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Japan’s military recruitment crisis in an age of rearmament

Originally published by Pacific Forum, this article is republished with permission. On June 15, Japanese opposition lawmaker Chikage Koga said during a committee meeting in the upper house that children from economically disadvantaged families enlist in the Self-Defense Forces

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Blue justice: Asia-Pacific’s crucial ocean governance test

The Asia-Pacific is experiencing an unprecedented transformation in ocean governance. Governments across the region are expanding marine protected areas, investing in blue carbon initiatives, deploying digital fisheries monitoring systems and positioning the ocean as a

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Spoiler alert in the US-Iran peace process

In a seminal article, entitled “Spoiler Problems in Peace Processes,” Stephen Stedman writes that “peacemaking is a risky business.” The greatest source of risk “comes from spoilers—leaders and parties who believe that peace emerging from negotiations threatens their power,

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