Summary The member-states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) are famed for clinging to the principle of non-interference in the internal affairs of…
Topic: Foreign Policy
Summary Member states of ASEAN – the Association of South-East Asian Nations – have developed a distinctive approach to political and security co-operation, which builds…
Abstract This article reviews Michael Leifer’s contribution to the study of Southeast Asian regionalism, particularly the role of ASEAN and the ASEAN Regional Forum. Unlike…
Summary For decades, Japan’s foreign policy has been seen by both internal and external observers as abnormal in relation to its size and level of…
Abstract In recent years, there has been an increasingly vigorous debate by a wide range of participants over the past, present and future of Japanese…
Summary Since the end of the Cold War, there has been a significant change in Japanese security policy, as Japan’s security identity has shifted from…
Summary In Japan Rising, Kenneth B. Pyle explores the remarkable history of Japan’s shifting foreign policy over the last 150 years. He identifies the common…
Summary Providing a new perspective on post-Cold War Japan, the author argues that Japan must become a “normal” nation–taking responsibility for its freedoms, international status,…
Summary Normalizing Japan seeks to answer the question of what future direction Japan’s military policies are likely to take, by considering how policy has evolved since…
Abstract Since the end of the Cold War, Japan’s acceptance and institutionalization of a non-combat military role to aid the US has led to its…
Summary In this book, Paul Midford engages claims that since 9/11 Japanese public opinion has turned sharply away from pacifism and toward supporting normalization of…
Abstract Jennifer Lind of Dartmouth College examines the conventional wisdom that domestic factors and strong antimilitarist norms have constrained Japan’s security policy since the country’s…
Abstract The recent domestic constructivist studies characterize Japanese security policy as a serious anomaly to realism and a crucial case vindicating their approach to the…
Summary Since the unexpected end of the Cold War, standard arguments about power politics can no longer be adopted uncritically. This has led to a…
Abstract This essay challenges the dominant negative critiques of the foreign policy of the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ). The DPJ possesses a coherent grand…
