The geostrategic tectonic plates are shifting. And that shift is happening at an unprecedented hypervelocity. The resultant has been reconfiguration, recalibration, rebalancing and reshaping of geostrategic postures. New political and security alliances are taking shape and form. Long-standing security policies and postures are quickly being abandoned. Japan being the utmost profound example of this development. Japan’s 2026 Defense White Paper, indicates a clear abandonment of its traditional passive-containment posture, to offensive one. In the White Paper, the Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s government characterise China as “the greatest strategic challenge,” and highlights China-Russia relations as causing strategic anxiety in East Asia. Furthermore, Japan has recently launched its centralised National Intelligence Bureau (NIB).
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