アジア版ＮＡＴＯで核共有検討を　「在グアム自衛隊」提案―石破氏

　【ワシントン時事】自民党の石破茂新総裁は２７日付の米シンクタンク「ハドソン研究所」への寄稿で、アジア版北大西洋条約機構（ＮＡＴＯ）創設が「不可欠だ」と訴えた。また、抑止力確保に向け、アジア版ＮＡＴＯで米国の「核の共有や持ち込み」を検討すべきだと主張した。
　寄稿では、軍事協力を深めるロシアと北朝鮮との間で「核技術の移転が進んでいる」と指摘。急速に核戦力を強化する中国にも触れ、米国の核戦力で同盟国を守る「拡大抑止」が「機能しなくなっている」と懸念を示し、中朝ロの「核連合」に対抗する抑止力を確保すべきだと強調した。
　さらに、米英同盟並みに「対等な国」へと日米同盟を強化すべきだと表明。日米安全保障条約や地位協定の改定を通じ、米領グアムに自衛隊を駐留させることを提案し、外交・安保政策の柱として国家安保基本法の制定を急ぐ考えも示した。（2024/09/29-00:14）

Shigeru Ishiba, new leader of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, has said that the sharing of the United States' nuclear weapons in Asia should be considered under the initiative of creating an Asian version of NATO proposed by him.
   In a commentary article in Japanese contributed to the Hudson Institute on Friday, Ishiba said, "The creation of an Asian version of NATO is essential," according an unofficial translation prepared by the think tank in Washington.
   Ishiba, who is slated to be elected prime minister by Japan's parliament Tuesday, then argued that the Asian version of NATO must "consider America's sharing of nuclear weapons or the introduction of nuclear weapons into the region" to ensure deterrence.
   Also in the article, he said that Russia and North Korea have formed a military alliance recently and that nuclear technology is being transferred from Russia to North Korea.
   He went on to say: "If China's strategic nuclear weapons are added to these dynamics, the U.S. extended deterrence in the region will no longer function. This is to be supplemented by an Asian version of NATO, which must ensure deterrence against the nuclear alliance of China, Russia and North Korea."