Leah Klaas

Aug 15, 2024 | csis.org | Christopher Johnstone |Cynthia Cook |Audrey Aldisert |Leah Klaas

Japan has a long history of restrictions on defense spending and arms exports. These factors, coupled with its “exclusive self-defense” (senshu bouei) policies, have impeded the development of a competitive and strong defense industrial base. Japan’s 2022 National Defense Strategy placed a high priority on strengthening the defense industry, and since then it has taken steps to loosen the restrictions on defense equipment exports to expand opportunities for cooperation.

Jul 11, 2024 | features.csis.org | Christopher Johnstone |Nicholas Szechenyi |Leah Klaas

By Christopher Johnstone, Nicholas Szechenyi, and Leah Klaas | July 11, 2024 In the last few years, Japan has taken historic steps to strengthen its defense posture and in turn the U.S.-Japan alliance, which has entered a period of unprecedented integration. This is a far cry from the time of the alliance’s origins in 1951.

Jul 8, 2024 | csis.org | Christopher Johnstone |Leah Klaas

Disinformation and other forms of “information operations” have become tools of choice for authoritarian regimes seeking to coerce and influence adversaries in the gray zone below the threshold of military conflict.