Comment on “No Matter Who is the Next President, China is the Top Priority, and the U.S. Cannot Afford a ‘Multi-Pronged Strategy.’” [in Japanese]
On October 25, 2023, Asahi Shimbun introduced a comment by Professor Maiko Ichihara at the Graduate School of Law to the article titled, “No Matter Who is the Next President, China is the Top Priority, and the U.S. Cannot Afford a ‘Multi-Pronged Strategy.’” This article is about President Biden, who is running for a second term, and what he said in his address to the nation about competition with China, which will be a major challenge for the United States to lead the next international order in the face of growing authoritarianism and shaken democracy both at home and abroad. Professor Ichihara pointed out that Japan, which has been dependent on the U.S. since the end of World War II, must play a proactive role in stabilizing the international order as the relative power of the U.S. declines. She then commented on the importance of each Japanese person seeing this as his or her personal matter and striving to become an innovator without fear of risk.
