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Book SynopsisJapan as a 'Normal Country'? is a thematic and geographically comparative discussion of the unique limitations of Japanese foreign and defence policy.
Trade Review'This is a superb volume that anyone interested in today's key debate about Japanese foreign policy must read.' -- Paul Midford Pacific Affairs, vol 86:01:2013
Table of ContentsIntroduction: What is a 'Normal Country'? by Yoshihide Soeya, Masayuki Tadokoro, and David A Welch * Embracing Normalcy: Toward a Japanese 'National Strategy' by David A Welch (University of Waterloo) * Change and Continuity in Japan's 'Abnormalcy': An Emerging External Attitude of the Japanese Public by Masayuki Tadokoro (Keio University) * A'Normal' Middle Power: Interpreting Changes in Japanese Security Policy in the 1990s and After by Yoshihide Soeya (Keio University) * Conservative Conceptions of Japan as a 'Normal Country': Comparing Ozawa, Nakasone, and Ishihara by Cheol Hee Park (National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies) * Chinese Discourse on Japan as a 'Normal Country' by Jianwei Wang (University of Wisconsin) * The Limits to 'Normalcy': Japanese-Korean Post-Cold War Interactions by by John Swenson-Wright (University of Cambridge) * Japan's Relations with Southeast Asia in the Post-Cold War Era: 'Abnormal' No More? by Peng Er Lam (National University of Singapore)
