Allies growing closer : Japan-Europe security ties in the age of strategic competition / Jeffrey W. Hornung.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hornung, Jeffrey W., 1975-

Contributor:

Rand Corporation, publisher.

Rand Corporation. National Security Research Division.

Series:

Research report (Rand Corporation) ; RR-a186-1.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Diplomatic relations.

Sasakawa Peace Foundation USA.

North Atlantic Treaty Organization.

International relations.

Great Britain.

Japan.

France.

Germany.

Japan--Foreign relations--Great Britain.

Japan--Foreign relations--France.

Japan--Foreign relations--Germany.

Physical Description:

xii, 119 pages ; 28 x 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

Santa Monica, CA : RAND Corporation, [2020]

Summary:

Some of the United States' most powerful and trustworthy allies are its European partners and Japan. This report presents the results of a RAND Corporation study examining how Japan, the North Atlantic treaty Organization (NATO), and three European states - the United Kingdom (UK), France, and Germany - are increasingly cooperating in the security domain in this age of growing strategic competition. Seeking to build on extensive work done by European and Japanese scholars to assess and understand developments in these relationships, the author utilized official documents and publications and an extensive program of field research in Tokyo, London, Paris, Brussels, and Berlin that included 56 interviews with officials, armed forces personnel, and subject-matter experts. The analysis focused on (1) defense and strategic dialogues, (2) defense exchanges, defense cooperation, and defense-related industrial cooperation, and (3) training and exercises. The results show that Japan-UK security ties are the most robust but lack an overarching strategy that pulls the separate lines of effort together into a coherent whole. Japan-France ties are significant and growing, and they fit will wtihin the two countries' regional strategies, but the track record is less robust than that of Japan-UK ties. Japan's bilateral ties with Germany lack depth, but there is a growing convergence around strategic interests. Finally, Japan's ties with NATO lack regular dialogues and exchanges, but they have a growing record of cooperation inexercises and noncombat operations. These discrete lines of effort matter, and closing recommendations offer way they can further be fostered. -- page 4 of cover.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: ch. One Introduction

Organization of This Report

Methodology

ch. Two The Strategic Context

U.S. Strategic Documents

Japanese Motivations

Conclusion

ch. Three The United Kingdom

History

Defense and Strategic Dialogues

Defense Exchanges, Defense Cooperation, and Defense-Related Industrial Cooperation

Training and Exercises

Motivations

Divergences

ch. Four France

ch. Five Germany

ch. Six The North Atlantic Treaty Organization

Motivation

Divergence

ch. Seven Conclusion

Similarities

Differences

Significance for the United States

Recommendations

Conclusion.

Notes:

Approved for public release; distribution unlimited.

"Prepared for the Sasakawa Peace Foundation"

Includes bibliographical references (pages 103-119).

ISBN:

197740636X

9781977406361

OCLC:

1227916698

Publisher Number:

99987027884