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Northeast Asia Defense Transparency Index (DTI)

The Northeast Asia Defense Transparency Index measures transparency among six states in and around Northeast Asia in eight areas:

  1. Disclosures of defense white papers
  2. Quality of defense ministry websites
  3. Openness of defense budgets
  4. Robustness of legislative oversight
  5. Coverage and independence of media reporting
  6. Reporting of military activities to UN registers
  7. Transparency in cyber-related operations and doctrine (new to 2011 DTI)
  8. Reporting of international military activity
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The 2011 edition of the DTI was published in October 2011. Some key highlights:

  • There was a small improvement in overall transparency indicators for Northeast Asia. Japan and Russia posted improvements, while the United States and the Republic of Korea were unchanged from 2010. China's performance fell noticeably, and the DPRK remained firmly at the bottom.
  • Japan has the best defense transparency record, followed closely by the Republic of Korea and the United States. These three countries ranked in the high category. Russia overtook China into fourth place with a medium category ranking, while China fell to fifth with a low category rating.


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