In 2016, the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague ruled that Beijing's claims in the South China Sea have no legal ...

Ishiba’s call for an “Asian NATO” represents the nexus between the Japan-U.S. alliance and internationalism – both hallmarks ...

Ishiba has long pushed the idea of an Asian version of NATO. In a signed article for the Washington-based think tank Hudson ...

The Philippines' Defense Secretary, Gilberto Teodoro, highlighted the complexities of establishing a NATO-like alliance in Southeast Asia due to differing interests among ASEAN nations. While Japan ...

Shigeru Ishiba is no longer pursuing one of his fondest dreams, an ‘Asian NATO,’ or talking about revising Article Nine of ...

In the lead-up to his election, Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba floated the idea of an "Asian NATO" to deter the ...

The Japanese prime minister’s call for an Asian NATO is farfetched – and risks alienating key Indo-Pacific stakeholders, including India and ASEAN. Japanese Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru ...

New Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s “Asian NATO” proposal appears dead on arrival. The idea, long-mulled by the former defense chief, has faced an outpouring of criticism that it is both ...

Japan election 2024 results have reportedly shown that Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) is ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba opted for a pragmatic approach in his diplomatic debut on his visit to Laos that ended Friday, avoiding any mention of his controversial proposal to create a ...

In an opinion piece for Washington think tank the Hudson Institute ahead of the LDP vote late last month, Ishiba said his proposed Nato-like alliance must also "consider America's sharing of ...

Ishiba did not discuss the topic during his first overseas trip after assuming office to Laos last week for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations Summit. His vision for a NATO-like security ...