Japan in a Dynamic Asia: Coping with the New Security Challenges: Studies of Modern Japan Rouben Azizian Lexington Books

Japan in a Dynamic Asia

Coping with the New Security Challenges

Japan in a Dynamic Asia

Coping with the New Security Challenges

Description

Japan in a Dynamic Asia examines a new phenomenon in Japanese foreign policy: Japan's increasing activism under the Koizumi administration. Behind this policy shift are the end of the Cold War, drastic growth of China, proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, and new transnational security threats. This book updates our understanding of Japan's rapidly changing foreign policies in the contexts of the new regional power balance and security concerns. Unlike most books on Japanese foreign policy, which focus mainly on U.S.-Japan relations, this book analyzes Japan's relations with individual Asian countries and sub-regions. The role of the United States - when relevant - is discussed in the contexts of these bilateral and multilateral relations. Editors Yoichiro Sato and Satu Limaye have gathered an impressive array of essays that will interest students of Japanese politics, foreign policy, and international relations in the Asia-Pacific region.

Chapter 1 Transitions in Japan's Strategic Landscape
Chapter 2 The Outlier: Japan Between Asia and the West
Chapter 3 Japan and the Emerging Free Trade Agreements in the Asia-Pacific: An Active Leadership?
Chapter 4 Stirring Samurai, Disapproving Dragon: Japan's Growing Security Activity and Sino-Japanese Relations
Chapter 5 New Breakthroughs and Enduring Limitations in Japan's Special Relationship with Taiwan
Chapter 6 Japan-South Korea Relations: Slowly Lifting the Burden of History?
Chapter 7 Japan's Post-Cold War North Korea Policy: Hedging Toward Autonomy?
Chapter 8 Japan's Relations with Russia: The Painful Search of a New Paradigm
Chapter 9 Japan's Relations with Southeast Asia: The Strong Silent Type
Chapter 10 Japan-Australia Relations: Friends in Search of Binding Bonds
Chapter 11 Japan and India After the Cold War
Chapter 12 Japan and Asia: A Constrained Regionalist Meets Realist Neighbors

Product details

Published	25 May 2006
Format	Hardback
Edition	1st
Extent	288
ISBN	9780739110201
Imprint	Lexington Books
Dimensions	237 x 164 mm
Series	Studies of Modern Japan
Publisher	Bloomsbury Publishing

Anthology Editor

Yoichiro Sato

Anthology Editor

Satu Limaye

Contributor

Rouben Azizian

Contributor

David Fouse

Contributor

John Miller

Contributor

Gregory W. Noble

Contributor

Denny Roy

Contributor

Seongho Sheen

Contributor

Anthony L. Smith

Written from a unique angle of studying Japanese foreign policy, [this] volume deserves wide readership among students not only of Japanese foreign relations, but also of international relations in the Asia-Pacific region.

Richard Weizing Hu, University of Hong Kong, Contemporary Southeast Asia
Readers will find this book a useful reference to Asian security, and even international relations in general, in the 21st century.

Hidekazu Sakai, Kansai Gaidai University, Glocom Platform