D.C.) Center for Strategic and International Studies (Washington

The years following September 11, 2001 have marked a turning point in Japan's defense strategy, marked by the erosion of normative and legal restraints. Utilizing poll data from Japanese newspapers as well as extensive interview material from Japanese and U.S. policymakers, Daniel Kliman argues that both Japanese elites and the general public increasingly view national security from a realpolitik perspective. This more aggressive view of national...

Religion plays a crucial role in many international conflicts, yet for the most part, diplomacy either ignores or misunderstands that role. This unified collection of case studies and theoretical pieces attempts to restore this missing dimension to its rightful place in the conduct of international diplomacy and offers the first systematic account of modern cases in which religious or spiritual factors have played a part in preventing or resolving...

This report looks at the political-military aspects of cybersecurity and attempts to place it in the larger context of international security. Networks are embedded in our economies and our political and social life. They have become the central tool for human activity. These networks form cyberspace. They hold information of immense value, and they control the machinery that provides critical services. They create immense economic benefit, but they...