The Alliance: Toward a Stronger U.S.-Japan Partnership

By: The Project 2049 Institute |

For the first time in the history of our nation, the Asia-Pacific is more important for the United States than any other region of the world. That is today. Tomorrow it will be even more vital. Indeed, the Asia-Pacific is the new epicenter of global affairs, and it is here that profound strategic changes are unfolding that will transform the international system. As one of the region’s most prosperous, powerful and pivotally located countries, Japan will play a key role in steering the trajectory of future developments in the region.

This report is the capstone paper for the U.S.-Japan Exchange Program (2012 – 2014).