Lexington Books
Pages: 400
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Trim: 6¼ x 9
978-1-4985-8795-2 • Hardback • March 2020 • $152.00 • (£117.00)
978-1-4985-8797-6 • Paperback • May 2022 • $45.99 • (£35.00)
Purnendra Jain is adjunct professor of Japanese studies at the University of Adelaide.
Lam Peng Er is senior research fellow at the East Asian Institute of the National University of Singapore.
Introduction: More Changes; More Continuity
Part I: “Three Pillars” of Japanese Foreign Policy: Member of the West, an Asian Country and UN-Centrism- The Japan-US Alliance in the 21st Century: Indispensability of US Extended Deterrence
- Japan and Western Europe: From Post-war Acrimonious Conflict to Comprehensive Collaboration
- Tokyo’s Quest for a United Nations Security Council Permanent Seat
- Japanese Foreign Policy as an “Asian” Country
Part II: Domestic Sources of Japanese Foreign Policy- Kantei Diplomacy Under the Abe Administration
- Much Ado about a Constitution
- “Opposition” in Power and their Foreign Policies 2009-2012: Legacy of DPJ through Policy Comparison
Part III: Japanese Diplomacy Old and New: Policy- Tokyo’s Defense and Security Policy: Continuity and Change
- Addressing Territorial Disputes with Neighboring Countries: Continuity and Change from a Japanese Perspective
- Japan’s Foreign Aid: Continuity and Change
- Japan’s Human Security and Peacebuilding in the 21st Century
- Japan and the Governance of Global Fisheries
Part IV: Japanese Diplomacy Old and New: Regional Engagement- Japan’s Quest for an Autonomous Role in East Asian Regionalism: Strengthening its US Alliance and Balancing China’s Rise
- From Cautiously Reactive to Eagerly Proactive: Japan’s Policy Towards Southeast Asia
- Japan-India Relations: Bilateral, Regional and Global Contexts
- Japan’s Value-Oriented and Resource Diplomacy in Central Asia: Before and After Belt and Road
- Japan’s Africa Engagement
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