Japan's security strategy in the post-9/11 world : embracing a new realpolitik / Daniel M. Kliman ; foreword by Michael H. Armacost.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kliman, Daniel M.

Contributor:

Center for Strategic and International Studies (Washington, D.C.)

Series:

Washington papers ; 183.

Washington papers ; 183

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Defenses.

Japan--Military policy.

Japan.

Military policy.

Japan--Defenses.

World politics--21st century.

World politics.

East Asia--Strategic aspects.

East Asia.

Physical Description:

xiv, 209 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Other Title:

Japan's security strategy in the post September eleventh world

Place of Publication:

Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2006.

Summary:

In this book, Daniel Kliman argues that the years following September 11, 2001, have marked a turning point in Japan's defense strategy. Utilizing poll data from Japanese newspapers as well as extensive interview material, Kliman chronicles the erosion of normative and legal restraints on Tokyo's security policy. In particular, he notes that both Japanese elites and the general public increasingly view national security from a realpolitik perspective. Japan's more realpolitik orientation has coincided with a series of precedent-breaking defense initiatives. Kliman explains these initiatives as the product of four mutually interactive factors: foreign threats, U.S. expectations, prime ministerial leadership, and generational change.

Contents:

Japan's strategic evolution

What if: scenarios of strategic change

Elite and public opinion: creeping realism

Japan and September 11

Under North Korea's shadow: Japan and missile defense

Japan, the Iraq war, and postconflict reconstruction

Transitional realism

Epilogue.

Notes:

"Published with the Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington, D.C."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-193) and index.

ISBN:

0275990591

0275990605

OCLC:

62679852

Publisher Number:

9780275990602