UK-Japan military exercises and mutual strategic reassurance?/
HENG Yee-Kuang
UK-Japan military exercises and mutual strategic reassurance?/ Yee-Kuang Heng - 2021
The United Kingdom (UK) and Japan have conducted unprecedented military exercises as each other's closest security partners in Asia and Europe, respectively. It suggests that effusive diplomatic language vowing politico-strategic support for each other, reinforced by ground-breaking military exercises mutually reassured UK concerns about retaining post-Brexit global standing and Japan's apprehension over its dire geo-strategic context. While not quite deterrence or alliance, these military exercises enabled the UK and Japan to transform their predominantly trade-based relationship into a more defence-oriented one.
MILITARY EXERCISE
UNITED KINGDOM
JAPAN
UK-Japan military exercises and mutual strategic reassurance?/ Yee-Kuang Heng - 2021
The United Kingdom (UK) and Japan have conducted unprecedented military exercises as each other's closest security partners in Asia and Europe, respectively. It suggests that effusive diplomatic language vowing politico-strategic support for each other, reinforced by ground-breaking military exercises mutually reassured UK concerns about retaining post-Brexit global standing and Japan's apprehension over its dire geo-strategic context. While not quite deterrence or alliance, these military exercises enabled the UK and Japan to transform their predominantly trade-based relationship into a more defence-oriented one.
MILITARY EXERCISE
UNITED KINGDOM
JAPAN