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  • Netanyahu's Government Takes a Turn Toward Theocracy

    January 7, 2023
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    "Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's new coalition government, which was sworn in last week, is routinely referred to as "extreme right," but this tortures the meaning of conservatism in a democracy.Thirty-two of the coalition's members in the Knesset (out of a hundred and twenty parliamentary seats) are disciples of so-called religious parties, the political arms of theocratic communities.These parties, and factions of parties, can be divided into three groups: The largest alliance, with fourteen seats, is religious Zionism, whose forebears were preoccupied with preserving the rabbinic pri

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  • [Special Conversation] "Nuclear-armed political parties after leaving the NPT in Korea" vs. "A harsh price will be paid"

    December 23, 2022
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    It has been argued that South Korea's withdrawal from the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and its own nuclear armament are legitimate and justified. Daryl Press, a professor at Dartmouth College in the US, said that North Korea's development of long-range missiles has reduced the credibility of the US nuclear umbrella, and that South Korea should seek ways to strengthen deterrence on its own.

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  • Japan Steps Up

    December 23, 2022
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    On December 16, Japan took a major step toward becoming a "normal" world power by approving dramatic changes to its decades-old policy of military restraint. Under its new national security strategy, Japan will not only double its military spending, adding some $315 billion to its defense budget over the next five years. It will also develop a new "counterstrike" capability enabling it to conduct retaliatory attacks on enemy territory—a remarkable departure from its previous policy.

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