Japan's security renaissance : new policies and politics for the twenty-first century

Japan's security renaissance : new policies and politics for the twenty-first century /

For decades after World War II, Japan chose to focus on soft power and economic diplomacy alongside a close alliance with the United States, eschewing a potential leadership role in regional and global security. Since the end of the Cold War, and especially since the rise of Prime Minister Shinzo Ab...

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Main Author: Oros, Andrew (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Columbia University Press, 2017
Series:Contemporary Asia in the world.
Subjects:
National security > Japan.
History.
History
history (discipline)
Japan > Strategic aspects.
Japan > Politics and government > 1989-
Japan > Foreign relations > 1989-
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Japan's twenty-first-century security renaissance
  • The gradual awakening
  • Japan's relative decline and new security challenges in a multipolar Asia
  • Domestic power transitions and Japan's evolving strategic posture, 2006 to 2012
  • The new conservative mainstream and new security policies under Prime Minister Shinzō Abe, 2012 to 2016
  • Conclusion : implications and next steps in Japan's security renaissance.

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