In Japan’s grand strategy, it is a perennial challenge to keep Korea “threat free.” The Camp David agreement of August 2023 among Japan, South Korea, and the United States is a breakthrough as it serves as a new institutional framework for Japan to cope with this challenge more effectively than ever before.

The expansion of neoliberal capitalism across the planet has been largely responsible for climate change, a phenomenon that is changing weather patterns. As a result of climate change, the planet's ability to adapt is increasingly being stifled, and people around the world are becoming progressively vulnerable to natural calamities like devasting storms, droughts, wildfires and floods.

While the presidential primary witnessed its second Republican debate without Trump, Biden has sent his Vice President Kamala Harris to promote the administration's economic successes. There is still some confusion in the public about the economy, but it is clear that Bidenomics is working.