As expected, Continue reading
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America’s New Map – Europe as Collateral
How the 2025 U.S. National Security Strategy reframes Europe as expendable in pursuit of global dominance The new United States National Security Strategy reads less like a plan for alliance management and more like a post-mortem delivered in careful bureaucratic language. The document marks a clear break from the post-Cold War assumption that Europe remains Continue reading
