Abstract As relations between Japan and China change due to a paradigm shift that has occurred over the past few years, the need for a…
Country or Region: Japan
Abstract This article first reviews the past 25 years, during which the international political situation as well as international economics and finance underwent major structural…
Abstract East Asia now occupies a prominent place in the study of international relations (IR). This, of course, does not mean that IR scholarship in…
Abstract The argument for constitutional revision has been ongoing in the post-war era but until now no action has been taken. The focal point in…
Excerpt In recent years, East Asian countries have faced serious challenges with regard to regional security. The bilateral relationships between China and Japan, and Japan…
Abstract This article develops a theory about the role of leaders in long-term international bargaining, specifically in the context of negotiations within existing military alliances.…
Excerpt Imagine the predicament currently facing a growing number of Japanese men in their early 30s. Despite having spent years cramming in high school and…
Abstract For much of its postwar history, Japan’s diplomacy consisted of three pillars: “the United Nations centrism,” “cooperation with free countries,” and “being a member…
Abstract As China accumulates more power, Japan is often overlooked as being capable of affecting China’s continued trajectory because of material differences and narratives of…
Article This article examines how China’s rise and increasing tensions with Japan are portrayed by South Korean bloggers. The deterioration in relations between China and…
Abstract The Japanese have thought about foreign policy in similar terms since the latter half of the nineteenth century. The men who came to power…
Abstract Major powers’ interests in enhancing their engagement with Southeast Asian states and the main regional organization, ASEAN, are at a historic high and rising.…
Abstract In the century ahead, U.S. strategic interests will align more closely with India’s than they will with those of any other continental power in…
Abstract In the immediate aftermath of World War II, the U.S. naval aviator Thomas Moorer questioned Takeo Kurita, a former vice admiral of the Imperial…
Abstract The United States’ central challenge over the next several decades is to revitalize itself, while promoting a larger West and buttressing a complex balance…
