in the military and broader defense spheres. Insights are drawn from a range of disciplines, including history, social …

crisis. Today, several Asian countries are already among the largest defense spenders in the world. In addition, unlike … defense budgets in many other regions, including the West, Asian defense spending continues to increase. …

Among the various innovations introduced under the new National Defense Program Guidelines released by Japan in 2010 …, the most important is the “Dynamic Defense Force†concept, which will enable the Japan Self-Defense Forces to operate …

is no consensus on whether the Diet wields actual power in influencing defense policy and whether the Diet’s role in … defense policy approaches that of other democratic legislative systems. In this policy brief, we first outline the … lack of party defense policy platforms. We also examine the relationship of Diet members to two important actors in …