Satoshi Ikeuchi is professor of religion and global security at the Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology at the University of Tokyo. Dr. Gedaliah Afterman is head of the Asia Policy Program at the Abba Eban Institute for International Diplomacy at Rechiman University (IDC Herzliya).
With the world facing increasing instability and tensions between the United States, Russia and China, "minilateralism" is emerging as the spirit of the times.