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Countering Gray-Zone Competition: Comparing U.S. and Japan Responses

Connor McKenzie (Hyogo, 2016-2019)

Regional competition and strategic decision-making in the Indo-Pacific are increasingly unfolding in murky domains, often described with terms such as gray-zone. State and nonstate actors rely on these ambiguous tactics and strategies to exploit and coerce targets without engaging in direct physical conflict, evoking the gray-zone between war and peace.

JETs on Japan: March, 2026

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Japanese Reading Group: March 2026

Join us on Friday, March 13 at 7:00 PM ET to read part of an essay about politics by writer and activist Amamiya Karin titled "「日本人ファースト」以降のこの国で起きていることと、世界各国の「移民排斥」「自国第一」の動き" (What's happening in the country after "Japanese First," and the immigrant rejection/one's-own-country-first movements around the world).

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Not in Kansas (City) Anymore: From JET to International Educator

Before I even sat down to talk to Corey Johnson, I was already itching to ask questions. One look at his LinkedIn page had told me only part of the story, that much I knew. His work history was filled with schools all over Asia. From the Philippines to China to Korea. What could the path of a person who had spent almost all of their professional life overseas be like, I wondered. What stories could someone like that tell?

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