AP Initiative Chairman Yoichi Funabashi wrote \u201cNorth Korea crisis and Japan\u2019s geopolitical challenge\u201d for the November issue of the Ushio magazine. It is introduced as an opening article of a special feature entitled \u2018In the world being divided.\u2019<\/p>\n
In the article, Dr. Funabashi addresses \u2018geopolitics\u2019 and \u2018geo-economics\u2019 as the keywords with which to understand the changing global power balance over North Korea, which is accelerating its nuclear and missile development. From these points of view, against the rise of China, who has established the concept of \u2018One Belt One Road Initiative,\u2019 he suggested that Japan should take initiative to maintain and strengthen the liberal international order in cooperation with other countries. He also proposes which direction and attitude Japan should take to face this biggest geopolitical challenge in the modern era and later.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
AP Initiative Chairman Yoichi Funabashi wrote \u201cNorth Korea crisis and Japan\u2019s geopolitical challenge\u201d for the November issue of the Ushio magazine. It is introduced as an opening article of a special feature entitled \u2018In the world being divided.\u2019 In the article, Dr. Funabashi addresses \u2018geopolitics\u2019 and \u2018geo-economics\u2019 as the keywords with which to understand the …<\/p>\n