China In Japan S National Security

Author : Richard C. Bush
Publisher : Brookings Institution Press
Page : 438 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2013-07-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780815725473

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The Perils of Proximity by Richard C. Bush Pdf

The rivalry between Japan and China has a long and sometimes brutal history, and they continue to eye each other warily as the balance of power tips toward Beijing. They cooperate and compete at the same time, but if competition deteriorates into military conflict, the entire world has much to lose. The Perils of Proximity evaluates the chances of armed conflict between China and Japan, presenting in stark relief the dangers it would pose and revealing the steps that could head off such a disastrous turn of events. Richard Bush focuses his on the problematic East China Sea region. Although Japan’s military capabilities are more considerable than some in the West realize, its defense budget has remained basically flat in recent years. Meanwhile, Chinese military expenditures have grown by double digits annually. Moreover, that the emphasis of China’s military modernization is on power projection—the ability of its air and naval forces to stretch their reach to the east, thus encroaching on its island neighbor. Tokyo regards the growth of Chinese power and its focus on the East China Sea with deep anxiety. How should they respond? The balance of power is changing, and Japan must account for that uncomfortable fact in crafting its strategy. It is incumbent on China, Japan, and the United States to take steps to reduce the odds of clash and conflict in the East China Sea, and veteran Asia analyst Bush presents recommendations to that end. The steps he suggests won’t be easy, and effective political leadership will be absolutely critical. If implemented fully and correctly, however, they have the potential of reducing the perils of proximity in Asia.

Author : Toshiya Takahashi
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2021-09-30
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1032174420

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China in Japan's National Security by Toshiya Takahashi Pdf

This book explores Japan's emerging national security policy in relation to China. It considers the rise of nationalism in contemporary Japan, the recent actions of the Abe government to change Japan's security policy course and the importance of domestic views, both elite and popular, about safety and credibility in shaping security policy. It highlights the lack of strong links between China and Japan and the existence in Japan of significant misconceptions about China. It discusses the politics of Japan's alliances, examines the growth of national pride in Japan and of a more confrontational attitude toward China, and concludes by putting forward some scenarios for likely future developments and some policy proposals for a stable Japan-China relationship.

Author : William T. Tow
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 245 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2016-04-29
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317088721

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New Approaches to Human Security in the Asia-Pacific by William T. Tow Pdf

New Approaches to Human Security in the Asia-Pacific offers a distinctly Asia-Pacific-oriented perspective to one of the most discussed components of international security policy, human security. This volume of regional experts assess countries that have either spearheaded this form of security politics (Japan and Australia) or have recently advanced to become a key player on various aspects of human security in both a domestic and global context (China). The authors provide an interesting investigation into the continued relevance and promise of the human security paradigm against more 'traditional' security approaches. Accordingly the book will appeal to readers across a wide band of the social sciences (international relations, security studies, development studies and public policy) and to practitioners and analysts working in applied settings.

Author : Paul Midford,Wilhelm Vosse
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 253 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2020-09-06
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781000174175

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New Directions in Japan’s Security by Paul Midford,Wilhelm Vosse Pdf

While the US-Japan alliance has strengthened since the end of the Cold War, Japan has, almost unnoticed, been building security ties with other partners, in the process reducing the centrality of the US in Japan’s security. This book explains why this is happening. Japan pursued security isolationism during the Cold War, but the US was the exception. Japan hosted US bases and held joint military exercises even while shunning contacts with other militaries. Japan also made an exception to its weapons export ban to allow exports to the US. Yet, since the end of the Cold War, Japan’s security has undergone a quiet transformation, moving away from a singular focus on the US as its sole security partner. Tokyo has begun diversifying its security ties. This book traces and explains this diversification. The country has initiated security dialogues with Asian neighbors, assumed a leadership role in promoting regional multilateral security cooperation, and begun building bilateral security ties with a range of partners, from Australia and India to the European Union. Japan has even lifted its ban on weapons exports and co-development with non-US partners. This edited volume explores this trend of decreasing US centrality alongside the continued, and perhaps even growing, security (inter) dependence with the US. New Directions in Japan’s Security is an essential resource for scholars focused on Japan’s national security. It will also interest on a wider basis those wishing to understand why Japan is developing non-American directions in its security strategy.

