Japan and the IISS

Connecting Western and Japanese Strategic Thought from the Cold War to the War on Ukraine
1. Auflage 2023
ISBN: 978-1-032-73478-1
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 568 Seiten, Format (B × H): 234 mm x 156 mm, Gewicht: 1040 g

Reihe: Adelphi series

Strategic links between Japan and Europe during the Cold War were limited. During this period the IISS helped bridge the gap between the two, exposing its membership base to the international affairs of Asia and Japan and providing Japanese scholars, strategists and diplomats with a platform from which to amplify their voices in the West. Analyses by these experts often appeared in IISS publications, but the Institute also gained key insights through its well-established conferences and lecture series. These initiatives illuminated Japanese strategic thinking and perspectives on contemporary critical issues in Japan’s and Asia’s foreign, security and defence policy.

This Adelphi book, through its collection of earlier analysis, helps the reader to understand the evolution of Japanese strategic thought from the 1960s until today, and shines a light on the continuities and changes in this thinking. New, original analysis of the material seeks to identify areas where such thinking was prescient and remains relevant to the contemporary strategic environment, and other areas where predictions failed or assumptions were proved wrong. These new essays were also informed by interviews of Japanese senior scholars and diplomats who spent time with the IISS. This book seeks to frame, educate and guide strategic thinking on the most pressing issues of today, both in and outside Japan and Asia, and will be of great interest to analysts, practitioners and students of international affairs.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate, Professional Reference, and Undergraduate Advanced

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lebreton, Matthieu

Ward, Robert

Koshino, Yuka

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Editors’ Note  Contributors  Acknowledgements  Map: East Asia  Foreword  Introduction  Chapter One: Japan’s bridging role between Asia and the West  Chapter Two: The role of the IISS in bridging Japanese and Western strategic thinking  1960s  Timeline of events (1945–1960s)  Chapter Three: The Japanese attitude towards China  Chapter Four: American–Japanese relations  Chapter Five: The Asian balance of power: a comparison with European precedents  Chapter Six: The non-proliferation treaty and Japan  1970s  Timeline of events  Chapter Seven: Japan’s security in a multipolar world  Chapter Eight: Japan’s non-nuclear policy  Chapter Nine: Options for Japan’s foreign policy  Chapter Ten: The energy problem and alliance systems: Japan  Chapter Eleven: Naval competition and security in East Asia  1980s  Timeline of events  Chapter Twelve: The changing security circumstances in the 1980s  Chapter Thirteen The 1984 Alastair Buchan Memorial Lecture  Chapter Fourteen: Japanese security policy: address by Mr Tadashi Kuranari, foreign minister of Japan, 8 September 1986 (excerpts)  Chapter Fifteen: East Asia, the Pacific and the West: strategic trends and implications: part II  Chapter Sixteen: The security of north-east Asia: part I  Chapter Seventeen: Prospects for security co-operation between East Asia and the West  1990s  Timeline of events  Chapter Eighteen: Japan’s role in international affairs  Chapter Nineteen: What role for Europe in Asian affairs?  Chapter Twenty: Rethinking Japan–US relations: security issues  Chapter Twenty-One: Identities and security in East Asia  2000–2020s  Timeline of events  Chapter Twenty-Two: China debates missile defence  Chapter Twenty-Three: Great-power relations in Asia: a Japanese perspective  Chapter Twenty-Four: The 13th IISS Asia Security Summit – the Shangri-La Dialogue: keynote address  Chapter Twenty-Five: ‘We are all small countries now’: IISS 2019 Alastair Buchan Lecture  Chapter Twenty-Six The 19th Regional Security Summit – the Shangri-La Dialogue: keynote address  Index

Über Autor(innen)

Robert Ward is the IISS Japan Chair and leads the Institute’s Geo-economics and Strategy research programme, which focuses on a range of issues including global economic governance, rules and standards setting, and how economic coercion impacts policy at a national and corporate level.

Yuka Koshino is a Research Fellow for Security and Technology Policy at the IISS where she carries out independent research on the impact of emerging technologies on security. Her research contributes both to the Defence and Military Analysis Programme and the Japan Chair Programme.

Matthieu Lebreton was a Research Assistant for the Japan Chair Programme at the IISS between January 2022 and June 2023.