{"id":5193,"date":"2018-12-07T19:00:04","date_gmt":"2018-12-07T09:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/asiainsights\/?p=5193"},"modified":"2023-08-06T20:18:34","modified_gmt":"2023-08-06T10:18:34","slug":"steady-but-slow-in-australia-japan-security-cooperation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/asiainsights\/steady-but-slow-in-australia-japan-security-cooperation\/","title":{"rendered":"Steady but slow in Australia-Japan security cooperation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/asiainsights\/tag\/ian-hall\/\">IAN HALL<\/a> AND <a href=\"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/asiainsights\/tag\/michael-heazle\">MICHAEL HEAZLE<\/a> |<\/p>\n<p>Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe\u2019s recent visit to Darwin was rightly billed as historic and \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sbs.com.au\/news\/shinzo-abe-becomes-first-japanese-pm-to-visit-darwin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">deeply symbolic<\/a>\u201d. It also delivered some substance, with the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/foreignminister.gov.au\/releases\/Pages\/2018\/mp_mr_181116b.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">announcement<\/a>\u00a0of important deals on the financing of regional infrastructure and on deepening cooperation on maritime security. It did not, however, see the signing of the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lowyinstitute.org\/the-interpreter\/abe-visit-australia-raising-stakes\">long-anticipated<\/a>\u00a0Reciprocal Access Agreement (RAA).<\/p>\n<p>There are good reasons to think\u00a0this agreement will be concluded at some point soon, as there is no doubt that momentum has been restored to the defence and security partnership in the wake of the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/theconversation.com\/why-the-french-submarine-won-the-bid-to-replace-the-collins-class-58223\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">failed<\/a>\u00a0Soryu submarine deal in 2016.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-inner__quote--right\">\n<blockquote><p>These developments are signs of a growing convergence of perceptions about the security challenges faced in the Indo-Pacific region in Canberra and Tokyo.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>The most recent Foreign and Defence Ministers 2+2 meeting, held on 10 October, affirmed that both countries are\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.minister.defence.gov.au\/minister\/cpyne\/media-releases\/joint-statement-eighth-japan-australia-22-foreign-and-defence\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">committed<\/a>\u00a0not just to safeguarding a \u201cfree, open, stable, and prosperous Indo-Pacific\u201d but also to collaborative efforts with the US to compete with China\u2019s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), and to more complex joint exercises, including in air defence and anti-submarine warfare. In 2017 and 2018, Australian and Japanese troops were also involved in major multilateral exercises, notably Talisman Sabre and the Philippines-based Balikatan.<\/p>\n<p>Please click here to read the full <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lowyinstitute.org\/the-interpreter\/steady-slow-australia-japan-security-cooperation\">&#8216;Steady but slow in Australia-Japan security cooperation&#8217;<\/a>\u00a0article at the Lowy Interpreter, written by Griffith Asia Institute member, Professor Ian Hall and Adjunct Associate Professor Michael Heazle.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>IAN HALL AND MICHAEL HEAZLE | Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe\u2019s recent visit to Darwin was rightly billed as historic and \u201cdeeply symbolic\u201d. It also delivered some substance, with the\u00a0announcement\u00a0of important deals on the financing of regional infrastructure and on deepening cooperation on maritime security. 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