Japan S Re Emergence As A Normal Military Power

Author : Christopher Hughes
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 133 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2013-11-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9781136056680

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Japan's Re-emergence as a 'Normal' Military Power by Christopher Hughes Pdf

Is Japan re-emerging as a normal, or even a great, military power in regional and global security affairs? This Adelphi Paper assesses the overall trajectory of Japan’s security policy over the last decade, and the impact of a changing Japanese military posture on the stability of East Asia. The paper examines Japan’s evolving security debate, set against the background of a shifting international environment and domestic policymaking system; the status of Japan’s national military capabilities and constitutional prohibitions; post-Cold War developments in the US Japan alliance; and Japan’s role in multilateral regional security dialogue, UN PKO, and US-led coalitions of the willing. It concludes that Japan is undoubtedly moving along the trajectory of becoming a more assertive military power, and that this trend has been accelerated post-9/11. Japan is unlikely, though, to channel its military power through greatly different frameworks than at present. Japan will opt for the enhanced, and probably inextricable, integration of its military capabilities into the US Japan alliance, rather than pursuing options for greater autonomy or multilateralism. Japan’s strengthened role as the defensive shield for the offensive sword of US power projection will only serve to bolster US military hegemony in East Asia and globally.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Disarmament
ISBN : 0198567588

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Adelphi Papers by Anonim Pdf

Author : Kenneth Pyle
Publisher : PublicAffairs
Page : 450 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2009-04-27
Category : History
ISBN : 9780786732029

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Japan Rising by Kenneth Pyle Pdf

Japan is on the verge of a sea change. After more than fifty years of national pacifism and isolation including the "lost decade" of the 1990s, Japan is quietly, stealthily awakening. As Japan prepares to become a major player in the strategic struggles of the 21st century, critical questions arise about its motivations. What are the driving forces that influence how Japan will act in the international system? Are there recurrent patterns that will help explain how Japan will respond to the emerging environment of world politics? American understanding of Japanese character and purpose has been tenuous at best. We have repeatedly underestimated Japan in the realm of foreign policy. Now as Japan shows signs of vitality and international engagement, it is more important than ever that we understand the forces that drive Japan. In Japan Rising, renowned expert Kenneth Pyle identities the common threads that bind the divergent strategies of modern Japan, providing essential reading for anyone seeking to understand how Japan arrived at this moment -- and what to expect in the future.

Author : Andrew M. Dorman,Joyce P. Kaufman
Publisher : Stanford University Press
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2014-04-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780804791571

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Providing for National Security by Andrew M. Dorman,Joyce P. Kaufman Pdf

Providing for National Security: A Comparative Analysis argues that the provision of national security has changed in the 21st century as a result of a variety of different pressures and threats. In this timely volume experts from both the academic and policy worlds present 13 different country case studies drawn from across the globe—including established and newer states, large and smaller states, those on the rise and those in apparent decline—to identify what these key players consider to be their national security priorities, how they go about providing national security, how they manage national security, and what role they see for their armed forces now and in the future. The book concludes that relative standing and the balance of power remains important to each state, and that all see an important role for armed forces in the future.

Author : Geoffrey Kemp
Publisher : Brookings Institution Press
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2012-06-22
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780815724315

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The East Moves West by Geoffrey Kemp Pdf

