Japanese Foreign Policy at the Crossroads
Challenges and Options for the Twenty-First Century- Authors:
- Publisher:
- 2003
Summary
The postWorld War II paradigm that ensured security and prosperity for the Japanese people has lost much of its effectiveness. The current generation has become increasingly resentful of the prolonged economic stagnation and feels a sense of drift and uncertainty about the future of Japan's foreign policy. In J apanese Foreign Policy at the Crossroads, Yutaka Kawashima clarifies some of the defining parameters of Japan's past foreign policy and examines the challenges it currently faces, including the quagmire on the Korean Peninsula, the future of the U.S.-Japan alliance, the management of Japan-China relations, and Japan's relation with Southeast Asia. Kawashimawho, as vice minister of foreign affairs, was Japan's highest-ranking foreign service officialcautions Japan against attempts to ensure its own security and well-being outside of an international framework. He believes it is crucial that Japan work with as many like-minded countries as possible to construct a regional and international order based on shared interests and shared values. In an era of globalization, he cautions, such efforts will be crucial to maintaining global world order and ensuring civilized interaction among all states.
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Bibliographic data
- Copyright year
- 2003
- ISBN-Print
- 978-0-8157-4870-0
- ISBN-Online
- 978-0-8157-9615-2
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 163
- Product type
- Book Titles
Table of contents
- Contents No access
- Preface No access
- Acknowledgments No access
- Chapter 1. Historical Parameters of Japanese Foreign Policy No access Pages 1 - 21
- Chapter 2. Security Ties between Japan and the United States No access Pages 22 - 54
- Chapter 3. The Economic Relationship between Japan and the United States No access Pages 55 - 72
- Chapter 4. Endgame on the Korean Peninsula No access Pages 73 - 94
- Chapter 5. Relations between Japan and China No access Pages 95 - 109
- Chapter 6. Japan's Southeast Asia Policy No access Pages 110 - 125
- Chapter 7. Japan's Relations with Europe No access Pages 126 - 134
- Chapter 8. Striving for Peace and Saving Failed States No access Pages 135 - 152
- Bibliography No access Pages 153 - 154
- Index No access Pages 155 - 163





