Can Trump and Abe keep a critical alliance afloat? | By Paul Sracic for CNNOpinion
Paul Sracic chairs the Department of Politics and International Relations at Youngstown State University in Ohio and is currently a visiting Fulbright lecturer at Waseda University in Tokyo. Follow him at @pasracic. The opinions expressed in this commentary are his own.
Although the US is often said to enjoy a"special relationship" with the United Kingdom, in practical terms, our most important 21st-century ally is about 6,000 miles east of London. Given the increasing importance of the Indo-Pacific region, Japan, with the number three economy in the world and strategically located near China, North Korea and Russia is, to the United States, the"indispensable country."Paul SracicOn Friday, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe arrives in Washington to meet with President Donald Trump. This is not the first time Abe has met with Trump; the Prime Minister sat down with the President in November 2016, even before Trump took office.
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