Japan and South Korea are bulking up offensive and defensive missile capabilities to counter any possible spillover from China-Taiwan tensions and North Korea's provocations, says Gearoid Reidy for Bloomberg Opinion.
With Japan heading into a generational debate overTokyo fears a North Korean “saturation” strategy of launching multiple missiles means any defence shield could be overwhelmed, said Stephen Nagy, senior associate professor of international relations at Tokyo’s International Christian University. That’s led the security establishment to the idea of striking first.
Hamada said the world is entering a “new era of crisis”, describing it as the most challenging time since the end of World War II. It was an extraordinary moment of Chinese heavy-handedness, and should have been a warning to the US about how Beijing treats its neighbours.
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