Shinzo Abe was a strong defender of Japan on the world stage
Phillip Lipscy is a professor of political science and director of the Centre for the Study of Global Japan at the University of Toronto’s Munk School of Global Affairs.. The former Japanese prime minister was a dominant figure in the country’s politics over the past decade. He left a profound legacy not only for Japan, but also for Canada’s evolving approach for the Indo-Pacific region.
Five years later, Mr. Abe and his close group of advisers returned to office with a carefully formulated strategy to govern Japan. This “Abe model” of governance emphasized maintaining a high degree of political support by pivoting to popular reformist themes after controversies, timing elections strategically to maintain party discipline and accelerating a long-standing trend toward the centralization of power around the prime minister. The approach appeared to pay dividends, as Mr.
His courtship and personal chemistry with former U.S. president Donald Trump stood out in particular, and was sometimes described as a “bromance.” It was only after both men stepped down from power that Mr. Abe confided that playing golf with Mr. Trump was primarily a means to strengthen Japan’s deterrence against potential adversaries.
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