Author : Gauri Khandekar,Bart Gaens
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2018-01-02
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317372905

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Japan’s Search for Strategic Security Partnerships by Gauri Khandekar,Bart Gaens Pdf

As tensions between China and Japan increase, including over the disputed islands in the East China Sea, Japan has adopted under Prime Minister Abe a new security posture. This involves, internally, adapting Japan’s constitutional position on defence and, externally, building stronger international relationships in the Asia-Pacific region and more widely. This book presents a comprehensive analysis of these developments. It shows how trust and co-operation with the United States, the only partner with which Japan has a formal alliance, is being rebuilt, discusses how other relationships, both on security and on wider issues, are being formed, in the region and with European countries and the EU, with the relationships with India and Australia being of particular importance, and concludes by assessing the likely impact on the region of Japan’s changing posture and new relationships.

Author : Peter J. Katzenstein,Nobuo Okawara
Publisher : Cornell East Asia Series
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015029966119

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Japan's National Security by Peter J. Katzenstein,Nobuo Okawara Pdf

Japan's National Security offers a detailed examination of Japan's distinctive security policy. It traces in considerable detail the evolution of Japan's approach to the economic, political and military dimensions of national structures of government as well as a particular set of relations between state and society. One of the noteworthy aspects of this book is its detailed attention to the transnational links between the Japanese and the American militaries. The book accords a special place of the interaction between the legal and social norms that have affected Japanese conceptions of national security since 1945. Japan's National Security offers an important, meticulously researched, and up-to-date perspective on the role that Japan is likely to play after the Cold War. Together with Defending the Japanese State, these two monographs analyze the structures and norms that are shaping Japan's policy on internal and national security. The specific focus is on governmental, state-society and transnational structures as well as the social and legal norms that affect the policies of Japan's police and self-defense forces.

Author : Liselotte Odgaard
Publisher : Woodrow Wilson Center Press / Johns Hopkins University Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2012-04-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1421405636

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China and Coexistence by Liselotte Odgaard Pdf

“Peaceful coexistence,” long a key phrase in China’s strategic thinking, is a constructive doctrine that offers China a path for influencing the international system. So argues Liselotte Odgaard in this timely analysis of China's national security strategy in the context of its foreign policy practice. China’s program of peaceful coexistence emphasizes absolute sovereignty and non-interference in the internal affairs of other states. Odgaard suggests that China’s policy of working within the international community and with non-state actors such as the UN aims to win for China greater power and influence without requiring widespread exercise of military or economic pressure. Odgaard examines the origins of peaceful coexistence in early Soviet doctrine, its midcentury development by China and India, and its ongoing appeal to developing countries. She reveals what this foreign policy offers China through a comparative study of aspiring powers in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. She explores its role in China’s border disputes in the South China Sea and with Russia and India; in diplomacy in the UN Security Council over Iran, Sudan, and Myanmar; and in China’s handling of challenges to the legitimacy of its regime from Taiwan, Xinjiang, and Japan.

Author : Richard J. Samuels
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2011-07-07
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780801457982

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Securing Japan by Richard J. Samuels Pdf

