Japan's reluctant realism : foreign policy challenges in an era of uncertain power / Michael Jonathan Green.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Green, Michael J.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Japan--Foreign relations--1945-1989.

Japan.

International relations.

Japan--Foreign relations--1989-.

Physical Description:

viii, 351 pages ; 25 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Palgrave, 2001.

Summary:

Michael J. Green examines the adjustments of Japanese foreign policy within the region and the world in the decade since the end of the Cold War, arguing that it is time to recognize Japan as an independent actor in Northeast Asia and to assess Japanese actions on its own terms.

Contents:

Chapter 1 The Search for Strategy and Identity 11

Chapter 2 Domestic Institutions and Foreign Policy 35

Chapter 3 Japan-China Relations 77

Chapter 4 Japan and the Korean Peninsula 111

Chapter 5 The New Eurasia Diplomacy: Energy and Geopolitics in Russia, Central Asia, and the Caucasus 145

Chapter 6 Japan and Southeast Asia 167

Chapter 7 Multilateral Diplomacy: The United Nations, APEC, and the ASEAN Regional Forum 193

Chapter 8 Japan and the International Financial System: Lessons from the Asian Crisis 229.

Notes:

"A Council on Foreign Relations book."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0312238940

OCLC:

45172732