Quad Drills.

Japan and India, as part of the Quad alliance, began a first joint fighter jet exercise on Monday in response to rising Chinese military power. This will be an 11-day joint exercise and entails participation from both countries in material and human capacities. This drill is long due since it was agreed upon back in 2019. The Japanese Prime Minister has also recently visited Italy, France, Britain and Canada to forge security ties as the country stresses that it is surrounded by nuclear-armed nations. This insecurity can also be linked to international developments such as the Russia-Ukraine conflict. There are reports that Chinese military activity is now increasing around the East China Sea in partnership with Russia. It appears that with this growing military power, the regional power balance has shifted for Beijing. Most of this decision on Japan's end has been encouraged by the United States as defence spending has doubled to 2 percent of GDP within five years. In its attempts to look for new allies, Tokyo has established...