U.S. needs 'alliances that work': former Trump defense official

Elbridge Colby argues for greater command integration between Japan and the U.S.

20240905N U.S. Japan joint exercises REUTERS

U.S. Marines and members of the Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force's Amphibious Rapid Deployment Brigade take part in joint military exercises in an island near Okinawa in November 2023. © Reuters

TSUYOSHI NAGASAWA, Nikkei senior staff writer

TOKYO -- As U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump head into the final stretch of their election campaigns, a former Trump administration defense official argues that the ex-president seeks not isolationism, but alliances that will truly benefit the American people.

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