277 | Does America’s Most Important Asian Ally Want to Fight? - Tobias Harris on a pacifist Japan in the 21st century

The Realignment

Saager Enjeti, Technology, Policy, News, Marshall Kosloff, International Relations, Politics, News Commentary, Public Policy, U.s. Politics, National Security, Economics

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🗓️ 19 August 2022

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Tobias Harris, a Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress and author of The Iconoclast: Shinzo Abe and the New Japan, joins The Realignment to discuss the assassination of former Japanese PM Shinzo Abe, how and why he sought to orient Japan away from post-war pacifism, what the "new" Japan looks like, and how the U.S, Japan, and other allies should approach the growing threat of conflict in the Asia-Pacific.

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0:00.0	Marshall here. Welcome back to the Realignment.
0:03.2	Hey everyone, welcome to the Friday edition of the Realignment. As you all know, the Real
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0:37.7	On to today's interview. Speaking of Tobias Harris, he's the author of the iconic last Shinzo
0:44.2	Abe and the new Japan. This conversation is incredibly relevant on a couple of different
0:48.4	levels. Number one, former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was assassinated last
0:53.0	month. I'm sure folks probably saw that in the news. So going over his biography, him being
0:59.2	one of the most important Japanese Prime Ministers of the post for era is just really relevant.
1:05.6	To Japan as a country, which under Shinzo Abe's leadership, Ruiz started to reposition itself,
1:11.0	how it conceiveth itself and how it approached foreign policy questions in the 21st century.
1:15.4	In a bunch of different ways, whether or not you agree with your current policy in Ukraine,
1:20.2	or whether you agree with the policy towards Taiwan and China, the US is in the middle of
1:24.1	a similar conversation. So looking at how another country approaches sort of challenge
1:27.8	is incredibly important. Finally, this is just a great conversation about the times we
1:31.8	live in because Shinzo Abe framed himself as a leader who was attempting to really reconcile
1:36.7	himself for the world, who was changing from the way it was before. So there's obviously
1:40.7	a lot that we could take from that as Americans or any other country around the world.
1:45.5	Follow what said, once again, thank you to our Supercast subscribers and a huge thank you
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