Summary The Fukushima nuclear disaster in March 2011 led Japan, and many other countries, to change their energy policies. Following Germany’s example, some adopted nuclear…
Country or Region: Japan
Summary The present book discusses some problems related to the development of nuclear energy in Asian countries. It is quite safe to say that nuclear…
Abstract “Japanisation” in the mid-1990’s existed as the hyper-competitiveness of internationalization of Japanese capital and its embrace of other East-Asian economies. In 2011, though, “Japanisation”…
Abstract The aftermath of the Fukushima disaster, the worst nuclear accident since Chernobyl, has seen a public debate emerge over the future desirability of nuclear…
Abstract Japan has now been mired in economic stagnation, punctuated by recurrent recessions, for the past two decades. What are the causes of this longstanding…
Summary This collection documents the different ways in which Asian governments have been pursuing economic nationalism even as they have been integrating with the world…
Summary In this wide-ranging collection of essays first published between 2007 and 2014, Charles Wolf Jr. shares his insights on…
Abstract For many countries, the inflow of energy is essential to keep economies running. Oil is typically considered to be the most critical fuel as…
Summary The U.S. and Western victory in the Cold War emerged from a strategy of national building and reconstruction that sought to create strong polities…
Summary In this important, thought-provoking, and wide-ranging study, Yasuhiro Nakasone, one of the most highly regarded former prime ministers of Japan, considers what should be…
Abstract (1st paragraph of article) A classic power vacuum has suddenly developed in the South China Sea. Three of the great powers interested in free navigation…
Summary This updated and expanded 3rd edition of Chinese Foreign Policy seeks to explain the processes, actors and current history behind China’s international relations, as well as…
Abstract This paper comprehensively analyzes an optimal deployment of variable renewables (VRs) with flexible power resources, such as electricity saving and rechargeable battery, in Japan’s…
Summary Nationalism appears to be rising in a renascent Asia and stoking tensions, aspirations, and identity politics while amplifying grievances and raising questions about prospects…
Abstract After the Great East Japan Earthquake and the subsequent nuclear accident, nuclear power stations cannot be presumed perfectly safe any longer and can be…
