NOTE: Japan is also the only Group of Seven country that isn't in NATO.
- This means that deepening ties with such a key partner is of critical importance to the Western military alliance.
Besides Washington's pivot, another important factor behind NATO's Indo-Pacific push is what it views as the growing interconnectedness of security issues affecting the region and the Euro-Atlantic.
This goes beyond just Iran, Pyongyang and Beijing's support for Russia's war against Ukraine, and includes China's rapid military build-up and territorial ambitions, particularly its claim of Taiwan.
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