While traditionally powerful Western economies are treading water at best, beset by crises in banking, housing, and employment, industrial growth and economic development are exploding in China and India. The world's two most populous nations are the biggest reasons for Asia's growing footprint on other global regions. The increasing size and impact of that footprint are especially important in the Middle East, an economic, religious, and geopolitical linchpin. The East Moves West details the growing interdependence of the Middle East and Asia and projects the likely ramifications of this evolving relationship. It also examines the role of Pakistan, Japan, and South Korea in the region. Geoffrey Kemp, a longtime analyst of global security and political economy, compares and contrasts Indian and Chinese involvement in the Middle East. He stresses an embedded historical dimension that gives India substantially more familiarity and interest in the region—India was there first, and it has maintained that head start. Both nations, however, are clearly on the rise and leaving an indelible mark on the Middle East, and that enhanced influence has international ramifications for the United States and throughout the world. Does the emergence of these Asian giants—with their increasingly huge need for energy—strengthen the case for cooperative security, particularly in the maritime arena? After all, safe and open sea-lanes remain an essential component of mutually beneficial intercontinental trade, making India and China increasingly dependent on safe passage of oil tankers. Or will we see reversion to more traditional competition and even conflict, given that the major Asian powers themselves have so many unresolved problems and that the future of the U.S. presence in the area is uncertain. Kemp believes the United States will remain the dominant military power in the region but will have to share some security responsibilities with the Asians, esp

Author : Misato Matsuoka
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2018-06-14
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781351399142

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Hegemony and the US‒Japan Alliance by Misato Matsuoka Pdf

It is widely recognised that the increasing importance of the US‒Japan alliance is strongly linked to emerging threats in the Asia Pacific, with China’s rise and the ambitions of North Korea having brought the two allies closer together. This book, however, seeks to question whether these factors are indeed the sole determinants of this enduring alliance. A pioneering study conducted through the lens of neo-Gramscianism, this book unravels the intricate political dynamism involved in the US‒Japan alliance. It provides an innovative attempt to link the concept of alliances to hegemony and thus examines Japan’s relationship to US dominance in the region. Building on existing scholarship, it also seeks to examine how Japan’s continuing dependence on the US, and the burden it places of citizens living near US military bases, may affect the durability of the alliance in the post-Cold War era. As such, this book presents an alternative theoretical tool in the field of international relations to analyse the political nature of the alliance, as well as US hegemony in the region. This book will be useful to students and scholars of Japanese Politics and foreign policymaking, as well as International Relations and Security Studies more generally.

Author : Linus Hagström,Marie Söderberg
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2007-01-24
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781134149988

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North Korea Policy by Linus Hagström,Marie Söderberg Pdf

Bringing together issues that are highly relevant to contemporary Japanese foreign policy, this comprehensive text analyzes the formation of the North Korea policy in the context of great power relations in East Asia.

Author : N. S. Sisodia,V. Krishnappa
Publisher : Academic Foundation
Page : 374 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 8171887511

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Global Power Shifts and Strategic Transition in Asia by N. S. Sisodia,V. Krishnappa Pdf

Papers presented at the 10th Asian Security Conference, held at New Delhi on 4th February 2008.

Author : Rajesh Basrur,Sumitha Narayanan Kutty
Publisher : Springer
Page : 124 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2018-03-21
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789811083099

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India and Japan by Rajesh Basrur,Sumitha Narayanan Kutty Pdf

This volume focuses on the rapidly expanding strategic relationship between India and Japan, expanding on the hitherto under-analyzed concept of “strategic partnership,” tracing the history of the interaction, and gauging its current and future trajectories. The rise of China and its challenge to U.S. dominance of the global system is the setting in which the partnership has assumed a major profile, incorporating both defence and economic cooperation on an unprecedented scale. The increasing congruence of Indian and Japanese interests is juxtaposed with the inherent limitations of the partnership to portray a complex picture of a kind of strategic relationship that has become a staple of contemporary international politics.

Author : Dana Allin
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 197 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2023-05-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000941722

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Survival 49.2 by Dana Allin Pdf

First published in 2007. This book explores the complicity of democratic states from the global North in state terrorism in the global South.

Author : C. Hughes
Publisher : Springer
Page : 114 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2015-03-27
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781137514257

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Japan’s Foreign and Security Policy Under the ‘Abe Doctrine’ by C. Hughes Pdf

Japan is shifting onto a new trajectory for a more muscular national security policy, US-Japan alliance ties functioning for regional and global security, and the encirclement of China's influence in East Asia. The author explores how PM Abe Shinz?'s doctrine may prove contradictory and counter-productive to Japanese national interests.

