ISDP Voices

Amrita Jash argues that CBMs are urgently needed to defuse growing tensions over the rocky flashpoint in the East China Sea. In recent months, China’s tensions with Japan over the disputed Diaoyu/Senkaku islands in the East China Sea have hit new lows resulting in speculation about a potential military clash between the two count­­­ries. China’s […]

Former Swedish Ambassador to Japan Lars Vargö argues that unconstructive focus on Japan’s militarist past blinds the urgent realities of needing to deal with the present. More than seventy years after the end of World War Two, Japan’s actions are still viewed by its neighbors through the lens of history. In particular, its reinterpretation of […]