Published by: Global Asia
Author: Jae-Hung Chung
TENSIONS HAVE BEEN rising in Ukraine, the Middle East, the Taiwan Strait and the Korean Peninsula, which are all becoming flashpoints for geopolitical conflicts, leading to a global security crisis. Open warfare in Ukraine and the Middle East has already caused massive casualties. As tensions escalate between the US and Russia, and NATO and Russia, risk of nuclear conflict grows. Moreover, the US-China strategic rivalry has evolved into a complex confrontation, extending beyond trade and technology to potential armed conflicts in the South China Sea and the Taiwan Strait. Some experts see this US-China competition as a new Cold War, with the world splitting into democratic versus authoritarian blocs, represented in Asia by a US-South Korea-Japan alignment against Russia-China-North Korea.
At the US-Japan summit in Washington in April, leaders announced plans to modernize their command-and-control systems and enhance military interoperability and planning. This aims to improve joint operations between the US Forces in Japan and Japan’s Integrated Self-Defense Forces, reinforcing military integration. The two countries agreed to establish the Defense Industrial Cooperation, Acquisition and Sustainment Forum (DICAS) to develop advanced weapons such as medium- and long-range missiles, setting the stage for deeper military integration.
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