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This edited collection analyzes the innovative changes in Japan's foreign policy. Pursuing new relationships with South Asia, Africa, and Eastern Europe, Japanese initiatives include regional peace-building and human security activities, Asian multilateralism, and the Indo-Pacific concept. This collection focuses on these evolving international relationships through Japan's unique approach to political change and continuity.

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This collection of essays makes a persuasive case that Japanese policy, since the beginning of this century, is a story of important changes made while retaining continuity with the foreign policy strategy of the preceding decades. No less importantly, it introduces the reader to an international group of astute scholars and policy analysts with impressive insights about Japanese politics and foreign policy and its evolving role in the international system. -- Gerald Curtis, Columbia University

Table of Contents
Introduction: More Changes; More Continuity


Part I: “Three Pillars” of Japanese Foreign Policy: Member of the West, an Asian Country and UN-Centrism

  1. The Japan-US Alliance in the 21st Century: Indispensability of US Extended Deterrence
  2. Japan and Western Europe: From Post-war Acrimonious Conflict to Comprehensive Collaboration
  3. Tokyo’s Quest for a United Nations Security Council Permanent Seat
  4. Japanese Foreign Policy as an “Asian” Country


Part II: Domestic Sources of Japanese Foreign Policy

  1. Kantei Diplomacy Under the Abe Administration
  2. Much Ado about a Constitution
  3. “Opposition” in Power and their Foreign Policies 2009-2012: Legacy of DPJ through Policy Comparison


Part III: Japanese Diplomacy Old and New: Policy

  1. Tokyo’s Defense and Security Policy: Continuity and Change
  2. Addressing Territorial Disputes with Neighboring Countries: Continuity and Change from a Japanese Perspective
  3. Japan’s Foreign Aid: Continuity and Change
  4. Japan’s Human Security and Peacebuilding in the 21st Century
  5. Japan and the Governance of Global Fisheries


Part IV: Japanese Diplomacy Old and New: Regional Engagement

  1. Japan’s Quest for an Autonomous Role in East Asian Regionalism: Strengthening its US Alliance and Balancing China’s Rise
  2. From Cautiously Reactive to Eagerly Proactive: Japan’s Policy Towards Southeast Asia
  3. Japan-India Relations: Bilateral, Regional and Global Contexts
  4. Japan’s Value-Oriented and Resource Diplomacy in Central Asia: Before and After Belt and Road
  5. Japan’s Africa Engagement

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      Publisher: Lexington Books
      Publication Date: 1/11/2022 12:05:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9781498587976, 978-1498587976
      ISBN10: 1498587976

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This edited collection analyzes the innovative changes in Japan's foreign policy. Pursuing new relationships with South Asia, Africa, and Eastern Europe, Japanese initiatives include regional peace-building and human security activities, Asian multilateralism, and the Indo-Pacific concept. This collection focuses on these evolving international relationships through Japan's unique approach to political change and continuity.

      Trade Review
      This collection of essays makes a persuasive case that Japanese policy, since the beginning of this century, is a story of important changes made while retaining continuity with the foreign policy strategy of the preceding decades. No less importantly, it introduces the reader to an international group of astute scholars and policy analysts with impressive insights about Japanese politics and foreign policy and its evolving role in the international system. -- Gerald Curtis, Columbia University

      Table of Contents
      Introduction: More Changes; More Continuity


      Part I: “Three Pillars” of Japanese Foreign Policy: Member of the West, an Asian Country and UN-Centrism

      1. The Japan-US Alliance in the 21st Century: Indispensability of US Extended Deterrence
      2. Japan and Western Europe: From Post-war Acrimonious Conflict to Comprehensive Collaboration
      3. Tokyo’s Quest for a United Nations Security Council Permanent Seat
      4. Japanese Foreign Policy as an “Asian” Country


      Part II: Domestic Sources of Japanese Foreign Policy

      1. Kantei Diplomacy Under the Abe Administration
      2. Much Ado about a Constitution
      3. “Opposition” in Power and their Foreign Policies 2009-2012: Legacy of DPJ through Policy Comparison


      Part III: Japanese Diplomacy Old and New: Policy

      1. Tokyo’s Defense and Security Policy: Continuity and Change
      2. Addressing Territorial Disputes with Neighboring Countries: Continuity and Change from a Japanese Perspective
      3. Japan’s Foreign Aid: Continuity and Change
      4. Japan’s Human Security and Peacebuilding in the 21st Century
      5. Japan and the Governance of Global Fisheries


      Part IV: Japanese Diplomacy Old and New: Regional Engagement

      1. Japan’s Quest for an Autonomous Role in East Asian Regionalism: Strengthening its US Alliance and Balancing China’s Rise
      2. From Cautiously Reactive to Eagerly Proactive: Japan’s Policy Towards Southeast Asia
      3. Japan-India Relations: Bilateral, Regional and Global Contexts
      4. Japan’s Value-Oriented and Resource Diplomacy in Central Asia: Before and After Belt and Road
      5. Japan’s Africa Engagement

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