The Japanese Governments Foreign Policy Strategy
Japan’s 🎌 strategy is greatly affected by the sea. Over the years, the Japanese governments foreign policy strategy has been influenced by the changes in the international security environment. First against 🇷🇺Soviet Russia and now against 🇨🇳China’s expansionism strategy, Japan has been at the side of 🇺🇸US forces in the Pacific.
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Table of content:
00:00 Japan’s Strategic Environment
01:10 Japanese Sea Lanes
02:50 Rising Tension between China, Korea and Japan
03:16 Japanese Maritime Strategy of containing China
04:42 Soviet Containment
05:53 Japan’s constitutional constraints
06:18 The birth of Japanese Self Defense Forces
07:07 Japanese Straits Containment Strategy
07:41 Importance of Vladivostok Port
07:55 China’s threat containment
08:16 First Island Chain
08:58 Chinese Strategic Po
11:43 Bashi Channel
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