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Introduction Since the onset of the Ukraine war in 2022, commercial relations between Japan and Russia have come under considerable strain. In reaction to the invasion, Japan enacted a broad range of economic sanctions against Russia, which included rescinding Russia’s most-favored-nation (MFN) status and freezing the assets of Russian President Vladimir Putin and the Russian central bank. [1]  Russia, for its part, retaliated by suspending peace treaty talks with Japan and e

AI Generated Image Introduction As geopolitical tensions mount, public health crises proliferate and socioeconomic inequalities widen,...

Image Generated by AI Introduction Since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022, the global community has been...

Photo Credit: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Introduction The maritime agreement between Israel and Lebanon, signed on...

Photo Credit: Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS) Introduction Russia has been a security challenge for Japan since the...

Photo Credit: The Insider The Red Sea has long served as a critical waterway in the maritime domain. As a gateway to the Suez Canal, the...

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Photo Credit: US Coast Guard Introduction   In 2020, the Shiprider Agreement faced scrutiny when the US Coast Guard detained the crew of...

Photo Credit: Council on Foreign Relations Introduction When leaders of the now 70-year-old alliance met in the White House on April 26...