{"id":8881,"date":"2022-01-25T08:30:00","date_gmt":"2022-01-24T22:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/asiainsights\/?p=8881"},"modified":"2023-08-06T15:44:28","modified_gmt":"2023-08-06T05:44:28","slug":"australia-japan-defence-cooperation-in-the-grey-zone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/asiainsights\/australia-japan-defence-cooperation-in-the-grey-zone\/","title":{"rendered":"Australia\u2013Japan defence cooperation in the grey zone"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/asiainsights\/tag\/peter-layton\/\">PETER LAYTON<\/a>\u00a0|  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Over the last several years, the relationship with China has become increasingly awkward for both Australia and Japan. Other nations have also been similarly afflicted and sometimes more so. The expression \u201cgrey zone\u201d is now used as a generic label for China\u2019s new form of prickly interstate tactics, which can include anything from economic coercion and cyberattacks to militarisation of disputed territory and interference operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Australia and Japan are both deeply concerned over grey zone actions, seeing them as an area needing military involvement. The&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.defence.gov.au\/about\/publications\/2020-defence-strategic-update\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2020 Australian Defence Strategic Update<\/a>&nbsp;declared that \u201cDefence must be better prepared to respond to [grey zone] activities.\u201d Japan\u2019s&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mod.go.jp\/en\/publ\/w_paper\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2021 Defence of Japan White Paper<\/a>&nbsp;sets out that grey zone response is one of the six principal roles assigned to the Japanese Self Defence Force (JSDF).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>China\u2019s use of grey zone techniques in the South and East China Seas provides some useful insights. In these regions, China\u2019s&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lowyinstitute.org\/the-interpreter\/bringing-grey-zone-focus\">grey zone strategy<\/a>&nbsp;is incremental, slowly nibbling away at the edges, making use of multiple military and non-military measures, being careful not to escalate into major war, controlled at the highest governmental levels and ongoing. These techniques have developed over time and remain evolving.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Please click here to read the full &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lowyinstitute.org\/the-interpreter\/australia-japan-defence-cooperation-grey-zone\">Australia\u2013Japan defence cooperation in the grey zone<\/a>&#8221; article published at the Interpreter, written by Griffith Asia Institute Visting Fellow, <strong>Dr Peter Layton<\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PETER LAYTON\u00a0| Over the last several years, the relationship with China has become increasingly awkward for both Australia and Japan. Other nations have also been similarly afflicted and sometimes more so. 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