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*** 9-Jul-16 World View -- Nato deploying a 'tripwire' of 4,000 soldiers along Russia's border

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  • Japan's elections put constitution's pacifism clause into question
  • Nato deploying a 'tripwire' of 4,000 soldiers along Russia's border

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**** Japan's elections put constitution's pacifism clause into question
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Shinzo Abe campaigning for Sunday's elections (Kyodo)

On Sunday, Japan will hold parliamentary elections for half the seats
in Japan's upper house. There is a possibility (far from a certainty)
that the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) will, along with its coalition
partner Komeito, get a two-thirds supermajority in the upper house.
LDP, which is led by prime minister Shinzo Abe, already has a
two-thirds supermajority in the lower house.

Japan's constitution may be amended only by a two-thirds vote of both
houses of the Diet (parliament). So if Abe gets his desired
supermajority in both houses, then his LDP party could amend the
constitution.

And Abe has said repeatedly in the past that what he'd like to change
is the "self-defense" clause of the constitution, that prohibits
Japan's armed forces from being involved in military actions except in
self-defense. Here is the text of the actual clause, as written by an
American team led by Gen. Douglas MacArthur, who had led the American
forces to victory of Japan in World War II:

[indent]<QUOTE>"CHAPTER II - RENUNCIATION OF WAR

Article 9. Aspiring sincerely to an international peace based on
justice and order, the Japanese people forever renounce war as a
sovereign right of the nation and the threat or use of force as
means of settling international disputes.

In order to accomplish the aim of the preceding paragraph, land,
sea, and air forces, as well as other war potential, will never be
maintained. The right of belligerency of the state will not be
recognized."<END QUOTE>
[/indent]

The movement to amend the self-defense clause has gathered steam in
the last ten years, primarily motivated by the rise of China and in
particular China's military threats against the Senkaku Islands, which
are governed by Japan.

In 2015, Japan adopted new "collective defense" laws, partially
departing from the pacifism in the constitution. The old self-defense
clause of the constitution has been interpreted to permit military
action only when Japan itself is being attacked, and only on Japanese
soil. The new collective defense laws reinterpret the self-defense
clause to include "collective self-defense," which would permit
military action anywhere in the world under some circumstances when an
ally (such as the United States) is attacked. I discussed the meaning
of "collective self-defense" in detail in 2014 in "5-May-2014 World View -- Japan debates 'collective self-defense' to protect America and Japan"
.

Amending the self-defense clause is extremely controversial in Japan,
so much so that Abe isn't even talking about in his campaigning,
choosing to focus instead on the economy. That may be an even greater
risk, because Japan's economy has not been doing well, and some people
blame the weakness of Abe's "Abenomics" program of massive stimulus
through monetary easing, fiscal stimulus and structural reforms. The
goal was to reach 2% inflation, but instead Japan remains in a
deflationary spiral. Perhaps the only good news for Abe is that
deflation is a worldwide phenomenon, so it can't be blamed
specifically on him. Japan Times and Constitution of Japan and Manila Times and CNBC

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**** Nato deploying a 'tripwire' of 4,000 soldiers along Russia's border
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At an annual summit meeting in Warsaw Poland on Friday, Nato announced
that it will deploy four multinational battalions of 1,000 soldiers
each, in each of four countries -- Poland, Lithuania, Latvia and
Estonia. The deployment will take place in six to nine months.

These four countries have been urgently requesting such a deployment
for years, especially since Russia invaded Ukraine and annexed Crimea.
These countries are nervous that Russia's president Vladimir Putin
will order his army to do the same kind of thing to one or all of
them.

The four battalions will come from four different Nato countries: the
United States, Germany, Canada and the United Kingdom.

It will not be possible to defend against an invasion by Russia's
massive army with just 4,000 soldiers. However, this "tripwire" force
will almost certainly deter Russia from invading. In Ukraine,
Russia's forces were able to just walk in and take over, especially in
Crimea, with little or no resistance. But Russia won't be able to do
the same in Poland or the Balkans because it would amount to a
declaration of war against Nato, which even Vladimir Putin would
probably like to avoid. Radio Poland and France 24 and Nato Joint Resolution and CNN

KEYS: Generational Dynamics, Japan, Shinzo Abe, Abenomics,
Liberal Democratic Party, LDP, Komeito, China, Senkaku Islands,
collective self-defense,
Nato, Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, tripwire force,
United States, Germany, Canada, United Kingdom,
Russia, Vladimir Putin, Ukraine, Crimea

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