Combating Sino-Centric Multilateralism: The ‘Hard-Boiled Realism’ Required for Japan’s Multilateral Diplomacy

The arena of multilateral diplomacy is not a forum for idealism but a theater of power politics, where national interests and state survival are at stake. Japan must move beyond its traditional attachment to “UN-centrism” and pursue a strategy of pragmatic realism, capable of navigating a changing United States while firmly countering China’s expanding institutional influence.

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