Does American vacillation over Crimea bode poorly for Japan? Some observers think so. Recent media coverage has revealed that some officials in Japan see the U.S. response in Crimea as a litmus test for its willingness to intervene in a Senkaku contingency. According to this narrative, Washington’s failure to uphold the 1994 Budapest Memorandum portends … Continue reading Credibility under Constraint: Crimea Shouldn’t Unnerve Tokyo