2026 APRIL Article Listing | A Japanese View from America | Tato Takahama | Pacific Research Institute

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PACIFIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE     A Japanese View from America        Tato Takahama

Reported Contact Between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin Should Be Understood Not as Step Toward Peace, But as Minimal Crisis-Management Effort

What Does the Gunfire at the Correspondents’ Dinner Mean?
The Fragility of a Political Space

What Is Kim Jong Un Doing in the Shadow of the Iran War

While Long-Standing Rule of U.S. Midterm Elections Predicts Losses for President’s Party, Magnitude of Those Losses Has Diminished in Recent Years Due to Structural Changes in American Politics

Shohei Ohtani Delivers 10-Strikeout Performance on 23rd Annual Jackie Robinson Day as Dodgers History and Japanese American Memory Intersect

Book The Technological Republic by Alexander Karp, CEO of Palantir Technologies, Argues that Modern Warfare and Governance Have Fundamentally Shifted from Physical Weapons to Data and Algorithms

The Reality of the “Reverse Closure” of the Strait of Hormuz
Who Is the Winner?

 The Hidden War: U.S. Attacks in Iraq Amid the Iran Ceasefire

The Only Force That Could Stop Trump — Pope Leo XIV and the Moral Alarm in American Power

Melania Trump’s Unusual White House Statement Denying Links to Jeffrey Epstein and Calling for Public Congressional Hearings Has Triggered Growing Scrutiny in Washington

Why Iran Is Holding Its Ground: The Shadow of China and the Reality of Networked Warfare

Iran War Demonstrates Fundamental Transformation in Modern Warfare: Conflicts No Longer Unfold Gradually, But Begin and End Through Compressed Political Decisions and High-Intensity Strikes