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Excellent point on how the population crisis constrains the Japanese military. Also, his explanation of “peace culture” (similar to what I called “strategic culture” in my thesis so many years ago) is very succinct! Great episode 👏 @JapanOTR/1425230746243850243Permalink On twitter.com
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One more thing: @profTLe discusses the difference in peace Ed in Nagasaki. I experienced this first hand at my kids 文化祭 on Iki. The Gr 6s we’re doing some intense stuff that shocked my Kansai-based family. It is anecdotal, but they take things seriously in Nagasaki.On twitter.com
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Iki is on the “edge of Japan”, a vital security area with many incursions from Chinese ships. One day my daughter came home from her Grade 5 class with a recruitment pamphlet for the Coast Guard. Are they that aggressive elsewhere, or just on The Edge? kokkyo-info.go.jpPermalink On twitter.com
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Dr Le is on another podcast! Find out what he REALLY thinks about the Olympics, giving 4 year olds guns, and listen to him make IR “more interesting than I thought it would have been” for the ever-cheerful (and very well read) historian @Bec_Edo 😄 @profTLe/1428101682030776324Permalink On twitter.com
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(Also, I really need to read his book. My masters thesis from 2008 was a constructivist analysis of Japan’s security policy. This sounds like really nails it and I look forward to learning more!)Permalink On twitter.com