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Author: Sheila Smith

Sheila A. Smith, an expert on Japanese politics and foreign policy, is senior fellow for Japan studies at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR). She is the author of Intimate Rivals: Japanese Domestic Politics and a Rising China (Columbia University Press, 2015) and Japan's New Politics and the U.S.-Japan Alliance (Council on Foreign Relations, June 2014).

The U.S.-Japan Alliance Upgrades and Maritime Contention in Asia

By Sheila Smith | April 30, 2015 | Categories: Japan, United States
On Monday, the U.S. and Japanese government announced the conclusion of their upgrade of their alliance.[1] The U.S.-Japan Defense Cooperation Guidelines have been revised for the second time since they were drafted in 1978, first in 1997 to respond to the early disruptions after the end of the Cold War, and today to cope with […]
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