The age of rearmament

Subscribe now with a one-month trial for only $1, then enjoy the first year at an exclusive rate of just $99. Japan’s nuclear taboo is slowly unravelingScott Foster reports that Japanese officials are increasingly willing to debate nuclear weapons, nuclear sharing and revisions to Japan’s Three Non-Nuclear Principles, as doubts over US reliability and rising Chinese and Russian military pressure push Tokyo toward a more openly deterrence-focused security posture. Germany chooses rearmament over economic renewalDiego Faßnacht argues that Germany is turning to debt-financed rearmament as a substitute for economic reform, using defense spending to support industry while failing to address weak competitiveness, high energy costs, demographic strain and declining export strength. Russia’s nuclear restraint comes under hawkish pressureJames Davis reports that Russia’s slow battlefield advance and stalled diplomacy are strengthening Moscow’s “party of war,” with hawkish voices increasingly calling for harsher strikes, infrastructure destruction and even tactical nuclear options as negotiations with Washington and Kiev appear effectively dead.