Abstract Regular convening of East Asian summits and rising concerns about the American dollar have heightened interest in Asian cooperation. Japan will necessarily play a…
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Summary While appearing to be more nationalistic and less reluctant to engage international security challenges, Japan continues to pursue a comprehensive strategy integrating its security…
Abstract The current process of Japanese domestic change has the potential to produce a Japan that will be more supportive of U.S. interests. In Japan,…
Summary Nonviolent state behavior in Japan, this book argues, results from the distinctive breadth with which the Japanese define security policy, making it inseparable from…
Abstract Japan’s status as a nonnuclear weapons state remains of ongoing interest to policy analysts and scholars of international relations. For some, Japanese nuclearization is…
Abstract Japan is undergoing profound changes that are empowering its political leadership at the expense of its bureaucracy. But rather than bringing about a clean…
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Summary How have shifts in both the international environment and domestic politics affected the trajectory of Japanese foreign policy? Does it still…
Continue reading Berger, T. U., M. Mochizuki, J. Tsuchiyama, and N. K. Fōramu
Summary Given that the world has moved well beyond the period of Western colonialism, and clearly into a durable period in which non-Western cultures…
Abstract Against the background of China’s ascent as a major economic power, this Chaillot Paper offers a unique overview of the debates on foreign policy that have…
Abstract This article argues that, even though there is a dearth of systematic theorizing, there indeed is a rich IR theoretical discourse in China which…
Abstract This manuscript explores the state’s political use of the past and the function of history education in political transition and foreign relations. Modern historical…
Abstract In recent years the concept of ‘soft power’, popularized by the work of Joseph Nye, has gained currency in both China and Taiwan. This…
Abstract This paper studies national image building as part of Chinese foreign policy, a subject hitherto neglected by scholars of China. First, it traces the…
Abstract Recent studies have increasingly argued that the Chinese leadership uses Japan’s imperialistic past as a tool for domestic and political bargaining. However, this argument…
Abstract Why and how can historical cases support different assessments of China rising with respect to the possibility of its becoming China threat? Rationalists and…