Author : Lavina Rajendram Lee
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2010-02-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9781135166267

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US Hegemony and International Legitimacy by Lavina Rajendram Lee Pdf

This book examines US hegemony and international legitimacy in the post-Cold War era, focusing on its leadership in the two wars on Iraq. The preference for unilateral action in foreign policy under the Bush Administration, culminating in the use of force against Iraq in 2003, has unquestionably created a crisis in the legitimacy of US global leadership. Of central concern is the ability of the United States to act without regard for the values and interests of its allies or for international law on the use of force, raising the question: does international legitimacy truly matter in an international system dominated by a lone superpower? US Hegemony and International Legitimacy explores the relationship between international legitimacy and hegemonic power through an in depth examination of two case studies – the Gulf Crisis of 1990-91 and the Iraq Crisis of 2002-03 – and examines the extent to which normative beliefs about legitimate behaviour influenced the decisions of states to follow or reject US leadership. The findings of the book demonstrate that subordinate states play a crucial role in consenting to US leadership and endorsing it as legitimate and have a significant impact on the ability of a hegemonic state to maintain order with least cost. Understanding of the importance of legitimacy will be vital to any attempt to rehabilitate the global leadership credentials of the United States under the Obama Administration. This book will be of much interest to students of US foreign policy, IR theory and security studies. Lavina Rajendram Lee is a lecturer in the Department of Modern History, Politics and International Relations at Macquarie University, Australia, and has a PhD in International Relations from the University of Sydney.

Author : Yoshihide Soeya,David A. Welch,Masayuki Tadokoro
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2011-01-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781442611405

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Japan as a 'normal Country'? by Yoshihide Soeya,David A. Welch,Masayuki Tadokoro Pdf

Japan as a 'Normal Country'? is a thematic and geographically comparative discussion of the unique limitations of Japanese foreign and defence policy.

Author : Tomohito Shinoda
Publisher : University of Washington Press
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2011-12-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780295803739

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Koizumi Diplomacy by Tomohito Shinoda Pdf

Japan's policymaking strategy in foreign and defense affairs changed dramatically in 2001 after Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi took the helm of the long-ruling Liberal Democratic Party. Following a series of bland and short-lived prime ministers, Koizumi's infusion of fresh energy into a tired and opaque party has been compared with Tony Blair's successful revamping of New Labour in the U.K. Koizumi, however, had a weak power base in the party and limited diplomatic experience. How, then, was he able to exercise leadership? Tomohito Shinoda analyzes the prime minister's role in policymaking, focusing on the assistance he receives from the Kantei, or Cabinet Secretariat, the Japanese equivalent of the American president's White House cabinet. Since 2001, the Japanese government's center of gravity for foreign policy has shifted from the traditionally dominant Ministry of Foreign Affairs to the Kantei, which allowed Koizumi to exercise a top-down style of decision-making. Through case studies and personal interviews with former prime ministers and cabinet secretaries, Shinoda looks at how Koizumi's new system operates on a practical level - how, for example, major post-2001 anti-terrorism legislation has been initiated and prepared by the Kantei-and compares its successes and failures with those of the U.S. system. With frank and engaging commentary by former officials, this book makes a unique contribution to the understanding of contemporary Japanese political affairs.

Author : Robert S. Ross,Zhu Feng
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 446 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2015-03-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780801456985

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China's Ascent by Robert S. Ross,Zhu Feng Pdf

Assessments of China's importance on the world stage usually focus on a single dimension of China's increasing power, rather than on the multiple sources of China's rise, including its economic might and the continuing modernization of its military. This book offers multiple analytical perspectives—constructivist, liberal, neorealist—on the significance of the many dimensions of China's regional and global influence. Distinguished authors consider the likelihood of conflict and peaceful accommodation as China grows ever stronger. They look at the changing position of China "from the inside": How do Chinese policymakers evaluate the contemporary international order and what are the regional and global implications of that worldview? The authors also address the implications of China's increasing power for Chinese policymaking and for the foreign policies of Korea, Japan, and the United States.