Japan's Reluctant Realism: Foreign Policy Challenges in an Era of Uncertain Power: Japanese Foreign Policy in an Era of Uncertain Power - Rilegato

Green, Michael J.

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ISBN 10: 0312238940 ISBN 13: 9780312238940

Casa editrice: Palgrave Macmillan, 2001

Riassunto

Has Japanese foreign policy changed in the post - Cold War era? On the surface, it appears to have been quite consistent since the end of World War II. It has stressed the US-Japanese security alliance, the use of economic tools, and constraints on the use of force. However, this book argues that new ideas and new patterns of diplomacy have in fact come about following the changes after the fall of the Berlin Wall. Using case studies that look at China, the Korean peninsulas, Russia and Central Asia, Southeast Asia, and international institutions, Michael Green uncovers a more Japanese foreign policy in Japan. Though it still converges with the US on fundamental issues, it is increasingly independent. While remaining low-risk, it is more sensitive to balance-of-power issues. It is still reactive, but it is far less passive. Green argues that this emerging strategic view, what he calls “reluctant realism,” is being shaped by a combination of changes in the international environment, insecurity about national power resources, and Japanese aspirations for a national identity that moves beyond the legacy of World War II. As a result, it is time for the US and the world to recognize Japan as an independent actor in Northeast Asia and to assess Japanese foreign policy on its own terms.

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Michael J. Green is Senior Fellow for Asian Security Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations.

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Book by Green Michael J

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• Editore: Palgrave Macmillan
• Data di pubblicazione: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0312238940
• ISBN 13: 9780312238940
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 351