Are Japan and Southeast Asia Building a Third Option? (opens in new tab)

Over the past month, Japan formally joined the United States–Philippines Balikatan military exercises. Under the Reciprocal Access Agreement (RAA) previously signed between Tokyo and Manila, which permits each side’s forces to enter the other’s territory, Japanese Self Defense Forces set foot in Southeast Asia for the first time since the Second World War. Simultaneously, Prime […] The post appeared first on .