United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin included an “extended deterrence dialogue” (EDD). They they met their Japanese counterparts Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa and Defense Minister Minoru Kihara in Tokyo on July 28 for their 2+2 US-Japan Security Consultative Committee talks. The Japanese and Americans have held EDD talks since 2010, but never at this level. Simply put, “extended deterrence” refers […]