Increasing the Archipelagic Defense from the Philippines to Japan

Andrew Erickson and Joel Wuthnow’s article, “Why Islands Still Matter in Asia,” discusses the views of Major General Karl Ernst Haushofer, Germany’s military attaché to Japan from 1908 to 1910. They write that he regarded the “offshore island arcs of the Indo-Pacific realm as important geopolitical features providing a useful protective veil sheltering continental powers […]

Increasing the Archipelagic Defense from the Philippines to Japan was originally published on Global Security Review.

July 23, 2024
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Increasing the Archipelagic Defense from the Philippines to Japan

Andrew Erickson and Joel Wuthnow’s article, “Why Islands Still Matter in Asia,” discusses the views of Major General Karl Ernst Haushofer, Germany’s military attaché to Japan from 1908 to 1910. They write that he regarded the “offshore island arcs of the Indo-Pacific realm as important geopolitical features providing a useful protective veil sheltering continental powers […]

Increasing the Archipelagic Defense from the Philippines to Japan was originally published on Global Security Review.

July 23, 2024
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Japan’s Ministry of Defense: Opening Space Security to the Commercial Sector

On February 28, 2024, the Chamber of Industry and Commerce of Tokyo, which is also Japan’s largest start-up hub, held a Japan Air Self-Defense Force–sponsored online event, “Space Security and Business: International Collaboration and Private Sector Cooperation Driving Space Security and Business Prospects.” The Japanese government first announced its Space Security Initiative in June 2023. […]

Japan’s Ministry of Defense: Opening Space Security to the Commercial Sector was originally published on Global Security Review.

May 21, 2024
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