Shawn Harding

Apr 30, 2024 | usni.org | Shawn Harding |Jim Kolbe |Eric Wertheim |Tom Baker

Mr. Harding holds a master’s of international public policy from Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies and is currently a doctor of international affairs candidate. His research focuses on security cooperation and host-nation basing in the Indo-Pacific region.

Feb 9, 2023 | stripes.com | Shawn Harding

No policy, no matter how salutary or noble, ever survives a bureaucracy intent on killing it. Last month’s Joint Statement of the U.S.-Japan Security Consultative Committee reiterated a decade-long commitment “to expand joint/shared use of U.S. and Japanese facilities.” As an example of progress, the SCC noted shared use of “additional facilities” by the Japan Self-Defense Force on the U.S. Air Force’s Kadena Ammunition Storage Area.