Abstract Japan and China’s ability to manage their bilateral relationship is crucial for the stability of the East Asian region. It also has a global…
Country or Region: Japan
Summary Is Japan on a path towards assuming a greater military role internationally, or has the recent military normalisation ground to a halt since the…
Summary Has Japanese foreign policy changed in the post-Cold War era? On the surface, it appears to have been quite consistent since the end of…
Abstract How can Japan put its past behind? Scholars, journalists, and activists frequently argue that Japan cannot solve its “history problem” unless it follows West…
Continue reading Glaser C.L., Berger T.U., Mochizuki M.M., and Lind J
Summary Japan’s Security Relations with China since 1989 raises the crucial question of whether Japan’s political leadership which is still preoccupied with finding a new political…
Abstract Over the past decade, the US-Japan alliance has been strengthened and subtly but substantively transformed. In response to a range of domestic changes and…
Abstract For almost four decades, China has disputed Japan’s sovereignty of several small rocky islands in the East China Sea. Despite a June 2008 joint…
Abstract The East China Sea is one of the last unexpected high-potential resource areas located near large markets. But the development of oil and gas…
Abstract This report addresses the major security issues associated with the Sea of Japan. It includes three essays: The first is a general overview of the role that…
Abstract Since Moscow decided to host the APEC Summit in Vladivostok, Russian policymakers and scholars have argued that Russia should be a “Euro-Pacific power”. However,…
Summary The world’s second and third largest economies are engaged in a standoff over the sovereignty of five islets and three rocks in the East…
Summary For decades, Japan’s foreign policy has been seen by both internal and external observers as abnormal in relation to its size and level of…
Continue reading Welch, David A., Yoshihide Soeya, and Masayuki Tadokoro ed
Abstract In recent years, there has been an increasingly vigorous debate by a wide range of participants over the past, present and future of Japanese…
Summary This book assesses the key factors underlying such Australian-Japanese cooperation and those policy challenges that could impede it. Experts offer critical insights into why…
Summary Since the end of the Cold War, there has been a significant change in Japanese security policy, as Japan’s security identity has shifted from…
