Derek Grossman

THE WRITER, THE FOUNDER AND CHIEF ANALYST OF CONSULTING FIRM INDO-PACIFIC SOLUTIONS, IS A PROFESSOR OF POLITICAL SCIENCE AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

 When Prime Minister Lawrence Wong met his Japanese counterpart, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi in March, Japan and Singapore upgraded their relationship to a strategic partnership anchored in a framework to deepen and expand cooperation.

Singapore and Japan’s role in a changing Indo-Pacific

Renewed cooperation between both countries would remind others that respect for international law need not be defended through confrontation alone