For the past sixty years, the U.S. government has assumed that Japan's security policies would reinforce American interests in Asia. The political and military profile of Asia is changing rapidly, however. Korea's nuclear program, China's rise, and the relative decline of U.S. power have commanded strategic review in Tokyo just as these matters have in Washington. What is the next step for Japan's security policy? Will confluence with U.S. interests—and the alliance—survive intact? Will the policy be transformed? Or will Japan become more autonomous? Richard J. Samuels demonstrates that over the last decade, a revisionist group of Japanese policymakers has consolidated power. The Koizumi government of the early 2000s took bold steps to position Japan's military to play a global security role. It left its successor, the Abe government, to further define and legitimate Japan's new grand strategy, a project well under way-and vigorously contested both at home and in the region. Securing Japan begins by tracing the history of Japan's grand strategy—from the Meiji rulers, who recognized the intimate connection between economic success and military advance, to the Konoye consensus that led to Japan's defeat in World War II and the postwar compact with the United States. Samuels shows how the ideological connections across these wars and agreements help explain today's debate. He then explores Japan's recent strategic choices, arguing that Japan will ultimately strike a balance between national strength and national autonomy, a position that will allow it to exist securely without being either too dependent on the United States or too vulnerable to threats from China. Samuels's insights into Japanese history, society, and politics have been honed over a distinguished career and enriched by interviews with policymakers and original archival research. Securing Japan is a definitive assessment of Japanese security policy and its implications for the future of East Asia.

Author : J. W. M Chapman,Reinhard Drifte,I. T. M. Gow
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2013-12-17
Category : History
ISBN : 9781780935089

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Japan's Quest for Comprehensive Security by J. W. M Chapman,Reinhard Drifte,I. T. M. Gow Pdf

This book examines the key elements which together comprise a viable national security policy. The emergence of the concept of 'comprehensive security' in Japanese national security policy led to the creation of a Ministerial Council on Comprehensive Security. This body was expected to provide the impetus for a more co-ordinated, comprehensive and rational approach to Japan's security needs than was evident in the past. First published in 1983, this title is part of the Bloomsbury Academic Collections series.

Author : Mingjiang Li,Kalyan M. Kemburi
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2014-11-27
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317668169

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China's Power and Asian Security by Mingjiang Li,Kalyan M. Kemburi Pdf

One of the most significant factors for contemporary international relations is the growth of China’s economic, military, and political power. Indeed, few analysts would dispute the observation that China’s power has strongly influenced the structure of the international system, major-power strategic relations, international security, the patterns of trans-border economic activities, and most importantly, the political and security dynamics in Asia in the twenty-first century. This book maps the growth of China’s political, economic, and military capabilities and its impact on the security order in Asia over the coming decades. While updating the emerging power dimensions and prevailing discourse, it provides a nuanced analysis of whether the growth of Chinese power is resulting in Beijing becoming more assertive, or even aggressive, in its behavior and pursuit of national interests. It also examines how the key Asian countries perceive and react to the growth of China’s power and how US rebalancing would play out in the context of Beijing’s political, economic, and military power. China’s Power and Asian Security will be of huge interest to student and scholars of Asian politics, Chinese politics, security studies and international security and international relations more generally.

Author : Robert W. Barnett
Publisher : Potomac Books
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : History
ISBN : UCSD:31822007949027

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Beyond War by Robert W. Barnett Pdf

Author : Institute for Strategic Studies, National Defense University of People's Liberation Army
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2015-07-09
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789814675758

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International Strategic Relations and China's National Security by Institute for Strategic Studies, National Defense University of People's Liberation Army Pdf

