Abstract: The ‘Indo-Pacific’ has emerged as the newest addition to the lexicon of Asian regionalism. Conceived of as the conjunction of the Pacific and Indian…
Country or Region: Japan
Abstract: Since the early years of the twenty-first century, a number of key regional governments have consciously chosen to alter the way they talk about…
Abstract: Based on a series of unprecedented developments, Australia and Japan have greatly enhanced their direct bilateral security ties to forge what they now describe…
Abstract: Structural realists might reasonably predict that foreign policy elites in countries like Japan and Australia would view China’s economic and military rise as a…
Abstract: Three key developments unfolded in Japan in August 2018: the Ministry of Defence (MOD) released its annual Defence White Paper; requested a 2.1 per…
Abstract: Japan banks heavily on her security alliance with the United States (US) to ensure availability of requisite military capability in the region. China’s economic…
Abstract: Why might bilateral antagonism prove resilient to incentives for improvement from multilateral cooperation with shared third parties? Prominent theories predict that two actors with…
Abstract: This article is about rhetorical framing and its effects on foreign policy outcomes – specifically in intra-alliance relations. It argues that leaders’ attempts to…
Abstract: The growth of Chinese military power poses significant challenges to Japan. China’s military spending, which was half that of Japan’s in 1996, is now…
Abstract: Japan’s kyōkasho mondai (history textbook controversy) is at a crossroads. This article tries to exemplify it through the analysis of three issue areas at…
Abstract: In so far as the nuclear-weapons possessors do not accept the Ban Treaty, practically it will not reduce nuclear weapons nor abolish them as…
Abstract: A breakthrough between Japan and Russia is being vigorously pursued in 2016. Sixty years after the reestablishment of diplomatic relations between Tokyo and Moscow,…
Abstract: This NBR Special Report examines the shifting relations between Japan, China, and Russia and assesses how the emerging dynamics between these three countries could…
Abstract: Japan remains committed to building closer ties with Russia, as Prime Minister Shinzo Abe believes that better relations with Moscow would promote the country’s…
Abstract: The Japanese government has spent considerably more diplomatic energy on national security and foreign economic policy initiatives beyond north-east Asia over the last decade.…
