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Japan Should Get Tougher on the CCP

Japan Should Get Tougher on the CCP
A member of the Philippine Navy looks out at the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Forces' destroyer Takanami during a joint maritime exercise in the South China Sea on June 14, 2025. STR/JIJI Press/AFP via Getty Images
Anders Corr
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Japan seized a Chinese fishing trawler on Feb. 13 within Japan’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ). The seizure is symbolic of Tokyo’s growing willingness to challenge the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) militarily.

Anders Corr
Anders Corr
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Anders Corr has a bachelor’s/master’s in political science from Yale University (2001) and a doctorate in government from Harvard University (2008). He is a principal at Corr Analytics Inc. and publisher of the Journal of Political Risk, and has conducted extensive research in North America, Europe, and Asia. His latest books are “The Concentration of Power: Institutionalization, Hierarchy, and Hegemony” (2021) and “Great Powers, Grand Strategies: the New Game in the South China Sea” (2018).
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