Chhai Bunsonareach is a Research Associate at the Centre for Advanced Research and Legal Studies (CARLS), Asian Vision Institute (AVI), where he focuses on geopolitics, international affairs, international trade agreements, and regional integration. He was previously a Dongfang Scholar at Peking University.
How Much Is Too Much? A Defensive Realist Analysis of Japan’s Military Buildup
From the perspective of defensive realism, the critical question is not whether Japan is building up its military, but how much is too much before Japan's buildup provokes the very…