# Episode 46: Shigeru Kitamura on the U.S.-Japan Alliance in an Age of Fragmentation

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Podcast: [Memos to the President](https://stenobird.com/podcast/memos-to-the-president-7160594)
Published: 2026-06-30T14:30:00+00:00
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## Resource

In Tokyo, SCSP President Ylli Bajraktari and Vice President for Global Partnerships Joe Wang sat down with Mr. Shigeru Kitamura, former National Security Advisor of Japan and one of the most respected voices in Japanese national security and intelligence, to discuss G7 and the fragmentation of the world order, the evolving U.S.-Japan alliance, countering Beijing's revisionist ambitions, and weapons of economic coercion.

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