... coalition opposition weakness US-Japan relations national security In last year’s review, I characterized 2023 as a year in which Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida announced new policy initiatives to deal with two challenges facing Japan—the worsening security situation and the declining...

... transformed into a means of social control. Through case files related to the Assembly and Demonstration Law drawn from the Court of Final Appeal, we demonstrate that although Macau is unlike Hong Kong, where dissidents are subject to severe repression, Beijing’s emphasis on national security has weakened...

...Sonny Lo Due to Beijing’s deep concern about its national security being undermined in Hong Kong, where the anti-extradition protests from June to December 2019 not only challenged the legitimacy of both the central and Hong Kong governments but also constituted an attempt at initiating a “color...

..., underestimation of Chinese capabilities and resolve, and highly divisive domestic Taiwanese politics. © 2008 by The Regents of the University of California. 2008 Taiwan defense defense budget national security arms purchases TAIWAN S ARMS PROCUREMENT DEBATE AND THE DEMISE OF THE SPECIAL BUDGET...