The gradual but firm shift in Japan’s defence posture is among the most notable developments characterising the Asia-Pacific’s international dynamics in the past few years. Its efforts to increase its military power, accompanied by attempts to change the Constitution to expand the means and the duties of its military forces are to be interpreted in a broader context of growing security challenges. But what exactly are the drivers behind Japan’s re-arm?

The relations between Turkey and Saudi Arabia are now becoming a subject of interest following the news of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, a critic of Riyadh’s current government, in his country’s consulate in Istanbul. To better understand this event and its consequences, it is necessary to put it in the broader context, the bilateral relations between the two states, which dates back to the 1920s.

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