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…
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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…
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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…
Summary In Japan Rising, Kenneth B. Pyle explores the remarkable history of Japan’s shifting foreign policy over the last 150 years. He identifies the common…
Summary Providing a new perspective on post-Cold War Japan, the author argues that Japan must become a “normal” nation–taking responsibility for its freedoms, international status,…
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Summary Normalizing Japan seeks to answer the question of what future direction Japan’s military policies are likely to take, by considering how policy has evolved since…
Abstract Since the end of the Cold War, Japan’s acceptance and institutionalization of a non-combat military role to aid the US has led to its…
Summary In this book, Paul Midford engages claims that since 9/11 Japanese public opinion has turned sharply away from pacifism and toward supporting normalization of…
Abstract Jennifer Lind of Dartmouth College examines the conventional wisdom that domestic factors and strong antimilitarist norms have constrained Japan’s security policy since the country’s…
Abstract The recent domestic constructivist studies characterize Japanese security policy as a serious anomaly to realism and a crucial case vindicating their approach to the…
Summary Since the unexpected end of the Cold War, standard arguments about power politics can no longer be adopted uncritically. This has led to a…
