Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga and his then Vietnamese counterpart Nguyen Xuan Phuc feeding the fish in a pond at the Presidential Palace in Hanoi on October 19, 2020. Photo: Reuters
Opinion
Opinion
Japan can be a dynamic alternative to superpower hubris – just ask Southeast Asia
- As a pre-eminent middle power with sufficient autonomy and resources, Japan can help prevent superpower conflict
- Not only did Japan, under Abe, rescue the Trans-Pacific Partnership, it has offered a constructive alternative to China’s Belt and Road Initiative
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga and his then Vietnamese counterpart Nguyen Xuan Phuc feeding the fish in a pond at the Presidential Palace in Hanoi on October 19, 2020. Photo: Reuters
