The Guardian view on Germany, Japan and the end of the postwar order: as US alliances crumble, a new world emerges | Editorial
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<p>Developments in Berlin and Tokyo show how far the strategic environment has shifted in response to authoritarian threat and American unpredictability</p><p>When Donald Trump hosted Sanae Takaichi, the Japanese prime minister, last month, he could not resist <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/19/trump-mocks-japan-pearl-harbor-iran-war">a gratuitous reference to Pearl Harbor</a>. The US president is impelled to trash longstanding alliances. He has
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<p>Developments in Berlin and Tokyo show how far the strategic environment has shifted in response to authoritarian threat and American unpredictability</p><p>When Donald Trump hosted Sanae Takaichi, the Japanese prime minister, last month, he could not resist <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/19/trump-mocks-japan-pearl-harbor-iran-war">a gratuitous reference to Pearl Harbor</a>. The US president is impelled to trash longstanding alliances. He has
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