Japan's strategic challenges in a challenging regional environment
editors, Purnendra Jain and Lam Peng Er.
Bok Engelsk 2012 · Electronic books.
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| Utgitt | Singapore ; Hackensack, NJ : : World Scientific, , 2012.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (330 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - CONTENTS; About the Contributors; Japan's 21st Century Strategic Challenges: Introduction Purnendra Jain and Lam Peng Er; Changing Geo-Economic and Geo-Strategic Environments; Post-Number One Japan; Japan's response through traditional security; Japan's response through non-traditional security; Bibliography; Part I: Traditional Security; Chapter 1 Japan's Strategic Options? Katahara Eiichi; Introduction; The Strategic Context; Japan's Evolving Security Strategy Towards East Asia; Strategic Options for Japan; Bibliography. - A Community of Power StrugglesDivergence of Approaches; Impact on the Region; Building a healthy community; Or is this an imagined community?; The Tsunami of Compassion; Conclusion; Bibliography; Chapter 6 India and Japan: Sharing Strategic Interests? Arpita Mathur; Introduction; The Drivers of Bilateral Ties; Coping with China's Rise; Hot Economics Cold Politics: Issues in Ties with China; India and Japan Respond Cautiously; India and Japan: Foreign Policy Perspectives; The US Factor; Other Drivers of Bilateral Ties; Assessing Positive Trends and Weak Links; The Challenges; Bibliography. - Chapter 2 The US-Japan Alliance in the 21st Century: A Chinese Perspective Wang Jian WeiBush-Koizumi Honeymoon to China's Detriment; Balancing the US and China; New DPJ Government and Sino-Japanese Relations; Back to the Future?; Conclusion; Bibliography; Chapter 3 China and Japan: Hot Economics, Cold Politics? Li Mingjiang; Introduction; China Views Japan in the Post-Cold War Era; 'Hot Economics, Cold Politics': How Will These Two Factors Play Out?; China's Non-Confrontational Assertiveness: The New Reality Facing Japan; Conclusion; Bibliography. - Chapter 4 Japan's Strategic Response to North Korea: Activistic Security Policy, Eroding Pacifism Kim Sung ChullIntroduction; Transition Toward Activistic Security and Military Policy; Expediting MD development; Departing from the pacifist principles; From Abduction Issue to Sanctions; Politicisation of the abduction issue; Invoking a sanctions regime; Nationalistic Discourse in Identity Politics; Conclusion; Acknowledgement; Bibliography; Chapter 5 A 'United' Community in a Divided Region: Southeast Asia, Japan, China, and East Asian Community Pavin Chachavalpongpun; Setting the Stage. - Chapter 7 Australia and Japan: Toward a Full Security Partnership? David WaltonIntroduction; Responses to the JDSC; The Security Relationship: Out of the Shadows; The Impact of '9/11' on Security Networks; A Security Declaration is Signed; Towards a Security Partnership?; Constraints on the JDSC; The emergence of China as a global economic power and a regional leader; The Role of Direct Prime Ministerial Involvement and Leadership Change; The Rudd/Gillard Labor Government and Transition in Bilateral Ties with Japan; 'Snubbing Japan' and new areas of engagement. - Whaling as an issue in security ties. - Japan faces significant challenges in both traditional and non-traditional areas of national security policy as the economic resurgence of China and the loss of US hegemonic clout significantly transform the strategic landscape of the Asia-Pacific region. How is Japan coping with this new global and regional politico-security environment? What strategic moves has it taken to best position itself for the future to maximize its global and regional influence? More importantly, how is Japan perceived within the region by traditionally close regional partners such as the US and Australia, by suppor
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| ISBN | 9789814368735. - 9814368733
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