Description
Japan's Foreign Relations in Asia has been specifically designed to introduce students to Japan’s foreign relations in Asia since 1990, a period in which there have been dramatic developments in Japan, including the reinterpretation of the Constitution and expanded US–Japan defence cooperation. The geopolitical dynamics and implications of these new developments are profound and underscore the need for a new textbook on this subject.
Covering not only the key regional players of China and the Koreas, this textbook also encompasses chapters on Japan’s relations with India, Myanmar, Indonesia, Vietnam, the Philippines and Thailand, along with its multilateral engagement and initiatives. Combined with transnational chapters on critical issues, key themes covered by this book include:
- An historical overview of key post-war developments.
- Japan’s evolving security policy.
- Analysis of the region’s escalating maritime disputes.
- An evaluation of Japanese soft power in Asia.
Written by leading experts in accessible, jargon-free style, this new textbook will appeal to undergraduate and postgraduate students of Japanese politics, international relations and foreign policy and Asian affairs in general.
Table of Contents
Introduction, James Brown and Jeff Kingston
Section I –Foundations
1. Japan’s Foreign Relations in Cold War Asia 1945-1990, Jeff Kingston
2. International Relations Theory and Japanese Foreign Policy, Gilbert Rozman
Section II-Regional Themes
3. Evolution or New Doctrine? Japanese security policy in the era of collective self-defense, Daniel Sneider
4. Japan’s Security Policy in the Context of the US-Japan Alliance: The Emergence of an ‘Abe Doctrine’, Christopher Hughes
5. Japan’s Disarmament Tightropes and Triangulation, Brad Glosserman
6. China’s Grandiose Maritime Ambitions Challenge Japan, Howard French
7. Japan’s Aspirational Idea of Inherency, Alexis Dudden
8. ‘Commitment by Presence’: Naval Diplomacy and Japanese Defense Engagement in Southeast Asia, Alessio Patalano
9. The Triumph of Hope over Experience: The False Promise of Japanese Soft Power in East Asia, Thomas Berger
10. Japan’s Multilateralism in Asia, Tina Burrett
11. Japan’s Reconciliation Diplomacy in North East Asia, Kazuhiko Togo
12. Japan’s Rivalry with China in Southeast Asia: ODA, AIIB, Infrastructural projects, Mekong Basin and the disputed South China Sea, Lam Peng Er
Section III-Bilateral Relations
13. China in Japan’s nation-state identity, Haruko Satoh
14. Post-Cold War Sino-Japanese Relations and Japan’s China Policy: The Rise of Strategic Realism, Giulio Pugliese
15. Shadow Boxing: Japan’s Para-diplomacy with Taiwan, Jeff Kingston
16. Sour Partners: Japan and South Korea’s Uncomfortable Compromise for Cooperation, Cheol Hee Park
17. Japan-North Korea Relations, Aurelia George Mulgan
18. Japan’s Foreign Relations with Russia: Unfulfilled Potential, James D. J. Brown
19. Japan’s Post-Cold War Foreign Policy toward Indonesia, Jun Honna
20. Japanese-Thai Relations: On a Chessboard of Domestic and Regional Politics, Pavin Chachavalpongpun
21. The Evolution of Japan-Myanmar Relations Since 1988, Ryan Hartley
22. Japan’s Foreign Relations with the Philippines: A Case of Evolving Japan in Asia, Maria Thaemar TANA Yusuke AND TAKAGI
23. Japan-Vietnam Relations: Implementation of the ‘strategic partnership’, NAKANO Ari
24. Japan's Foreign Relations with India, Varun TOMAR AND Giorgio SHANI
