Preview The nuclear danger posed by North Korea is not new. But since the arrival of Donald Trump in the White House, a bad situation…
Country or Region: Japan
Abstract Facing a fluid regional security environment and the need to strengthen its alliance role, Japan has worked to increase the capabilities of the Japan…
Abstract What is the role of coast guards in the realm of territorial disputes? Until ten years ago or so, few policy makers in East…
Abstract The East China Sea dispute has become a characteristic feature in the defined “hot economics, cold politics” relations between China and Japan. The maritime…
Abstract Japan’s “Free and Open Indo-Pacific Strategy” was announced as recently as November 2016. However, it may be argued that Japan has been acting in…
Abstract The Code for Unplanned Encounters at Sea [CUES 2014 Code for Unplanned Encounters at Sea (Western Pacific Naval Symposium, 22 April 2014] was finally…
Abstract A secure energy supply is indispensable for Japan’s economic activity, but it is becoming more difficult to attain, due to increasing energy demand in…
Abstract Analyzing Japan’s situation, this study examines how shifts in national government prioritization of infrastructure for large baseload electricity sources influence the political power of…
Abstract Gradual recovery of Chinese nuclear power industry and its increasingly important position in the world have created a need to understand how public attitudes…
Abstract As the world enters the third decade of the twenty-first century, far-reaching changes are likely to occur. China, Russia, India, and Brazil, and perhaps…
Abstract Focused on the “Belt and Road Initiative”, this book discusses China’s opportunities to translate economic leverage into political outcomes. The central question is how…
Abstract This collection of papers comes for a major international conference on Indo-Pacific maritime security convened by the NSC in March 2016. The Indo-Pacific is…
Abstract The first academic publication to explicitly link capitalism to Japan’s particular foreign economic policy choices, this book offers a historically informed account of the…
Abstract How can states with a history of conflict promote trust with one another? Distrust between South Korea-Japan and China- Japan aggravates security fears and…
Abstract Over the last decade, the international relations field witnessed a surge in literature dealing with the concept of identity, a trend that is likely…
