According to an NHK report, there are currently 19,000 U.S. Marines stationed in Okinawa, and from these, 9,000 of them will be gradually relocated to Guam and Hawaii. Yazhou Zhoukan reported that this marks the first time that the relocation of U.S. troops has been realized since the U.S. and Japan reached a consensus on the withdrawal of U.S. forces from Japan in 2006. What impact will this have on the U.S. defense line of the first island chain? How will these changes affect the Indo-Pacific situation? In this episode of “Taiwan Talks,” we discuss the importance of Okinawa in the context of Indo-Pacific tensions and the U.S.-China rivalry in the region. Furthermore, we analyze the state of the U.S.-Japan and U.S.-South Korea alliances.
Our guests are:
Chen Ping-kuei
- National Chengchi University Department of Diplomacy Professor
Wang Kai-chun
- Foreign Policy Advisor at the Office of R.O.C. Legislator Hsu Chiao-hsin
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