WASHINGTON -- Japan and Germany have begun to explore how they can play a greater role in the global security landscape, especially as Russia's invasion of Ukraine rocks the world, Jeffrey Hornung, a senior political scientist at the Rand Corporation think tank, told Nikkei.
"Japan has been increasingly strengthening its relationships with key European countries, especially in the security realm," over the last decade, said Hornung, who specializes in East Asian security and U.S. policies in the Indo-Pacific.
