Abstract How is East Asia responding to the rising China? Pertinent literature suggests that explicit balancing or containment has been rare and engagement, if not…
Country or Region: Japan
From the Article: Japan began operations at its first commercial nuclear power plant in 1966. For more than four decades, Tokyo never veered from its…
Summary The 2013-14 Strategic Asia volume examines the role of nuclear weapons in the grand strategies of key Asian states and assesses the impact of…
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From the Publisher: Japan’s approach to human security has commonly been regarded as progressive, imbued with liberal internationalist commitment. In this article, I offer an alternative…
From the Publisher: The emergence of Japan as a political and economic global power has been one of the most remarkable success stories of modern history.…
From the Publisher: Resistant Islands offers a comprehensive overview of Okinawan history over half a millennium from the Ryukyu Kingdom to the present, focusing especially on…
From the Publisher: This book looks at the relationship between Chinese international relations (IR) scholarship and China’s rise as a world power. Specifically, it addresses how…
From the Publisher: Japan’s Backroom Politics is the translation of a classic study of the rough and tumble of Japanese politics and conservative party factions in…
Summary China and East Asian Strategic Dynamics: the Shaping of a New Regional Order, edited by Mingjiang Li and Dongmin Lee, examines how China’s remarkable…
From the Publisher: North Korean Foreign Policy: Security Dilemma and Succession, by Yongho Kim, starts from the point of view that North Korea’s provocations have been…
From the Publisher: This classic history of the Korean War—from its origins through the armistice—is now available in English for the first time. Wada Haruki, one…
From the publisher: China’s reemergence as a great power over the next few decades represents the primary strategic challenge for the U.S.-Japan security alliance and for…
Summary Sino-Japanese relations have been repeatedly strained by the territorial dispute over a group of small islands, known as the Senkaku islands in Japan and…
Summary With particular focus on the Asia-Pacific region, this book examines the rise and fall of sea powers. In the Asia-Pacific region there has been…
Summary Japan has been one of the most important international sponsors of human security, yet the concept has hitherto not been considered relevant to the…
