ASEAN policies of the Biden administration｜Shaping Pragmatic & Effective Strategy Toward China｜Exhibition for peace

Sasakawa Peace Foundation and Surin Pitsuwan Foundation hold art exhibition in Thailand to reflect on the tragedies of war in efforts to promote a peaceful society
Professional artists and A-bomb survivor share artworks at Jim Thompson Art Center
 This exhibition entitled “Echoed Tranquility,” was held by bringing together several artists, including a survivor of the Hiroshima atomic bombing, to display works evoking images of past conflict and exploring the impact of war and the recovery that comes after. This included several drawings and paintings borrowed from the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum, which provided support for this event alongside the Embassy of Japan in Thailand.
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The Israel-Hamas War: Prospects for a Two-State Solution and Japan’s Role
Nobutaka Miyahara, Senior Adviser, Asia Pacific Alliance for Disaster Management
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Over 20 years since independence, how can Timor-Leste's fragile stability be transformed into development?
Koji Sakane, Director, Global Peacebuilding Association of Japan (GPAJ)
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The ASEAN policies of the Biden administration in the United States ― The basic stance which emerges from its jumbled messages
Tomotaka Shoji, Director, Regional Studies Department at the National Institute for Defense Studies (NIDS)
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Satellite Image Analysis: North Korean LWR Achieves Criticality
Can LWRs Produce Weapons-Grade Plutonium?
Yuki Kobayashi, Research Fellow, Sasakawa Peace Foundation
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Shaping Pragmatic and Effective Strategy Toward China
SPF Policy Proposal
SPF’s Security Studies Program released a policy proposal "Shaping the Pragmatic and Effective Strategy toward China” with the goal of deterring Chinese military adventurism, maintaining a rules-based order in the Indo-Pacific region, continuing the current economic prosperity of the United States and Japan, and guiding China toward becoming a rules-oriented player in the region. The full policy proposal can be downloaded from the link below.
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