The international strategic relations have been undergoing great turbulence, readjustment and reformation since the financial crisis in 2008. This round of transition is mainly driven by economic competition instead of wars. International competition, crises and collisions will ebb and flow and happen frequently in the foreseeable future, but will not break through the international political framework based on cooperation. However, these crises, collisions and even wars will have disturbing effects on the political framework for international cooperation, and will change and distort the patterns of international cooperation. This annual publication provides Chinese scholars' views, opinions and predictions on global political and security issues, and China's strategic choices. It covers almost all the significant issues in the international security arena. It evaluates the strategic influence of regional issues such as the Ukraine crisis, the crisis in the Middle East, the South China Sea disputes and the US-Asia-Europe strategic balance. It analyzes strategic trends of international organizations like the BRICS, the SCO, and the ASEAN. It studies strategic development of countries and regions like Japan, India, the Korean Peninsula, Africa, Taiwan and cross-Strait relations. It researches the strategic situations in the cyber space and the outer space, and sums up the reform and development of China's national security system. Contents: The Profoundly Evolving International Landscape and China's International Strategy: A General Review of the International Strategic Situation and China's National Securityÿ(Qi Dapeng); An Assessment of the Impact of the Ukraine Crisisÿ(Feng Yujun); An Assessment of the Impact of the Middle East Crisisÿ(Li Xiaolu); The South China Sea Disputes and Their Strategic Implications for the Asia-Pacific Regionÿ(Lim Kheng Swe and Li Mingjiang); The "Rebalancing" of the U.S. Eurasia Policyÿ(Xu Qiyu); An Assessment of the Development of BRICSÿ(Zhou Piqi); An Assessment of Future Development of the Shanghai Cooperation Organizationÿ(Yang Lei); An Analysis of ASEAN's Strategic Trendsÿ(Zhao Yi); The Adjustments in Japan's Defense Policy and Their Implicationsÿ(Jiang Xinfeng); An Assessment of the Orientation of India's National Strategyÿ(Ma Jiali); A Review of the Strategic Situation on the Korean Peninsulaÿ(Lu Yin); An Assessment of the Political Situation in Taiwan and the Status of Cross-Strait Relationsÿ(Zhu Weidong); An Analysis of the Security Situation in Africaÿ(Xu Weizhong, Yu Wensheng and Wang Lei); An Assessment of the Strategic Situation in Spaceÿ(Chen Guoying); An Assessment of the Strategic Situation in Cyberspaceÿ(Wen Baihua and Xu Weidi); An Assessment of the World Energy Strategic Situationÿ(Zhang Chi); The Establishment of the Central National Security Commission: A Milestone in China's Reform of Its National Security Systemÿ(Meng Xiangqing and Wang Xiao); Readership:ÿAcademics, professionals, policy-makers, undergraduate and graduate students, interested in international relations and China's Security. Key Features: Comprehensive studies on important global political and security issuesIn-depth researches by top Chinese civilian and military expertsTimely analysis and important resources for readers to understand China and Chinese views on international strategic relationsKeywords: International Relations; National Security; Policy Studies; Chinaÿ

Author : Yurika Ishii
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2021-12-20
Category : Law
ISBN : 9789004500419

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Japanese Maritime Security and Law of the Sea by Yurika Ishii Pdf

Japan, the geopolitical lynchpin in the East Asian region, has developed a unique maritime security policy and interpretation of the law of the sea. Japanese Maritime Security and the Law of the Sea examines Japan’s domestic laws and its approach to international law.

Author : Andrew L. Oros
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2017-03-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9780231542593

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Japan’s Security Renaissance by Andrew L. Oros Pdf

For decades after World War II, Japan chose to focus on soft power and economic diplomacy alongside a close alliance with the United States, eschewing a potential leadership role in regional and global security. Since the end of the Cold War, and especially since the rise of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Japan's military capabilities have resurged. In this analysis of Japan's changing military policy, Andrew L. Oros shows how a gradual awakening to new security challenges has culminated in the multifaceted "security renaissance" of the past decade. Despite openness to new approaches, however, three historical legacies—contested memories of the Pacific War and Imperial Japan, postwar anti-militarist convictions, and an unequal relationship with the United States—play an outsized role. In Japan's Security Renaissance Oros argues that Japan's future security policies will continue to be shaped by these legacies, which Japanese leaders have struggled to address. He argues that claims of rising nationalism in Japan are overstated, but there has been a discernable shift favoring the conservative Abe and his Liberal Democratic Party. Bringing together Japanese domestic politics with the broader geopolitical landscape of East Asia and the world, Japan's Security Renaissance provides guidance on this century's emerging international dynamics.

Author : Amy Catalinac
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 267 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2016-01-25
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781107120495

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Electoral Reform and National Security in Japan by Amy Catalinac Pdf

This book argues that Japanese politicians pay more attention to security issues nowadays because of the electoral reform.