Join the Taiwan and Japan Studies programs for a presentation by Adam Liff, Professor of East Asian International Relations at Indiana University\u2019s Hamilton Lugar School of Global and International Studies on April 23.<\/p>\n
Amid a rapidly changing balance of power and worsening frictions across the Taiwan Strait, this talk surveys the historical evolution of Japanese perspectives on the U.S.-Japan security alliance\u2019s and the Japan Self-Defense Forces\u2019 potential roles in a \u201cTaiwan contingency.\u201d Though Tokyo\u2019s nuanced positions and policies vis-\u00e0-vis Taiwan and the Taiwan Strait have generally been overlooked in the U.S.-China-Taiwan centric academic literature and policy discourse, Japan is a critical front-line player.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Join the Taiwan and Japan Studies programs for a presentation by Adam Liff, Professor of East Asian International Relations at Indiana University\u2019s Hamilton Lugar School of Global and International Studies on April 23. Amid a rapidly changing balance of power and worsening frictions across the Taiwan Strait, this talk surveys the historical evolution of Japanese<\/p>\n