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Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 12, 2022
NATO and partners aim to boost Kyiv's air defense after Russian strikes
The talks came two days after Russian air missile strikes killed 19 people in Ukraine and knocked out power supplies across the country.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 12, 2022
U.S. weighs next moves on Ukraine arms in ‘escalatory cycle’
Meetings in Brussels this week come days after Russia launched a series of missile barrages on the capital Kyiv and other civilian targets, and pressure is high for NATO allies to respond.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 12, 2022
Pressure grows on the West to speed air defense systems to Ukraine
On Tuesday, leaders of the Group of Seven industrialized nations pledged 'undeterred and steadfast” financial and military support for Ukraine.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 9, 2022
Xi Jinping and his radioactive friend from Russia
As Chinese President Xi Jinping prepares for an unprecedented third term, the growing desperation of Russian President Vladimir Putin should serve as a cautionary tale.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 30, 2022
Preparing for the long war
Vladimir Putin's latest moves suggest that Russia is settling in for a long war of attrition that will test European resolve.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 30, 2022
Vladimir Putin tries his hand at nuclear blackmail
If the West gives in to Putin's nuclear blackmail and allows him to claim Ukrainian lands and declare victory in the war, then the world order as we know it will collapse.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 28, 2022
How to boost NATO-EU cooperation
Russia's invasion of Ukraine has shown that Europe can no longer afford to treat quasi-theological arguments over EU and NATO primacy as more important than its own security.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 26, 2022
With drills and fighter jets, German defense minister seeks stronger Indo-Pacific ties
Building on the monthslong dispatch of a frigate to the Indo-Pacific last year, Germany is set to deploy three fighter jets to Japan for joint training with the ASDF.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 21, 2022
Frustrated and snubbed, Putin is running out of options
Facing setbacks on the battlefield and the diplomatic stage, Russian President Vladimir Putin has been under pressure to call for nationwide mobilization. It's already too late.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 19, 2022
A Ukrainian victory may make the Russian war more dangerous
Kyiv should be proud of the astounding success of its recent offensive, but defeat may push Vladimir Putin to reach for deadlier tactics.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 14, 2022
How the Ukraine offensive will shift the market narrative
And not for the first time, market attitudes toward events in the Ukraine war have been inconsistent as the nature of war makes economic predictions difficult to make.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 8, 2022
Deciphering the West’s strategic goals in Ukraine war
While the outcome of the Ukraine war remains uncertain, the West's strategic aims, particularly how it treats Russia in the event that Ukraine prevails, will have huge consequences.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 24, 2022
Six months of Putin’s war unravels Moscow’s superpower image
When the invasion of Ukraine began, many thought Kyiv would fall quickly and Russia's economy would crumble. Both assumptions were wrong.
Japan Times
WORLD / FOCUS
Aug 20, 2022
NATO races to counter Russia’s threat in Europe’s weak spot
Moscow's war on its neighbor has raised questions as to whether NATO is doing enough to deter Russian expansionism after years of underinvestment and ignored warnings.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 11, 2022
Ukraine accuses Russia of using nuclear plant for deadly rocket attack
Ukraine and Russia have accused each other of imperiling the plant, Europe's largest nuclear complex, with attacks nearby.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 9, 2022
Europe is faking solidarity, and Putin knows it
As shown by a compromise on saving natural gas, the EU can't defend itself against its enemies yet.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 4, 2022
U.S. Senate ratifies NATO membership for Finland and Sweden
If the ascension wins approval from all current members of the alliance, Finland will join Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland as NATO countries that share a land border with Russia.
Japan Times
WORLD / ANALYSIS
Jul 23, 2022
Putin bets on an ancient weapon in Ukraine: time
Nearly five months since the invasion began, Russia is hoping that Western resolve will be sapped by alarm over surging global energy and food prices that the war has helped to stoke.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 19, 2022
Sidelining of spy chief spotlights Ukraine's battle to purge Russian agents
Zelenskyy hailed the dismissal of top members of the nation's security and law enforcement agencies as part of a process of 'self-purification.'
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 17, 2022
Moscow signals a shift to a more aggressive phase of Ukraine war
There were signs of new ground fighting in the hotly contested Donbas region, where Russian forces have taken one of its provinces, Luhansk.

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