Why Japan and South Korea Are Arming Up

It’s too soon to call it a new cold war. But the conflict in Ukraine is changing defense policies in East Asia in brand new ways.

Fred Kaplan | Slate

January 31, 2023

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and U.S. President Joe Biden in May in Tokyo

In the last month, Japan has taken a huge step away from its anti-military tradition, doubling its defense budget and asking the U.S. for long-rang Tomahawk cruise missile, while South Korea's president has talked about building nuclear weapons.

-SSP alum Fred Kaplan in Slate

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