TY  - BOOK
AU  - HENG Yee-Kuang
TI  - UK-Japan military exercises and mutual strategic reassurance?
PY  - 2021///
KW  - MILITARY EXERCISE
KW  - UNITED KINGDOM
KW  - JAPAN
N2  - 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
UR  - https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14702436.2021.1931134
ER  -