Commentary: Japan and Australia step up defence cooperation

In a commentary, NTU Asst Prof Kei Koga wrote about the Japan–Australia Reciprocal Access Agreement (RAA) that was signed on 6 January 2022. Japan–Australia defence collaboration through the RAA has taken a small step toward stabilising the Indo-Pacific strategic environment. But the RAA has significant strategic implications for the future of the regional balance of power, he wrote.

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